Do you have a private messenger?

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[weathered2]

That's a damned good question. I have a strictly on-line firend who's rather seriously ill. Due to our real life situations, we did not want our relationship to be more than good friends, but anguished over this very question a lot. After sufficient time to feel comfortable to risk that level of trust, we traded cell phone numbers. It's something that can be quickly changed if abused for any reason, yet in case of any real turn for the worse which precluded online access, someone could initiate a call after a perioud of time. Not the best of circumstances still, but slightly more comforting than the thought of just never knowing if the worst happened.

 

[bluespoke]

I addressed this problem only recently. we both have all each other's telephone numbers (cell, home, work) and a relatives e-mail address.

 

[SimplySouthern]

Yep. I have family and friends who know I frequent this site and have access to my email accounts.

During recent times of illness, they have even been known to answer email to my closest of friends online.

 

[ksmybuttons]

No, I guess I would just keep people wondering...almost like immortality!

 

[Richard49]

nope

A couple of internet friends have my phone numbers and would call if they did not hear from me online...at lest I think they would....

Beyond that .......I would just vanish.......

Before the divorce Cyndi would contact people for me and I her.

Single people often have NO safty net

Richard
Michigan

 

[starlis]

Not really... I have a "real-life" friend whom I keep in touch with mostly online, and she has contact information for a few of my online friends... so if something happened and she found out, she'd be able to pass the info along to those few people. Other than that, I guess I'd just vanish. Most of these friends have at least one email address for me, as well as ICQ/Yahoo/MSN/AIM, but since I'm the only person with the usernames/passwords, all of those messages would go unanswered.

 

[DustyWolfe]

Actually yes, I do. As most of you saw when I was going through my sudden move and leaving my ex parnter JenJ kept everyone updated on what all was going on. She's such a sweetie!

 

[April]

I have no one. I could easily disappear, and nobody would ever know why. Although a couple people have my phone number, I really don't think they'd ever use it. No one has the passwords to my email, IM, or to Lit. Kinda sad, but that's just the way it is.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Nope.

Two Litizens have my phone #, and perhaps, if I disappeared, they'd call to see what was up, but I don't know for sure.

I'm the only one with access to my email, IM and Lit accounts, so any messages to me would go unanswered.

I don't have many online friends' numbers or anything else, so if they disappeared, I'd be left wondering. It's happened before. But then, offline friends sometimes just lose touch too, so I don't consider it a gigantic tragedy if our lives move in seperate directions.

 

[Wiggles]

I have absolutely no plans for that sort of thing, and I don't really think it's a big deal right now.

Everyone would just have to go wondering and wiggless.

 

[Richard49]

Sad

I have no one. I could easily disappear, and nobody would ever know why. Although a couple people have my phone number, I really don't think they'd ever use it. No one has the passwords to my email, IM, or to Lit. Kinda sad, but that's just the way it is.

I understand that sadness and feel it also

 

[Xander]

A few people from here has my phone number. And I dont think, considering my living arrangements, that it would go unrepported if I disappeared.

Sadly, there are situations and sometimes reasons as to not wanting anything to be known.

 

[rexfelis]

I have absolutely no plans for that sort of thing, and I don't really think it's a big deal right now.

Everyone would just have to go wondering and wiggless.

NOOOOO! Not Wiggle-less!

I have no such backup plans either. Hmmm... perhaps I should....

 

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[April]

I do my best thinking at night. Sadly, my worst too.

But I do think about this situation from time to time. If something happened to me, I would try to convince the husband type person to post on Lit, but I doubt he'd do it. He considers this to be nonsense.

 

[Calamity Jane]

I do my best thinking at night. Sadly, my worst too.

But I do think about this situation from time to time. If something happened to me, I would try to convince the husband type person to post on Lit, but I doubt he'd do it. He considers this to be nonsense.

Ugh... my husband would never do that. He doesn't consider anyone on here, or the friendships I've made 'real' enough to bother.

 

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[Ice Cold]

No.... If something happened, no one has access to let anyone else on-line know... In real life it would take about a day for my family to find out.... My best friend would be here to check on me if I was more than an hour late in the morning to make sure I was allright.

 

[navarre]

Thanks LL for startinig this thread.
I read with interest. I live alone and pretty far away from friends and relatives. This is something I really need to start thinking about.

 

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