You know, I am now tending to agree with you...

but it poses a question for me: are online relationships similar to IRL relationships in that we want to still treat others as we would want to be treated? Isn't it all the same? Showing kindness and extending friendship, even if we haven't met in person?

Just because it's online, doesn't mean our behavior needs to be any different, right?

As it turns out, I hurt these two people, at least one of them I know of, after trying so hard not to hurt them. One of them was so hurt, she lashed out at me in anger and said hurtful words.

I feel like I'm a bad person for backing out of these friendships in the way that I have. I thought I had the solution, but it was a misunderstanding on my end. I jumped the gun and thought this person had wronged me, when she hadn't .

I apologized to her this morning in a PM, but now I just feel worse. I try to be careful with people's feelings, and in this case, I screwed it all up.

Oy!