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LadyConstanze -> RE: cyber friendships (6/15/2011 9:57:27 AM)
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ORIGINAL: hardcybermaster
I recently butted into a thread celebrating the birthday of a much loved member of CM. As usual I was probably a bit blunt and as usual the wrath of the club and indeed the mighty MODS was swift and merciless. But how serious can a cyber friendship be? Obviously there are people here and on all the other dating/friendship/chat sites who have forged meaningful relationships via this medium....love...marriage...kids...super happy woo hoo....etc.... everything is possible.
But if someone as adored and cherished as this person was can just up and leave without bothering to log in and say hi does this not say something about the transient and temporary nature of internet friendships? You miss him,does he miss you? However many thousands of posts you make you never know when that connection might just stop dead. At least in real life you can pop round to their house and look them in the eyes and say "Whats going on? I thought we were mates?" but not here.
I do not want to belittle the friendships and love that can be built up here,and a lot of the advice given out is top notch but be aware that it is not real life,don't get too attached to your cyber buddie because you never know when they might.............
Given that attitude, I hope you don't get too attached to your real life friends, because after all you never know when they might just up and leave and move somewhere else due to work or whatever...
Some of my best friends I met on the internet, after chatting for a while you talk on the phone, then you meet...
Like my real life friends, I don't own my cyber friends and there is always the chance that they might disappear from my life, unless you marry them and keep them locked in your basement, people can always "disappear" and leave.
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