RELATIONSHIPS on the internet aren’t real. But Friendships are, the only difference between friendships on the internet and friendships in one we say “Real Life” is the physical aspect of it. You don’t see them over the internet, but you also dont’ see your friends all the time over the phone, and when you aren’t in school.

When you say that Friendships over the internet is not real, you are saying that Friendships between people when they cannot see each other aren’t real. What is the difference, between a person talking to you on the phone, on the internet (who you have met) and a person who is on the internet, possibly on the phone (who you haven’t met).

Why does friendship have to do with “going places”? That’s the only thing you really do with a friend here, then online. You see them, you go somewhere, it’s a physical thing. On the internet, you usually do not see what they look like, so you don’t judge them…you know THEM.

It might not be the greatest thing to meet an internet friend, but you still are their friend. Even when they lie, they don’t lie all the time, and you must notice that you like some people over the internet, more than others right? That’s the same way with people in school, work, playground, mall whatever.

it all depends on how close u want to be with somone.. truelly they are just people behind a screen.. sure you never seen them unless they have a webcam but in real life.. who knows.. i’ve been closer to friends online then i have in real life. to me it’s just what u feel..

i’ve had friends who have met somone on the net.. feel in love and married them living a very happy life .. sometimes it hurts that you can’t see them in real life not able to hug them and talk to them face to face but just a way to talk to people

things people do on the net they may not do in real life.. i’ve had friends in real life and talk to them on the net and feels like they do stuff differently

just a point of view ya know.. how you take friendship .. a friend is a friend is a friend.. pin pals/net/real life.. a friend is a friend

People can lie just as easily to your face as they can online. One of the problems is that we are dealing with the written word. Most people do not write as they speak and you must also factor in that they have time to compose what they say. Another handicap is that we do not have the visual and audible elements that go to make up our impressions of a person, so we judge on what we do see. On one level, the talk/discussion/interaction can be on a deeper level as there are less causes for embarassment and on another can be just as inane as real conversation. I am 49 and do not pretend to be something I am not, I look at poems, stpries et al not ages or sexes, yet still I have had an accusation leveled against me on the grounds of opposite sex/age (creepy old man slagging a female teen etc etc). If my review had been more generous, would age and sex have been a factor? I rather doubt it. I firmly believe that on-line friendships are what you make of them. If you choose to believe everything and base assumptions on that, more fool you. I have been sitting at home whilst my partner’s teenage girls (for a giggle) garnered information to pose as older/employed/more interesting. What chance have you got with that sort of attitude? All because there are no apparent ramifications to deception. I judge on how people react to me, not on what they purport to be.

I have online friends, and thats even where i met my boyfriend. Online isnt all bad its just a way to meet people

Well you will never know the truth until you meet the person. But because that usually never happens you base it on what you know. I have had and still do have close online friends. I mean no, dont trust your life with them…but sometimes the comfort of a stranger is more than you get from those around you.

I think it’s very important to have “online friends”. Often times, depending on your surroundings, you are encircled with people who stunt your grownth as a human being… Being bound to your local surroundings can have a grave effect on the type of person you are, and the way you develop your personality. With the development of the internet you are able to communicate and form relationships with people all over the world who are just like you. Instead of being bound by the diminutive environment in which one might live, you have the freedom to spread your wings and not feel out of place… the internet is like the world at your fingertips.. friendships included..

friends are friends weither you have never met them or not friends are friends the point of a friend is to get to know more about them online friends do that to.

My online friends are of all nationalities and ages, and frankly I don’t care; they know me and care for me as I am, and whenever they decide they don’t want to be my friends anymore – I have my real life friends. Online friends are like a super-nice pillow instead of a normal pillow in a great bed; extra and real nice.

Yes! It depends how trustworthy you are to yourself. If one is not true to the self than he is destined to get unfaithful online friends. So it all depends on individual to individual. In the recent times I have developed many online friends and I consider them more than my family members.

They might be a friend to you but they probably arn't. You could think you're talking to a 13 year old boy when you're chattin away with an 85 yeah old man! honestly if you need friend look for them where you live...friends you meet over the internet arn't real friends and if they are they're doing the same thing as you just lookin for a buddy, they're not smart. If you can't see someone and know them outside the computer...you can't know them at all! You shouldn't make friends online they might be real...but the closer you feel to them is gonna make you want to meet them...and they probably won't be what they say they are. DON'T GO LOOKIN FOR TROUBLE...