facebook friend request pending?

[christinelovesu]

sooo i added someone as a friend about a week ago and he still hasnt replied to it?? it just says "friend request pending" but even though this is the case his information still comes up in my news feed like when he changes his profile picture or joins a group it comes up on my news feed..has he not recieved my friend request? is this a facebook error and why does he still come up in my news feed if he hasnt accepted the request?
its not a conversation between mutual friends that comes up on my news feed its like for eg. joe has joined the group "blah blah blah" and joe has changed his profile picture...