I feel the same way about people here. I often refer to my friends on the forums when I'm talking with friends IRL. I guess I see people here as friends because over the years, they HAVE gotten to know me. Some of us have inside jokes from chatting years ago that we still refer to. I definetly look at this community as my home at home when I'm online. I love the people here as much as I love anyone in real life, if not more!!

I can even drive around town and see something that reminds me of someone here. Just yesterday I saw a daisy painted on a wall and thought of Petunia.

Or I'll think of something I want to post while I'm out and about. And when something good happens, the first place I come is here to share it with my friends, and same goes for the bad.

So I agree that my definition of a friend has changed because of my years here at PC. I've never met anyone face-to-face, but people here take up just as much room in my heart as my face-to-face friends.