I have a small group of online friends I've known for about 8 years. Around 3 years ago or so we started having annual vacations where we would all fly in to some place to hang out for a few weeks. It's working out really well so far. But it would be great if I could hang out with them more often. Simple things like playing rock band together was more amazing than the actual sights we saw during the vacations.
My interests are really weird so I don't have a lot of people I think of as real friends aside from them. People that get along with me exist, but they're so rare that I have to find them spread out in odd corners of the globe and take a plane to see them.
Offline I just fake it. I'll occasionally hang out with people from work and pretend I like the same things as them. But I just stay distant and polite for the most part. Smile and nod while they talk about the local sports team, their kids, their relationships their cars... Whatever boring honeysuckle they like that day. I wouldn't trade my online friends for anything.
My interests are really weird so I don't have a lot of people I think of as real friends aside from them. People that get along with me exist, but they're so rare that I have to find them spread out in odd corners of the globe and take a plane to see them.
Offline I just fake it. I'll occasionally hang out with people from work and pretend I like the same things as them. But I just stay distant and polite for the most part. Smile and nod while they talk about the local sports team, their kids, their relationships their cars... Whatever boring honeysuckle they like that day. I wouldn't trade my online friends for anything.