Fandango’s Provocative Question # 9 part 2
Fandango has another whopper for us this week. I already answered the first part of this but I thought I’d answer the part 2 too (pun intended).
“As a blogger, do you enjoy ‘virtual relationships’? Do you consider them to be real?”
Yes, I enjoy ‘virtual relationships’ in fact I like them better than most IRL relationships. While it is true that not every virtual relationship is all encompassing, most people don’t know everything about me; the same is true of my interpersonal relationships. Frankly there’s only one person who really knows all of me and he’s sitting across the table.
Virtual relationships take on a special meaning for an introvert, even an extroverted introvert such as I (yes there is such a thing). What makes on-line (I’m just going to use that instead of virtual all the time) relationships special for me is simple expedience. They are available whenever I need them to be and they can be as deep or as shallow as I want them to be. That makes them very important and very real.
We have things in common, things we share. We have differences wide and varied that make for fascinating and illuminating discussions. I look forward to this prompt every week partly because I love reading everybody’s opinion. I have on-line a much more diverse demographic than I would ever have in person.
So, yeah, I like virtual relationship and they’re as real as anything else in this wacky world of ours. Do NOT get me started on the “Matrix” theory.
Til next time ~Peace ~JPP
Good answer. I just commented this morning that hardly anyone IRL cares about my blog or even my books, so I have to come online to find my supportive community. I treasure these relationships ~ and they are relationships to me. ❤️
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absolutely me too. It’s hard to find people in my IRL community that “get” writing or even creative lifestyles. 😉
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I am friends with smart people who never read anything but FB 🙄
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Oh that’s sad, and maybe an oxymoron smart people who read only FB. yikes!
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You make a good point about diversity. My virtual friendships span the globe, and include all ages, genders, races, nationalities, ideologies, and religions. That makes interacting with my virtual friends all that much more fascinating.
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I agree. I’ll take a intercontinental diverse ethnic group on-line over a room full of drunk morons IRL any day! 😉
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