I have made a friendship that exclusively exists in cyberspace. Though I no longer speak to him, we started talking because we were playing a game on pogo.com, cribbage I think, and we started talking about where we were from. He was from Canada, then we started talking about hockey (which I love)... and the next thing I know, we are messaging each other every time there was news about our hockey teams.
Cyber-relationships are different from face-2-face relationships because, at least in my case, I couldn't tell how old, this person was, if they were male or female, their ethnicity, and therefore, didn't judge them on their looks, but rather what we had in common. There was nothing sexual about the relationship and how the relationship progressed was based on our common interests. At times it was difficult because I couldn't tell his meta-message through visual and vocal cues. Overall though, it was like a face-2-face relationship, except everything said had to be direct.
Miss B! You are a hockey fan!? Me too :) and I enjoyed reading about your cyberspace-only relationship. I can absolutely agree with everything you stated and I think it was smart. A lot of people have met on the Internet, establish a connection and cyber relationship but the fact that it isn't face-to-face you really don't know who could be at the other end of the computer. I think that having an online relationship can be friendly and fun and based completely on communication. Without virtually communicating, the relationship would cease to exist.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post! And I'm excited for Hockey Season.... hahaha :)