The Internet - Friendships on it

[Dog Food]

Online relationships can go far, IMO. I'v tried it before, however i'm not really sure if it was an *Online relationship* I met her here and only knew her for 1-2 weeks before she moved. We kept talking online, on the phone etc. Until we eventually got together, and we were together for a long while. And she meant alot to me and blah blah blah IM TAILS

Online friendships can also be similar, i'm good friends with like 3-4 people online.

And i'm good friends with 3-4 people in Real life so :3

If you never met each other in real life, then I'd consider that an online relationship. And honestly, I don't believe in those. For all anyone knows, they are based completely on lies. It'd be very hard to prove the legitimacy of the relationship.

If you met the person online, eventually met each other in real life, and then began to date, then I would not consider that an online relationship. I'd consider it a real relationship, and those are fine. There's no problem with meeting someone online first, and eventually it blossoming into a real life friendship, and then into a deeper relationship. Sometimes the internet can be used to meet people far away that you never would have known otherwise.

I'm not much of a believer in long distance relationships, though. They seem to crumble much faster, plus they can be a serious strain and a hassle. If it's temporary long distance, the couple should be able to pull through. But otherwise, long distance relationships can be as completely fake as online ones can be. You can never be sure.

Not saying that a real relationship can't be built on falsities. They can, sure. But it's actually hard and takes real deceit to do that to someone in real life. Well, you guys probably know what I mean. So I'll leave it at that.

[Captain Justice]

Being a friend with someone over the internet (aka never actually meeting them IRL)iIs the stupidest intercourse ing crap ever.

[ThePowerOfOne]

I don't have many online friendships with people that aren't already my friends irl (That is my first time using "irl", I feel somewhat more like a nerd D:).
I think they can go a long way with some people, but I just think it's kinda weird to call someone you've never met in person a "friend". Although, I did meet this one person I originally started talking to on deviantART about a year ago. He lives in Oaxaca, and I happened to be by there when I went on vacation. We are pretty good friends and still talk today.


As for online relationships, I really don't see how that could work, at all.

[JrDude]

On oldsider, I had had a good friend that I considered a friend, we talked in PM a lot. He said he liked this girl on the forum who liked him too, he even made a sig with both of their screen names on it, apparently dating and never meeting. Then he got a pic of her and was like "EEEEWWWW" (she was fat as intercourse ) and dumped her, or just stopped talking to her, I don't remember.

[Macawmoses]

I think it's incredibly challenging to find friends over the internet simply because you don't know what is fact, and what is fiction. On the chance you DO make a genuine friend, or one you perceive as such, I think it has the great benefit of anonymity. They're not as judgmental as IRL friends, nor are they as fickle. As such, yes, I have a few online "friends" whom I consider myself very close with. But beyond that, I'd call everyone else an acquaintance.