no. i have about 70,000 friends on myspace. it doesnt satisfy me. i feel totally empty and dead inside.

i think the amount of myspace friends i have, is to somewhat overcompensate for how little REAL friends i have.

This is tough.. but I would say yes to a certain extent..If you have developed some friendships with people on the net then yes..but I think still face to face contact is best.. I've met quite a few people from the net..and it seems like now in retrospect they all had something they wanted to keep hidden.. could have just been a bad pick, but eventually their true side comes out in real life and it can be very very hard to talk to someone and connect emotionally when we were once safe and hidden behind this screen.. It's a coin toss really.

Some of the best friends I've ever had have been online friends. It's good because you actually have stuff in common with them. Like, I probably have a lot more in common with everyone on this site than with the people at my school. The friends I find online are more... "fitting" for me. I'm so thankful for them. They actually talk to me! I used to feel lonely all the time, but now, hardly ever-- basically never. They filled the space inside me. It's good, because now I feel... 'satisfied'. But, at the same time, I'm worried that this satisfaction will prevent me from going out and making friends in real life. And we need friends in real life... who am I going to go shopping with? Who will I celebrate my birthday with? I could do it online, but then I'd never leave the house! I already don't, but still. I hope to leave it one day.

This post was last modified: 04-19-2008 01:43 AM by Einsam.

While there are some really great people that i value highly, that i only know through the internet, if i was to ever actually satisfy my social needs it would require at least a small amount of some form of face to face contact.

DemonsInside, what an awsome avatar,piece of art. where do u get them? I'll need this one for a different forum maybe when ur done