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@MelG7777 Mmm hmm. I cared about a bunch of friends that all ended up being the same person. Catfished. They were imaginary people, men and women, young and old with all kinds of different troubles and lives. I cared. I said some serious prayers for all of their imaginary problems. Then one day the dawn came to light. I still cared with empathy because I know life must not be easy for them. I wondered what in the world happened to fracture someone so much they could not be themselves.

MelG7777 wrote: »

Diatonic12 wrote: »

Betrayal rarely comes from our enemies.

Are internet friends real or merely strangers. It's better to have internet friends that bolster you UP than those who look you directly in the eye and betray you behind your back.

But sometimes internet “friends” can do both. “Looking in the eye” not being actual face to face of course. But sometimes it FEELS like a real friendship and then you realize you’re the only one who actually felt that way. And that kinda sucks. It sucks to be genuine in someone else’s pretend world.

But once in awhile you find true online friends that stick with you through the bad and the good. Year after year.. Makes all those other failed friendships worth the loss because you've gained something so much better. I used to feel bad for giving my genuine self to failed online friendships but not anymore. At the end of the night I know who I am and I am okay with the love I've given those friendships.

Diatonic12 wrote: »

@MelG7777 Mmm hmm. I cared about a bunch of friends that all ended up being the same person. Catfished. They were imaginary people, men and women, young and old with all kinds of different troubles and lives. I cared. I said some serious prayers for all of their imaginary problems. Then one day the dawn came to light. I still cared with empathy because I know life must not be easy for them. I wondered what in the world happened to fracture someone so much they could not be themselves.

_sw33tp3a_11 wrote: »

MelG7777 wrote: »

Diatonic12 wrote: »

Betrayal rarely comes from our enemies.

Are internet friends real or merely strangers. It's better to have internet friends that bolster you UP than those who look you directly in the eye and betray you behind your back.

But sometimes internet “friends” can do both. “Looking in the eye” not being actual face to face of course. But sometimes it FEELS like a real friendship and then you realize you’re the only one who actually felt that way. And that kinda sucks. It sucks to be genuine in someone else’s pretend world.

But once in awhile you find true online friends that stick with you through the bad and the good. Year after year.. Makes all those other failed friendships worth the loss because you've gained something so much better. I used to feel bad for giving my genuine self to failed online friendships but not anymore. At the end of the night I know who I am and I am okay with the love I've given those friendships.

Definitely. To both of these comments. I try to always put love out there and if it doesn’t come back from where I’ve given it to.....it’ll come back from somewhere, someday. I’m not perfect but I try to maintain kindness and compassion and i can’t control anyone else. So at least I know I remained true to who I TRY to be no matter the outcome. At least I can live with myself.

I always think about stuff like that too @Diatonic12 I don’t like making excuses for peoples shitt-y behavior but I get something must have gone wrong somewhere for people to be a certain way sometimes. And it’s sad that that’s what they’ve resorted to.

I recently hurt someone’s feelings. It wasn’t even a big deal but I felt so crappy about it. I couldn’t wait for the next day to talk to her to make sure she knew I didn’t mean it how it sounded in text form. I can’t imagine being the person who walks around hurting people and not caring. Or maybe they do care and act like they don’t.

Thanks for those words!❤️