Virtual Life

Virtual friends. Are they real or are they just that. Virtual. Well to me they are very real.

2 days before New Years Eve 1999 I got my first computer and went straight online. I spoke to my very first online friend. Jason. We are still friends today.

To me, online friendships, are better than offline friendships. Why? Because people see the real you. People see the person before they see the image.

People judge by appearances. People see a person and automatically assume they know what they are going to be like from their appearance. But online relationships the person sees your personality.

My online personality is pretty much the same as my offline personality. I'm a little more open with my emotions online than I am offline. I think this is because I have gotten to know the other person on the other side of the screen before I open up. Offline I trust people too easily. Online I am totally different. It takes me a while to trust someone and when I do I realise I usually am ok about them and can open up.


I have made so many dear close friends online, some are like sisters to me. Some are closer than that. And some just are my world.