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Old Jan 24, 2021, 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by will19 View Post
I think that with on-line people, they tend to stop after a while because they figure that there would be no getting together whatsoever. So it's like, what's the use? If I have online people to write to that live a long way from where I am, then it's not much of a big deal if they stop writing to me. But yet it still hurts when that happens.
I appreciate your perspective. I hadn't thought of it like that.

What hurts is that I became somewhat dependent on these friendships after a while. Then it just stopped, almost mid conversation, and out of the blue. Like they couldn't be bothered anymore.
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