Monday, September 22, 2014
"Internet" Friends
So, I've come to the decision that the unenlightened who don't think that "internet" friends are "real" friends can go fuck themselves and here's why. It is fucking EASY to be "offline" friends. If you are physically with someone, you have the advantages of not only verbal but visual aids in determining intent and meaning. You can hear their tone of voice, pick up sarcasm, see their facial expression. If a friendship can survive the land-mine that is text on a screen, where intent and sarcasm can be so easily lost or misread, that's a real achievement. Most of the people that I love are in other locations and therefore, we have either not yet met or have met only once. However, this does not make our friendships "less than" or mean that if we were in close physical proximity that we wouldn't see each other often. I'm so sick of being judged for my online life. Yes, people are entitled to their opinions (however wrong they may be) but they don't get to tell me to find some "real" friends because my friends couldn't be more real. And trust me, they could verbally out spar other people's friends any day.
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I so agree! Due to my hearing most of my interaction with people is online be it fb,email or text. I have this argument with my husband all the time and it makes me crazy. I have never met you or Brian in person but it doesn't mean I love you less than friends I have.
ReplyDeleteWe feel exactly the same. <3
DeleteWell said, Kari! I've met the woman of my dreams through FB and nobody better ever tell me that it's not "real". :)
ReplyDeleteGARY!! That's awesome, I'm so happy for you!! I met my husband online, too, and we've been together for almost 14 years, married for 10. :)
DeleteHugs and love. You couldn't be more real to me if you were standing right here. Those icky people can bite me, they don't know what friendship really is.
ReplyDeleteClearly, you know I feel exactly the same. xo
DeleteKari. YOU are my online friend, and you make such a difference in my life. When I need someone to "get" me it is my twitter friends I turn to. No one in my real life suffers from depression, so I can't talk to them. I felt a connection with you from the moment I "met" you.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same, sweetie. It may take a while but eventually, we find our own. xo
DeleteEven though we don't live near each other or even talk daily on social media or text I consider you one of my besties. Hell, you are one of very few who know the real me and take me for me. Now, I understand you may not consider me one of your best friends but for me that term is used very sparingly because I have no real friends to turn to other than you. Love you!
ReplyDeleteI love you, too. Both Brian and I think you are so special and terrific. <3
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