Comment Re:Sometimes it just happens (was: IRC, I hate.... (Score 1) 527
i don't honestly know if i could "fall in love" on the net... but something unexpected definitely happened.
i tried IRC a few times about 5 years ago and didn't like it at all. i tried something called a MUD that a friend told me about (i'm a big fan of roleplaying) and over the span of almost 2 complete years i met a guy on there. i no longer play on there and he doesn't either and we're gotten very close. meeting up is in the works but that's not what i wanted to talk about.
just last year i would not have believed that i'd meet someone online. i've had 2 pseudo-serious RL boyfriends in my life and both crashed and burned. thinking back on those relationships, i can't even recall being as happy talking to them as i am with this guy. as for cybersex.. who has time for that when you're constantly talking about geek or non-geek things that you both equally enjoy. this might seem like a dumb thing to say, but i don't think i would have ever met a guy like him offline unless i went searching in bookstores for cute guys or something.
btw, my best friend made a really rude comment to me quite a while ago (which she's since apologized for).. she said, "you're not fat and ugly, so why don't find a real guy?" first of all, i don't like using either of those words to describe *anyone*, but i won't rant about that now. i just thought it was a horrible thing to say and i'm wondering where the heck she could have gotten that idea from.
so anyway, i just wanted to pipe in and say that it's really neat to see all the positive stories about relationships like these that have worked. i would love for my relationship with this person to grow, but at the same time i'm not going to become possessive and go crazy if he happens to go out with friends where he lives. but either way, i will always have the memory of the amazing intellectual and sometimes hilarious conversations that i've had with this person and how things i've learned from them has helped me to grow as a person. is online romance good or evil? i don't think that question can be answered for everyone. if you're stressed or obsessing over someone online (i've seen that happen with fellow students), then it's definitely evil.. otherwise i think it just depends on how you handle it.
(this is my very first slashdot post/reply after reading it for almost a year now... i'm usually scared for anyone to see my dumb opinion :) )
i tried IRC a few times about 5 years ago and didn't like it at all. i tried something called a MUD that a friend told me about (i'm a big fan of roleplaying) and over the span of almost 2 complete years i met a guy on there. i no longer play on there and he doesn't either and we're gotten very close. meeting up is in the works but that's not what i wanted to talk about.
just last year i would not have believed that i'd meet someone online. i've had 2 pseudo-serious RL boyfriends in my life and both crashed and burned. thinking back on those relationships, i can't even recall being as happy talking to them as i am with this guy. as for cybersex.. who has time for that when you're constantly talking about geek or non-geek things that you both equally enjoy. this might seem like a dumb thing to say, but i don't think i would have ever met a guy like him offline unless i went searching in bookstores for cute guys or something.
btw, my best friend made a really rude comment to me quite a while ago (which she's since apologized for).. she said, "you're not fat and ugly, so why don't find a real guy?" first of all, i don't like using either of those words to describe *anyone*, but i won't rant about that now. i just thought it was a horrible thing to say and i'm wondering where the heck she could have gotten that idea from.
so anyway, i just wanted to pipe in and say that it's really neat to see all the positive stories about relationships like these that have worked. i would love for my relationship with this person to grow, but at the same time i'm not going to become possessive and go crazy if he happens to go out with friends where he lives. but either way, i will always have the memory of the amazing intellectual and sometimes hilarious conversations that i've had with this person and how things i've learned from them has helped me to grow as a person. is online romance good or evil? i don't think that question can be answered for everyone. if you're stressed or obsessing over someone online (i've seen that happen with fellow students), then it's definitely evil.. otherwise i think it just depends on how you handle it.
(this is my very first slashdot post/reply after reading it for almost a year now... i'm usually scared for anyone to see my dumb opinion
