Friends on PC?

sorry Pegasus, your stuck with us "FRIENDS"

And if I died tomorrow it wouldn't really matter to anyone here"

It would matter to me.....

hey joe i'm your friend

jinny

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Fuzzybear said:
And if I died tomorrow it wouldn't really matter to anyone here"

It would matter to me.....

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Would to me too.

I know I don't know you well at all but I sincerely enjoy having you around and would miss you a lot if you were gone.

Friends are what you make of them. I know I've got people here I consider friends, that I associate a lot with on the board (and even not on the board).

I hope you find whatever answer you're looking for Pegasus.

Friendship takes time, specially if you have trust issues and if you have been hurt before, because you believed in a friendship that was not meant to be.

A friend online cannot be a friend unless you say it yourself. Many people can say "I am your friend" but they will never be through your eyes, until you want to accept this friendship to be.

Many people would like to be your friend. Many people would like to get close to you. Many people like you. Many people will not hurt you.

But it all depend on how much you trust and how much you are still so scare to get hurt one more time.

Balancing between being love and being hurt is something a lot of us is dealing with and friendship is part of that balance.

Take good care!
Much love!

btw So there will not be any mistake, each of my word written here is said because I care.

((((((((((((((( hugs to everyone )))))))))))))))))))))

I am quite shocked by the response on this thread.

I guess I have much to learn about friendships. I have no friends because I have always put a wall up.

But Psych Central is a huge part of my life, this is where I want to be...........................and I have found myself thinking about everyone here day and night, and even discussing my love of PC with my T.

Thank you all so much for understanding.

Just today I saw flowers at the grocery store and it said Stargazer Lily, which reminded me of a member here, which reminded me of this thread, which reminded me of you.

(((((((((( Pegasus ))))))))))))))

You may have put a wall up but we are all here with our little hammers and chisels breaking that wall down.

Hugs,

Jan

*Gets out rock hammer like the one in Shawshank Redemption*

First and foremost, I would like to mention that I have not read any replies to this thread.

Pegasus ... if you were to "die" tomorrow, I would for sure miss you! That is all I really want to say! Or no ... perhaps I can add the many times I have gone avatar hunting and seen stunning Pegasus avatars but thought you might me offended if I sent them to you so just left it alone ..... I don't know you at all - I have no idea what makes you tick! - I don't know most of your hurts and pain - but I still think of you from time to time, in my own daily life - when the people I have "met" here should really matter much! I think of them. And I think of you!

I hope I haven't said too much.

Love Sabrina!

pegasus, I consider you a friend. Your there every morning!
You post back to me. Thats more than some people I know irl.
I would miss you if you were not here!

got my sledge hammer ready to knock (sp) the walls down

(((((((((((((( Thank you everyone ))))))))))))))) for accepting me and showing me I don't need to be scared about friendships.

You know these hooves do kick about a bit at times, and I apologise for that!

(That's what ice packs are for )

Need to chill sometimes.

hey pony wings, we got snow last night and today enough to cill ya okay

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pegasus said:

Just my thoughts................

I don't have any friends on PC. There are people here that I admire, respect, worry about, but none are actually my friends.

I see many posts here that refer to people being friends.

Is it really possible to be friends with people you really don't know?

I say I have no friends here because nobody actually knows who I am, what I do or where I live. And if I died tomorrow it wouldn't really matter to anyone here.

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I consider you my friend. We have posted in the same threads and I have read many of your posts... and you have touched my heart and I have learned from you (even though you didn't know it). I have gotten to know about your life and I care about you. So, I consider you a friend. I don't need to know your real name, your career or your geographic location to learn and care about what goes on inside your heart and mind. Geography and career and name are superficial things. Those things aren't what friendship is based upon.

A couple of years ago, I started posting on a message board -- about a band. It was a fan site. I had never posted on a message board before and it never occurred to me that I could actually become friends with the people I was posting to. In fact, I thought it was ODD for people to have "on-line friends." At first, we were just talking about music, but eventually some of us started to click and develop friendships. A group of us now have a private board where we can connect with each other as a group on a regular basis. I have met many of them in person. When I first met them IRL, it was to go to a concert together. Once we all got together, we realized that being together and having fun was more important than the music. Our friendships have gone far beyond being fans of the same band.

Over the past two years, we have travelled together, stayed at each other's houses, and become very close friends. We don't see each other often because we're all busy with families and careers and live in different parts of the continent (and two of them are in Asia), but we e-mail and chat and post on the board and talk on the phone and we know so much about each other's lives. Some of them have become my closest confidantes and dear friends and I can't imagine not having them in my life. They were instrumental in helping me get better psychologically. They encouraged me to face some of my phobias. I travelled for the first time in 10 years last summer because of their encouragement... and I'm so thankful for their support.

So, I know I rambled off, but YES, it is possible to be friends with people you don't know in person. I developed strong friendships with these women before I met them in person. I trusted them enough to depend on them during difficult times in my life. I shared my fears and phobias with them and they helped me face all those things. I have yet to meet some of them in person, but I still consider them friends... because we have shared so much of who we are INSIDE with each other.

I have only been on PC for a short while, but there are many people here I consider friends. I have come to care about so many people here... including you.

Well, I post & come & go & no one seems to react or care so I guess Im feeling what you did peg, except that they really did care about you.

(((((((((((((( hugs to everyone ))))))))))))))))

Thank you everyone for all your responses.

I sure have learnt a lot from this thread.

I started off this thread in a very grumpy way, indeed it was an issue for me.

I don't know much about friendships because as a child I wasn't 'allowed' them. Had to keep my mouth shut, not tell any of their secrets.

Heck! I don't have to live my life that way anymore.

So........................if I ever win the lottery I will fly everyone over here and we will have a big party in my garden. Actually my garden isn't very big so some of you will have to sit on the roof of my house, or on each other..............................

(((((((((((((((((((pegasus))))))))))))))))))))))))

and my puter thanks you for it's kudo lmao

love, kerry

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Well, I post & come & go & no one seems to react or care so I guess Im feeling what you did peg, except that they really did care about you.

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Why do you think no one cares about you? I care about you.

Suzy you are liked too. Please don't feel like that.

So many times I sit here dont know what to say to some of you when you've responded to me in one of my posts... given me hugz... all those things good friends do for eachother. But I always think of this song about each ond every one of you . Because you are my every day support, lifeline, family online that I DO CARE SOOO MUCH ABOUT!!! You are so much more than friends to me. I dont know what I'd do with out you guys. Love you all sooo much!!

Thats What Friends Are For....

And I, never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you

And if, I should ever go away
Well then close your eyes and try
To feel the way we do today
And then if you can remember

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For/In good times and/in bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Well you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you

And then, for the times when we're apart
Well then close your eyes and know
These words are coming from my hearts
And then if you can remember

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For/In good times and/in bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

I met the person I consider to be my absolute best friend in another online support group. We stay in contact through webcam, IM and email. He lives in Bermuda. I visited him a few months ago and I am going back to see him in another month.

I enjoy the people here at PC and I am just starting to put together usernames with personalities...I look forward to building more freindships and I feel this is a safe place to do it.