Do you think it's easier to behave naturally on the computer, as opposed to meeting in real life? (71)
GingerBeDonegal, Ireland2 Threads 3,106 Postschris27292729: Good post Ginger,i don't agree with your 25 years limit,as i feel 20.
Trust you!
GingerBe: You look much younger than you say you are, and we all feel about 25 in our heads, no matter what we are chronologically.
All this can have advantages and disadvantages.
Feeling young and healthy is great, but sometimes it fools us into thinking we have much more time than we actually have.
Believing that, we don't push so hard for what we want, and can be too choosy, and miss out on what might be right under our noses today, thinking it might come along tomorrow......
Tomorrows are endless!
That happens to nearly everyone. I don't think you should relegate yourself to some site for oldies. You have a lot to contribute here and you are respected and liked for your views.....
When I think about all this I think about Danny.....not much older than me.....Will have to go and cheer myself up now...
You keep on doing what you are doing, just do more of it...
hi..G...about danny..very sad.all my best wishe,s to his family..All this can have advantages and disadvantages.
Feeling young and healthy is great, but sometimes it fools us into thinking we have much more time than we actually have.
Believing that, we don't push so hard for what we want, and can be too choosy, and miss out on what might be right under our noses today, thinking it might come along tomorrow......
Tomorrows are endless!
That happens to nearly everyone. I don't think you should relegate yourself to some site for oldies. You have a lot to contribute here and you are respected and liked for your views.....
When I think about all this I think about Danny.....not much older than me.....Will have to go and cheer myself up now...
You keep on doing what you are doing, just do more of it...
....peter.trueheart1941: hi..G...about danny..very sad.all my best wishe,s to his family.. ....peter.
I have sent them the link to the condolences thread.
I am always amazed at people thinking it is easier to be "natural" on computer! how can that be? there is all this space and machines inbetween. You cant even truly know if there is a connection until you meet F2F,
rainy5: I am always amazed at people thinking it is easier to be "natural" on computer! how can that be? there is all this space and machines inbetween. You cant even truly know if there is a connection until you meet F2F,
hi. a girl at last who understands...what i said earlyier on...
I like to meet people on the net, but there is nothing like personal interaction, that how you really meet a person, the body language says more than words...
Absolutely agree that personal interaction is the way to go, I'm also very guarded on the ones that don't put up a few pictures on this site...makes me wonder what they're hiding..If people are going to put their profiles on this site then they should be all in or not in at all.. it makes things much easier to see who your corresponding with,Happy Valentines to all!!
Emerold99: I'm curious as to the state of peoples minds when it comes to meeting other people on the internet. Do people feel safer within their own walls when meeting others? If yes, why?My response is yes. I behave more naturally at home in my own comfort zone. I am capable of being a socially interractive person when I'm not home, but my preference is to meet people on the net as I don't really have outside activities that could relate to me meeting many other people. Would I be socially inhibited when meeting a person in real life that I'd met on the net? Absolutely not as I also consider the net a screening filter for undesirables :P
I think it's easier to be honest about you are looking for on the net. I agree 100% - it's easier & way faster to work out that someone isn't right for you - as long as you are honest with yourself. :-)
I'd still rather lock eyes with someone across a crowded room in RL and watch the attraction zig-zag between us. Nothing beats that instantaneous recognition between 2 people and the internet doesn't supply that.
What the internet does supply is a quick way to find out if that cute guy you'd ordinarily meet in RL has $500 000 gambling debts, a criminal record, or wants to share your wardrobe and make-up with you. It might take him months to tell you that in RL bot online if you ask the right questions, he'll tell you in 10 minutes.
That's the trade-off.
daisy333: I think it's easier to be honest about you are looking for on the net. I agree 100% - it's easier & way faster to work out that someone isn't right for you - as long as you are honest with yourself. :-)
I'd still rather lock eyes with someone across a crowded room in RL and watch the attraction zig-zag between us. Nothing beats that instantaneous recognition between 2 people and the internet doesn't supply that.
What the internet does supply is a quick way to find out if that cute guy you'd ordinarily meet in RL has $500 000 gambling debts, a criminal record, or wants to share your wardrobe and make-up with you. It might take him months to tell you that in RL bot online if you ask the right questions, he'll tell you in 10 minutes.That's the trade-off.
I'd still rather lock eyes with someone across a crowded room in RL and watch the attraction zig-zag between us. Nothing beats that instantaneous recognition between 2 people and the internet doesn't supply that.
What the internet does supply is a quick way to find out if that cute guy you'd ordinarily meet in RL has $500 000 gambling debts, a criminal record, or wants to share your wardrobe and make-up with you. It might take him months to tell you that in RL bot online if you ask the right questions, he'll tell you in 10 minutes.That's the trade-off.
That is soooo true! But on the other hand, you may get to know him online and talking on the phone and feel this connection and then meet after maybe months of talking thinking you connect and there is absolutely NOTHING!
I have had a real weird opposite of that! I couldn't stand talking to this one guy online, or on the phone, he bored the heck out of me. I thought he was way too full of himself, but we were friends online for three years just randomly writing or calling. He lives 12 hours from me. But one day last year he was heading down to his parents and going by my house, we met and it was instant attraction! Very weird
We still see each other, but I don't see a future in it 
still can't stand talking to him on the phone or on the computer. Bugs the snot out of me!
Emerold99: I'm curious as to the state of peoples minds when it comes to meeting other people on the internet. Do people feel safer within their own walls when meeting others? If yes, why?My response is yes. I behave more naturally at home in my own comfort zone. I am capable of being a socially interractive person when I'm not home, but my preference is to meet people on the net as I don't really have outside activities that could relate to me meeting many other people. Would I be socially inhibited when meeting a person in real life that I'd met on the net? Absolutely not as I also consider the net a screening filter for undesirables :P
i prefer real life....its easier 
Yes.
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