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Originally Posted by nonightowl
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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I'm sorry to hear about your friend passing. It must be harder if the death is sudden, especially if it is an 'internet friend' that you have limited ways to confirm it.
In my friends case I knew she had a progressive condition and was mostly bed bound. Her remaining brother posted on her FB page the day she passed and also told people she had selected to get a personal letter too (I received a private email too before it was put on FB)
My parents both had cancer so again I knew what was coming! ..as there was not the same treatments years ago that there are now.
My avatar is just a picture I found on the internet but she looks similar to a 'young me' and was also a character from a Final Fantasy game on the original playstation that I used to play.