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Do you take your online friendships seriously?
Is it much different from your real life friendships?
Do you see them as real people, real friendships, or do you see them as entertainment, a way to pass the time, almost like there are not real people behind the screen?
When you make a close connection, a bond with somebody online, is it easy for you to just drop that connection when needs and circumstances change in your life? On the other hand, do you still make great efforts despite the changes to keep those friendship fires burning?
Is it much different from your real life friendships?
Do you see them as real people, real friendships, or do you see them as entertainment, a way to pass the time, almost like there are not real people behind the screen?
When you make a close connection, a bond with somebody online, is it easy for you to just drop that connection when needs and circumstances change in your life? On the other hand, do you still make great efforts despite the changes to keep those friendship fires burning?
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cjh wrote:
> wow, 3 kids, sounds like a challenge, good luck :)
Yeah a challenge, but a good one :)
Thankyou :)
> wow, 3 kids, sounds like a challenge, good luck :)
Yeah a challenge, but a good one :)
Thankyou :)
wow, 3 kids, sounds like a challenge, good luck :)
Anyway, I don't want to turn your thread in to a Q&A, of which you've probably been asked the same questions countless times, and completely sick of answering by now, so I'll just finish off by wishing you well throughout :)
All the best to the mother-to-be, expecting baby number three :)
Anyway, I don't want to turn your thread in to a Q&A, of which you've probably been asked the same questions countless times, and completely sick of answering by now, so I'll just finish off by wishing you well throughout :)
All the best to the mother-to-be, expecting baby number three :)
cjh wrote:
> Well then I've got no excuses for forgetting his birthday, same
> month as me :) Will he be your first-born?
ummm :P
Nope 3rd Born! :)
> Well then I've got no excuses for forgetting his birthday, same
> month as me :) Will he be your first-born?
ummm :P
Nope 3rd Born! :)
Really sorry to hear that Seraphim, wish I had an easy fix for you. I won't be nosy and ask for any details, but do you really need to do anything about it? Does it really matter if you were or weren't the one to blame? Can it not be an oh well, moving on moment?
It's one thing for someone to say something that you don't agree with or appreciate, but another to let it get you down - just isn't worth it. Nobody else runs your life, so the only person you really have to answer to is yourself. If you're happy with how you're living your life, and not hurting anybody in the process, what's to say you should change?
At the same time, are you sure that what others maybe saying is aimed at you so badly? Like Hedfix said "Tone is very difficult to judge online" and it's pretty easy to miss-interpret something said via a screen than from the voice, and for things to escalate based on that miss-interpretation. God only knows I've been down that road.
Again, it's not my place to tell you anything, but any dent can be buffed out if everyone involved is willing to let it. Everyone's got to ask themselves if that's really what they want? Was the friendship that you say was great and wish it could be the same really gone?
Life can be shot enough as it is, without letting the negativities of it all take over. I'd say put it behind you and look forward, but again, not my place to tell you what to do :)
Seraphim:
"Thanks he should be with us January :)"
Well then I've got no excuses for forgetting his birthday, same month as me :) Will he be your first-born?
It's one thing for someone to say something that you don't agree with or appreciate, but another to let it get you down - just isn't worth it. Nobody else runs your life, so the only person you really have to answer to is yourself. If you're happy with how you're living your life, and not hurting anybody in the process, what's to say you should change?
At the same time, are you sure that what others maybe saying is aimed at you so badly? Like Hedfix said "Tone is very difficult to judge online" and it's pretty easy to miss-interpret something said via a screen than from the voice, and for things to escalate based on that miss-interpretation. God only knows I've been down that road.
Again, it's not my place to tell you anything, but any dent can be buffed out if everyone involved is willing to let it. Everyone's got to ask themselves if that's really what they want? Was the friendship that you say was great and wish it could be the same really gone?
Life can be shot enough as it is, without letting the negativities of it all take over. I'd say put it behind you and look forward, but again, not my place to tell you what to do :)
Seraphim:
"Thanks he should be with us January :)"
Well then I've got no excuses for forgetting his birthday, same month as me :) Will he be your first-born?
For me online friends stay online. They mean alot to me though.
I've not really been able to make as much friends online as id like too so i can't really answer that question.
Tone is very difficult to judge online.
The person she is referring to is me ...
I can only hope I can make amends ...
I can only hope I can make amends ...
cjh wrote:
> Sorry if I've miss-read your post Seraphim, but it sounds like
> you've been stung in the past by someone you knew online, which
> is a shame, and I've been there too. Having someone being
> dictating and pushy towards you isn't on, online or
> face-to-face.
Im going through something right now. I just dont know what to do about it. Im prob the one to blame for it but just seems they think i cant be happy yet they can casually get on with their lives. While im just having to listen to everything they tell me. Im not having it. The friendship we built was great and wish it could be the same again but their has been to much of a dent bashed in it!
> Oh, and if what pb said wasn’t an in-joke (that didn’t get) or
> anything, all the best of luck with your new little one,
> whenever he / she arrives.
Thanks he should be with us January :)
> Sorry if I've miss-read your post Seraphim, but it sounds like
> you've been stung in the past by someone you knew online, which
> is a shame, and I've been there too. Having someone being
> dictating and pushy towards you isn't on, online or
> face-to-face.
Im going through something right now. I just dont know what to do about it. Im prob the one to blame for it but just seems they think i cant be happy yet they can casually get on with their lives. While im just having to listen to everything they tell me. Im not having it. The friendship we built was great and wish it could be the same again but their has been to much of a dent bashed in it!
> Oh, and if what pb said wasn’t an in-joke (that didn’t get) or
> anything, all the best of luck with your new little one,
> whenever he / she arrives.
Thanks he should be with us January :)
Sorry if I've miss-read your post Seraphim, but it sounds like you've been stung in the past by someone you knew online, which is a shame, and I've been there too. Having someone being dictating and pushy towards you isn't on, online or face-to-face.
What I would say to that though is it's probably more down to the person doing the stinging being a bit of a plonker, rather than the fact you know them via an 'online' method, though it's probably true that they may not have the guts to be as such to your face, but then face-to-face, are you seeing the real person, whereas online, maybe you are? Or vice-versa?
Seraphim:
"Your friendships can only really be when your online, as soon as you sign off then you have your life to live with you friends and family."
What about your non-online 'real life' friendships? Do they disappear while your online? Or if an online friend calls or texts you? Are they still an online friendship?
This thread certainly has got me thinking :)
Oh, and if what pb said wasn’t an in-joke (that didn’t get) or anything, all the best of luck with your new little one, whenever he / she arrives.
What I would say to that though is it's probably more down to the person doing the stinging being a bit of a plonker, rather than the fact you know them via an 'online' method, though it's probably true that they may not have the guts to be as such to your face, but then face-to-face, are you seeing the real person, whereas online, maybe you are? Or vice-versa?
Seraphim:
"Your friendships can only really be when your online, as soon as you sign off then you have your life to live with you friends and family."
What about your non-online 'real life' friendships? Do they disappear while your online? Or if an online friend calls or texts you? Are they still an online friendship?
This thread certainly has got me thinking :)
Oh, and if what pb said wasn’t an in-joke (that didn’t get) or anything, all the best of luck with your new little one, whenever he / she arrives.
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