Are online friends as valuable as friends in real life?

Hi, nice to meet you here. I think some of ours online is valuable as my friends in real life. But is very less. I 'm the person who cant trust people very easily. So, if i make friend through online, i need to chat more a bit long then i just can assess what is this person or people are. Can i believe what he/she talking about? Because, in this world, have a lot of cheat. We should prevent this happen. Have a nice day and happy my lotting!

I think it's sad that some people view online friends as less of a friend than those you know in real life. I've found that online friends are more likely to be there for you through anything, whereas some real life friends can disappear when things get difficult.

of course they aRE!! even though you dont see them face to face doesnt make them any less valuable. they offer advice, listen to anything. just like friends in real life. any kind of friend is valuable

yes they're valuable like my friends in real life but it also depends on your friends on the net if they feel the way you treat them that theyre important. got a lot of friends in the net and been 8 years already but still were very good friends up to now.

Hi dolc_vita78, Oh yes, I do agree with you, there were so any times when I have been upset and all my friends on Mylot and Myltters have made me feel better and they are been very supportive toward me, some have even made me laugh and forget the bad thing that has happened, so yes we have got a lot friend onlne firends that we can turn to when we need them. Love to all. Tamara

I have been using the site www.paltalk.com there, I am blessed with over 200 online friends. They have been there for me when no one else has been. I just moved to this new state about 4 months ago. I dont have any real life friends here to go hang out with. I am having to kinda start over. Back home, I left a few really good friends. I dont set a lesser value to any of my friends. I feel like like with each friend I have made (on line or in real life), I am blessed. I love all my friends equally. My online friends are really sweet people and I wake up ready to log online.

Hi Dolce, Yes I do believe online friendships are as valuable and sometimes more valuable then real life friendships. I know my real life friends found someone better to be with and left me like a damn hot potatoe! I talked to her every day, by phone, emailed and Instant Messaged her and we had a very good friendship, though I thought, but one day, she didn't answer the phone, call me back, answer my email or my IM and I know she was home, after about a week, I gave up on her. We shared a website, it was her's she let me list on it, and that was GONE! Without a word, I had been wiped out of her life and we were friends for several years. My online friends are there for me when I need to vent about something or to just give advice on things or if I just need someone to talk to. I value my online friendships, they last longer. ~Icy~

Some of them seem to be more valuable to me. I have lots of online friends that I have had for MANY years. I've met some of them, and some I haven't. But we've talked online (emails) and by phone long distant. We've shared heartaches, laughs, marriages, baby's births, deaths and more. We've upheld one another through the good and the bad times. And we are still there for one another after many years. We each know we can call the other when we need a shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen, or a voice to call upon the Lord in prayer. I haven't made real friends with that many here in Mylot, but the people all seem to be very nice that I've met up with.

It depends, I have a few online friends that are as good as my friends in my daily life. I met my best friend online who I also fell in love (that was not intended) with in a language learning chat-room that Rosetta Stone provides, we met in real life this summer and he stayed with my for a month June 11th- July 11th, it was a great experience. Now I will see him this December 6th- January 4th, I am so excited, I will fly out to Stockholm Sweden (we live 4000 miles away, myself living in Pennsylvania USA), where he lives, and I will have the time of my life! Some online friends don't turn out to be good friends because conversation tends to try up, you just have to find the right people that will keep you excited to talk to them all of the time! You just have to be careful as to which people online that you want to meet, some people aren't as lucky as us. Happy mylotting!

Well, my REAL online friends are just as valuable as friends in real life. Heck, some of them mean as much to me as my own family. Who cares how you meet someone? Online, at school, at work... they can all be an important part of your life. BUT when I say REAL online friends I mean those I have known a long time and talk a lot, usually on several sites, sharing interests... Not the "Be on my Friends LIST" type of friend, usually.

My answer is YES! Ever since i began blogging last year, i've experienced another kind of friendship online. I've a few now that i can really talk to and i think they are as valuable as my friends in person.

yes i belv that oneline friends can be valuable as friends inreal life... i have one friend whom i've never met... but still i share many things with my friend...

Sometimes Netizen more help solve problems themselves, especially in the spiritual.

i think both are good. well online friends. are like easier to talk to . i guess there easier to share secrets that are eating u up and its gud becuz sumtimes u just need that . and good friends are good to hang out with to have there wen ur crying and to have ur back i mean online friends can have ur back but it doesnt leave the screen does it now?

Hi dolce_vita78, I have online friends, but I've never met any of them in person, and I think that has to make a difference. It is difficult for anyone to replace a friend that you have known sometimes for most of your life. The day may come soon when many lifelong friends will be made online, indeed it has probably happened already, and may be the trend for the new generation growing up today. Blessings.

I also believe that online friends are as valuable as my real life friends. Just like you, I've been blessed also with good online friends. I've met them here at mylot and my other social networking sites. They are the ones who's always there and always ready to listen when I needed advice. If given the chance, I would like to meet them personally most specially my BOF (Best Online Friend) neildc. We've been talking everynight since the day that we've met. Keep postings! HUGZ!

I think online friends is different from friends in real life,actually it's true.In the virtual world we don't real know each other,i can undertand each other just in the real world.

The trouble with online friends is online they can be anything they want to be. It's more difficult to be fooled by someone in person. So I feel online friends can be fun but not like real friends you know in person.

whether a friend is valuable or not, i think, it has little to do with its origin. but surely a friend from real life allows us more access to knowing each other better through realistic contact.

I think it depends on the person and how close of a relationship you have with them. Online friends do become real life friends, just because you never meet doesn't mean they can't be your "real" life friends...its just like having a pen-pal. I play an online game and there are a few people that I'm very close to and I know if we were to live by each other we would be hanging out and relying on each other all the time. However you do have some online people that you meet and get to know that could care less about you the minute you stop talking to them. That's the one thing about online friends is finding the ones who actually want friendship and can see it as a real friendship and not just something they do on the net to kill time.