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Jan 01, 2022, 11:27 AM
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Desert Kitty hates titles
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Member Since: Jul 2008
Location: TARDIS
Posts: 12,526
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Originally Posted by InkyTinks
years ago I knew a young girl from South Africa..I met her in a support group for a condition I had been diagnosed with (incorrectly it seems many years later!) ..but we chatted every night..she was mostly bedbound and dependant on elderly parents... and one sibling who didn't have the same genetic condition (sadly her eldest brother also had it and was also in a wheelchair)..we had the best chats entirely by typing ..sometimes very deep and meaningful stuff you'd never talk about in 'everyday chit chat' ..I do miss her ..as sadly she passed away as their condition was progressive (her brother did too..before she did).
I've never felt that level of connection since. Everyone these days wants video chats face-to-face or phone calls and between the autism, SM and social phobia's it leaves me unable to express myself properly so no-one gets to see 'the real me' which I feel comes out better in written language as it seems to be 'my special ability' or something!
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Years ago I knew a woman from South Africa on this site.  We wrote each other for years, and I developed quite a connection. She also passed away, in 2014. It was a freak accident, she choked in a restaurant and couldn't be revived. I got a PM from her dad, and at first I thought someone was playing a cruel joke on me. Someone posing as her?! Gone just like that though. I mourn her every year on the anniversary.
I only have one person I can be the "real me" with, and it's through emails. If I had just ONE more person like that in my life, it would be a big plus.
Writing is sometimes easier, but for me it depends on who it is too. I always felt that I communicate well, whether verbal or written. But again that depends on who it is, some are people to talk to rather than write to.
I don't even have the tech to do Zoom or Facetime or whatever. I hate the word "connect" to refer to that kind of thing. I remember when people always wanted to send an email or text instead of talking to me. They still do, but then it was Facebook or Skype or something. NOW it's Zoom. I hate the word now, along with "essential".
The tech at one time was science fiction, as a lot of things are now. It was in a cartoon, The Jetsons. It's like they knew what was coming someday.
P.S. I like your avatar. It looks like it's from anime. Is it?
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