About internet relationships.
Well i just got my heart broken.
Even though i never met the guy, it still hurts like hell.
Feels very real 2 me.

naughtylittleraven said:

:PAT:

Hey, it is relative... If relationships worked out so easy we would all be married. Human relating is human relating ... Don's see it as a failure when things don't work out but another experience!

Thanks JD 4 your comfort!!
And thank Muse 4 your honesty!!

I will get over it, sooner than i think probably!!

Better days are ahead for you!

U will get back on your feet, u have learned a valuable lesson, one that nobody could learn for u

U'll do fine, girl

Hey! I'm still single

Awww, u guys really r great!!!
I hope 2 spend more time here, now that i'm not chatting with him consatntly.

U have really cheered me up! Thank u!

Internet romance isn't an automatically bad thing. It's not HOW you meet someone that counts, but the relationship that blossoms from the initial contact. I would never do a full-blown online romance ever again for one reason--the person you're talking to online and over the phone is COMPLETELY different in person. Just because you love them in cyberspace doesn't mean they're lovable in real life.

naughtylittleraven said:

It does become real , very real.

I'm sorry this happened to you.

DudeDrops said:

I hope you ain't right

Sweeny79 said:

I'm afraid he is, very few people are how they present themselves online.

And factor in that people paint pictures of others in their minds, you belive a person is one way and they turn out entirely different.

liberation said:

I guess I'm naive, I present myself a little differently online, but not that much. In real life I'm not as warm or as forthcoming but I guess it is easy to create an alter ego when others have no way to tell the truth about you.

liberation said:

You said it, Liberation. You can DEFINITELY spark some serious emotions through the Internet...but transposing that spark into real-life can be VERY sticky. I have a few friends who I talk to on-line that I think would make EXCELLENT partners...but I'm not willing to go that route again. Plus, most of them live in Europe!!!

Honesty is the best policy, even though you are honest, you cannot guarantee that they are too, but sometimes they really are..sorry for your bad luck

i know how much that hurts...i had too learn that one the hard way too hun

it sucks ass right now...but you will never be hurt like that again...know that

I had no idea so many people have been hurt this way.

althom said:

Neither did I until recently

Sweeny79 said:

Scary...isn't it.

althom said:

very

naughtylittleraven said:

Just chalk it up to the "stranger" factor and the "ahhh fuck it...I NEVER MET THE GUY ANYWAY!" category...and be careful...you can either choose to have a strictly internet "interest" or meet the person when the time comes...but no need sustaining a so-called "relationship" that is only online

naughtylittleraven said:

And be glad you didn't "freak" him...

Whap!!!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

FUCK MARRIED...if relationships were meant to work so easily...we'd simply still be in them whether you are married, have a union, boyfriend/girlfriend, etc! Don't put the end all and be all of relationships all into the "marriage" category when all marriages are ...are just another RELATIONSHIP!

DexMSR said:

So basically we said the same thing!

Dex

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

y'all two need too get married...

... ...

DudeDrops said:

Amen to that! The reasons that you stated are the exact reasons why I would not even consider getting involved with a person that I met online. Lemme cosign what you said.
[This message was edited Tue Aug 12 21:08:52 PDT 2003 by psychodelicide]

Online relationships... nuh uh. If I meet someone who interests me online, then I'll only consider a relationship AFTER we meet in real life. But sometimes we gotta learn the hard way...

raven

liberation said:

I am exactly how I present myself online. And even better, I hope.