I Believe That Internet Friends Are Real

A friendship, to me, means that two people talk regularly, and create a connection. Whether you are on different continents or not, you've built a friendship. Whether you meet or not, you've built a friendship. Simple.

Internet friends can most definitely be real. By the same token, "real life" friends can be false. Physical proximity does mean something and its nice, but it's far from everything. Any decent friendship is based upon getting along well...

I learned from my first online friend to see what is ahead from an online friendship...

So I now can judge... and I can tell this thing.. My internet friends are real.

 
You hold a mirror to my soul
My reflection will not fix you
You cannot lay me 'cross your wounds
And find the peace you seek

Where I am is where I've been
I'm wrapped in pain and joy
You cannot wear my history here
Your...

I have a very real and intimate connection with a very select few people on the internet. I have been friends with them for years, and for almost the entire year, have talked to them daily on the phone, over skype, etc. .. DAILY. I...

Since April of 07 I've been making friends on EP. I always used to say that if your lucky, you can count your friends on your left hand on the day you die.There is a friend that is closer than a brother. I don't know how many of my EP...

It does not matter that we may never meet. Nor does it bother me that I don't know what you look like. In fact that thought really never crosses my mind.
What matters is that we have found some common ground of understanding and a...

My circle are my real friends. I would much rather sit and spend time with you all than speak with anyone I know outside of EP. So I consider my friends real friends and each one of you make me smile or laugh or think a certain way on a...

...in 1999 back in the day when America On-Line was the biggest connection to the world.
My first on-line friendships began in AOL chatrooms. I''m sure I had no business being in an AOL chatroom at the age of 13, but, the Internet was...

since i was born my parents was seperated! my mom left me with my dad ! My mom is interested only in money! when i was 14 years old she came to take me with her for the sake of money. she blackmail my dad to get money! when she get...

I live in Germany (American by nationality though) and I have been emailing a guy in Canada for what must be 8 months now. We have developed an extremely close friendship, and I feel I can share anything with him.  Yes, we have...

Don't take me as some naive teenager that doesn't know scumbags and liars plague this site. I've honestly forgotten how many rude booty calls I've received over the amount of time I've had this account. People constantly drag down the...

I have been doing this internet thing since wow it just came out around 1993ish. AOL was the only provider and you paid by the minute like for your long distance. I was hooked immediately because well the main reason was I was the...

My birthday was a few days ago and I was so sad on my birthday night. I was on the verge of tears. The only thing that comforted me was the thought of suicide.
Not long during that, Carnivorous messaged me asking me if I could go on...

I am sick of when a "real-life" friend asks "so where do you know so and so from?" and when I tell them we met online, they laugh.I'm sorry to all of my "real" friends, but I might have to slap sense into them if they keep on putting...

Friendship is one of the single most important things you will have in your life. To have a good friend is to have something so valuable it is beyond replacement.

I am fortunate. I have a friend. A good friend. A friend so...

If I had you as a friend on here I consider you a real life friend.

If your a real life friend I don't consider it necessary to add you on here.

That's why my friend count on here has the intention of staying very very low. That's...

The anonymity of the internet makes it possible for people to behave in ways that would be totally unacceptable in person. From trolls to bullying to worse...But I know that there are other people sitting a their computers, just as I am...