Funny I was just thinking about that comment about the army being full of idiots and was coming back to ask the same question..."Why?" and saw you had already done so....
I have that "support the troops" decal on my car....and the amount of dirty looks i get from people! Wish i'd had this answer before for them...i certainly would have been more prepared for them....
I'm afraid i have been there/done that....and not willing to put myself in that position again...
And it wasn't that we both did not want it to work...and not that we both did not try....some things just could not past the "distance" thing...
So in all fairness i decided that i don't want to date my computer, have a physical relationship with my webcam, my phone or any other such device....and therefore steer clear of "long distance" relationships...
Some years back (for each person i'm sure it will be different) you would not have considered "online" dating....or even imagine you would find yourself on a dating site...
I know this won't be a popular answer...but myself personally I do not believe in "soulmates"...
As everyone has pointed out a soulmate is almost you yourself in someone else's body...(or that's how i've interpreted it)....to me I would absolutely be bored to tears to have someone exactly like me living with me as my partner....that is to say...who would i turn to for a difference of opinion....who would i discuss issues with....because remember we are two halves of a whole....so that person is going to be thinking and seeing things the same as i....
And if perchance i am wrong and soulmates do exist....then wouldn't it stand to reason the only time one would know that is AFTER they have spent their years together....not at the onset of a relationship??
I hate the fact that my kids don't understand "when the streetlights come on"....or the sound of screen doors being opened at evening time with everyone's mom calling them in for dinner....
First of all most kids wouldn't know when the streetlights came on cuz they were sitting behind the computer the whole time...and then the message on their msn comes across GTG (got to go...dinner)
Its not just a "bad" thing...some people just get more "confidence" because they get the opportunity to "think" before they speak here on the forum....
In essence they get to be who they perceive themself to really be without the "pressure"
When i first became part of the "internet" world...my biggest shock when i actually met people was their comment that i looked "exactly" like my picture....I was never sure WHO i was supposed to look like...
In my naievity....i thought one posted "recent" pictures...told the truth about themself...and met people because they were genuinely interested in a "relationship"....
Do you feel that when you are on the internet (and dating sites in particular) that you can be "whoever" you want to be...
Does the anonymity of being behind your screen allow you to be outspoken in a way that you could not be in "real" life?
Who do you believe you are you in "real" life then...the person you are daily...or the person you are on the internet?
And this thread does not mean to imply that you are "fake" in any way...there are many people who get to be who they in their hearts truly believe they are meant to be because they are in some way "shielded" by their monitor....
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Supporting Your Troops....or the War???
Funny I was just thinking about that comment about the army being full of idiots and was coming back to ask the same question..."Why?" and saw you had already done so....I liked your explanation though...