I believe that online losses can hurt just as much, if not more, then "real life" relationships. I know when I first started coming online I was young (12 or 13) and I was really alone. I met a really nice guy and we became really close..or at least I thought we did. I ended up catching him in a series of lies that really hurt me a lot and he just stopped talking to me after he found out that I knew. It hurt a lot.
I think losing online friends can hurt because, at least I, feel more apt to be very open and honest with people that I meet online because of the lack of face to face contact. I find it to be so much easier to be honest under those circumstances. When we trust others in that way and they betray our deepest feelings it could hurt so much.

Jessica

<font color=blue> You are in this snowglobe. It is encovered in glass and secure. But one day someone comes and shakes the globe and the pieces go flying everywhere. Now they will eventually settle but they won't be the way they were before and they can never be that way again. </font color=blue>