When MFP turns into IRL....

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  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    OK, real answer:

    I consider many people on here IRL friends. I actually trust many people on here more than I trust a lot of people that you would consider "IRL" friends (people I met outside of MFP).

    That being said, because of who I am, I still always expect people to eventually walk away from me...that's even harder for me on the internet because (as someone else mentioned) it's very easy to walk away from a friendship on the internet.

    Addressing both you and Husky, I dont think for a moment that those people who walk away are not impacted by that decision. Nor do I think that their reasons are always simple. They are making the best decision they can for themselves at the time and even if they tell themselves that the friends they are leaving "are only pixels& to make themselves feel better, I think they know in their hearts that it isnt true.
    This. There are some people here I considered real friends at one point. I was stupid and made some mistakes. Apologies were made, but not accepted. I walked away, but it definitely wasn't/isn't easy. This is just me though, and anyone who knows me on here knows that I'm a big sap & I care way more than I probably should about people I've never met.

    Yup. And sometimes betrayals of trust are met with other betrayals and you have to cut rope. Just like in real life you have to decide where you draw the line and how you allow people to treat you.
    Agreed. Basically...yeah, it's easy for the friendships here to become real. For me, that means it's not easy to walk away from a friendship that was developed on the internet.

    I agree. It is never easy.
  • EricJonrosh
    EricJonrosh Posts: 823 Member
    I consider many on my list "real" friends. But sadly, the internet makes it so easy to cast people aside. I've been trying to learn not to get too attached to folks.

    I've hung out with some really awesome people. I have formed real "friendships" with many that I will never meet. But at any time, any one of you could disappear from my life, and I may never know why.

    I just try to accept this place for what it is and take the best from it that I can get.

    I'm open to meeting people from MFP, and have tried a few times. Makes me think it's a rare thing at the end of the day.

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