MrHarsh -> RE: Your Thoughts (10/13/2008 5:36:13 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Missokyst This kind of thread is actually posted quite frequently on CM. Perhaps you can help me understand the why's of internet connections. Many times I come across people who have never met in regular life, yet they are committed to them online. {SNIP} I do not understand online submission even when it is supposedly leading to a real time meeting. What is the draw? Now that I am no longer looking I think now and again, there might be some value to just doing this online.. and then I remember my reality clause. If anyone can enlighten me how these things develop please let me know. An on-line relationship can be thought of as a "relationship lite". It's has some qualities of a relationship, but lacks a number of things. Some of those things are good things that maybe you don't want to live without (like actual physical contact), but some of those things are bad things that people don't feel like dealing with. By not ever meeting someone face-to-face you can cut out a significant amount of somebody else's negative qualities and replace them with made up details - possibly fantasy, or possibly just not awful. Real people come with baggage, like kids that you just don't want to meet, or bad financial habits that drive you crazy ... or bad breath, or BO, or unpleasant political attitudes. By only dealing with a person on-line or at a distance, one only deals with parts one really likes. Relationships can be hard sometimes. Being able to ignore the ugly details can make it easier ... especially when you're just plain tired of slogging through relationships (we've all been there, right?). It's more satisfying than one-night stands, yet less difficult than the real thing.
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