Yes, they are real.

Just like the need to back off some from the computer ( a healthy one after five years of a constant contact with the web site).

Change is good. It presents us with lots of opportunities for personal growth, moving out of our comfort zone.

(and you weren't abandoning her!)

Aspects of ones lifestyle - perhaps a need to meet people physically available to accompany you in other activities besides the internet, or have more time for yourself to explore other things, to be more available for other activities can be gained now,
as you intended, by reducing your time doing that one activity.

This move to self-improvement, whether to vacation or move along to new experiences was met with either a gross misunderstanding or possibly resentment from this individual, (because she wants to split hairs over 'friendship' or 'relationship' or just being supportive to the group -. I don't buy it).

This of course, is just my feelings about it.

I've felt this type of loss also, and as I found afterwards, so might you find that you are free from something you needed to let go of for awhile for your own personal growth, and you can now move on and progress, just like you may have intended, when you said you needed a break from the computer for awhile.

You came here with a problem you are experiencing and lo and behold, it helped me face up to something I buried.

Thanks for sharing your experience here.

I gained from it because there was a little left on my side of the street I need to clean up after what was a personal loss for me.

peace

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