Permanent online relationships can't be considered "real love"?

mote.of.soul · Sep 07, 2021, 10:50 PM

Personally, I think love can be expressed and reciprocated in emotional and sexual ways, via the internet, and a very meaningful relationship can form. Of course it can. It's obviously not the 'mainstream' idea of what a romantic relationship ought to be, but nevertheless, love is love. The connection is there; the relationship is there.

Also, I read a lot of internet users saying that their online friends and online support networks are very very dear to them. They love them. So why is that real love but yours is not?

So, anyway, I agree with you @Labhradha22.🙏

Labhradha22 · Sep 08, 2021, 12:03 AM

I neednt worry about anyone but myself?
That is horrible selfish advice

Labhradha22 · Sep 08, 2021, 12:06 AM

Thanks mote.of.soul.

You seem cool

But someone literally just said " you needn't worry about anyone but yourself"
It scares me when I hear people give out such selfish advice

seesaw · Sep 11, 2021, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Labhradha22

Thanks mote.of.soul.

You seem cool

But someone literally just said " you needn't worry about anyone but yourself"
It scares me when I hear people give out such selfish advice

Is it though? When you worry about other people who aren't your concern to worry about you focus on things that you can't control. You can't control other people, what they think, what they do, etc. All you can do is worry about yourself and what you think and do, and be responsible for that. And that is what I think you should do. Don't worry what others think or feel about your relationship. If it feels right to you then that's what matters. Don't worry about what other people think or do about it. They are living their lives the best way they can, you should live yours the best way you can too. And that will be different for each of you.

RoxanneToto · Sep 11, 2021, 02:09 AM

I’d consider what I had with my first “proper” boyfriend “real” - we only met in person once, were pretty young too, but it was the nicest romantic relationship I’ve ever had. I don’t hate men, but looking back at all the boyfriends I’ve had since, I wouldn’t bother with any of them if I had to live my life again. That’s not because I’m making comparisons and finding them wanting - even when I leave my online ex out of the equation, I realise none of them were really that nice or valued me as a person.

sarahsweets · Sep 24, 2021, 07:55 AM

Hows this?

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Originally Posted by whatever2013

@sarahsweets and all:

Congratulations on your successful marriage and your anniversary! Apologies for my terrible tendency to generalize from my own experience to the world at large. It's a persistent problem i have and am working on but have yet to have much success with. Will keep at it tho and am so happy to hear that at least someone has a happy marriage and wish you continued marital success!!!

Still having trouble seeing your text as it is in dark blue. It's a strain on my eyes. Hard to see. I'd hate to miss your posts just because of the text color. What's going on? You can use a different font if you want to differentiate your posts from others, in their look. Just choose "Go Advanced" and choose a font and perhaps a size if you like. There are lots of cool fonts, i played around with Comic Sans MS for a while and also a typewriter-like font until i got too bored. If you have vision impairment that is the problem, please advise and i will cease my entreaties and just skip your posts.

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