Do you find that you make MORE time for RL friends or Online Friends?

[*bratcat*]

 

[mrbenh]

I just moved so I don't have many friends in this town so Lit has been a great escape.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I don't see them as the same thing. RL is more of a dialogue. Lit is sort of a computer game I'm doing on my own.

Now ask me how much time I waste playing computer games?

 

[*bratcat*]

How much time do you waste playing computer games??

 

[Mensa]

I could just cry

RL friends?? If I had any do you think I would be here?

 

[morninggirl5]

I spend my late night and daytime time online when RL friends are asleep or working . I talk to at least two RL friends on the phone every day. And I talk to several RL friends who began as online friends either online or on the phone, depending on when we're online.

 

[Guest]

balancing

I try to balance both, but I find their are periods when I am on Lit more than RL. Lately it has been with Lit, but I had a wonderful date last night and had to go to work in shame with the same clothes as yesterday. So, maybe it will shift once more?

 

[bluntforcemama]

Many of my online friends are the same as real life friends. Just because I can't touch them or hear them speak, doesn't mean they are any less real, or have weaker emotions. I admit I don't let many people into the interior of my world, but the ones I know from Literotica probably know more about me then many of the friends in real life. There are a few that are closer to me than siblings in real life, but those friends that can be there for you through thick and thin are few and far between. It's the same online.

 

[Cheyenne]

Re: I could jusy cry

RL friends?? If I had any do you think I would be here?

Hey, don't we count as friends? I know DCL doesn't think we meet the definition, but I do!

 

[willfulbrat]

Actually, many of my RL friends are people I've met online, so they count as both. But I rarely call them, I chat with them online almost everyday and see them on the weekends.

 

[brazenblaze]

There was a time in the not so distant past that I spent WAY too much time here and with online "friends".
These days I spend much more time with my RL friends and family. The weather is just to nice to be chained to this PC all the time.
I'm sure when it starts to get cold then I'll again spend more time here, but until then I'll just drop by occasionally to let everyone know that I'm still alive.

 

[Mensa]

Re: Re: I could jusy cry

Hey, don't we count as friends? I know DCL doesn't think we meet the definition, but I do!

Cheyenne, you know you always count with me! I was just being facetious.

 

[lobito]

the only person I chat with, I've personally known for more years than personal computers have even been around, so I think both, because she's been my best friend for 23 years.

And I don't call much, because it's an international call. So that is the way to go. Other friends, it's phone calls all the way, or going there in person.

L

 

[nasty]

Re: I could just cry

RL friends?? If I had any do you think I would be here?

RIGHT ON!!!!!!! I have "aquiantences."

 

[willfulbrat]

There was a time in the not so distant past that I spent WAY too much time here and with online "friends".
These days I spend much more time with my RL friends and family. The weather is just to nice to be chained to this PC all the time.
I'm sure when it starts to get cold then I'll again spend more time here, but until then I'll just drop by occasionally to let everyone know that I'm still alive.

Blaze!!! I was wondering where you've been! Glad to know you're still around.

 

[mars99]

I think in some ways it's easier to communicate through writing than through speaking. You can organize your thoughts better sometimes. I can chat with online friends easily about stuff I rarely talk about with RL friends, but until I meet someone face to face I have trouble calling them a "friend".

 

[teresafannin]

I am trying to balance it out. Much of the time, I feel more at home here. A lot of people are still uncomfortable around me. They don't know what to say or how to act. I try to make them understand that I like to hear about their kids & what they are doing, things like that, but it is difficult. My best friends are spread across the US & I have a few overseas. We email & meet in a friend's chat room, because the long distance is horribly expensive.

 

[Desert Amazon]