Do you make more friends in real life or virtual life?

It depends what kind of person you are i think. i live both, with my normal social life, going out with mates and parting. but then again i also have all my friends with my facebook account. i feel that both are connected

Personally i make friends more in real life than the virtual world. As you've mentioned that in virtual world, we may live in our fantasy and make believe of some things that may not be able to exist in reality. Those are some of the reasons that I find enjoyment to enter the virtual world. But as to speak of having friends, I would still prefer to make friends in real life. My friends in real life are those that i can be with when I need someone to laugh with, share and explore the world with. They are one of the people that knows the real me. Its good to have some friends who will give you a hug and a pat on your back when you need it. Its good also to have those friends witness some momentous events in your life, to cheer and wish you the best.

For most of us life keeps things real. Screaming kids, dinner to be cooked etc. I make interesting friends in both places. I am just closer to the ones in real life. Because I get to physically hang out and see them once in a while.

i make friends where ever i go lol.. now that i dont work i make more online just because im on here more but if i was in the workforce it would probably be more equal

I just responded to someone who was having relationship problems with someone they had met online but not in person. This is the problem with socializing priarily or even exclusively online. How can someone be your friend you have never met? Even if you have corresponded with someone for years via the net they can't be anything more than a digital pen pal until you have connected in person and shared actual experiences together. I realize it is difficult for some people to make new friends, especially after a certain point in life but as the saying goes, nothing ventured nothing gained. Sites like meetup.com make it easier to connect with people who share your interests and spend time with real people in the real world. If you know someone who spends too much time online tell them to go to the site and enter their zip code to find a group near them.

Very nice question. I am basically an introvert and would not like to make friends in real life that easily. But, through Internet, it is a different matter. I love blogging and making new friends through blogging. THat's one of the reasons I got hooked to mylot. But here to the friendship at the best is temporary. In some other blogging site, people tend to come closer by forming intra city groups and even suggesting get-togethers. Some would want to meet me when they visit my place and even give their cellphone numbers. The moment it comes to relating with them in personal life like this, I go back to my cocoon! I politely refuse to meet them!

You are right mercuryman3a, I’m also the type of person as well living a dual existence nowadays. I have met many good net friends living in different parts of the world. We could enjoy chatting freely on whatever topics we are interested with our net friends easily and conveniently once online. What we need to have for our mutual interaction with friends from all over the world is a cell phone or a netbook, a notbook and the essential network service, and despite of where and when we are. There are lots of funs as well to have more good friends in our real life. I enjoy as well to have friend gathering frequently to have fun chatting, eating, drinking together at different places. It is really enjoyable to go on vacation together with many good friends. Anyway we have to spend extra time and to take the trouble to go out to meet with our friends for everyone has his own personal business to busy with. So it's always to have chitchat with net friends easily and conveniently all the time. Happy posting and have a nice day.

I am not really a social kind of person. I don't have many real friends because I am quite fussy when choosing whom I want to be friend with. Moreover, I am on the internet more than I hang around with my real friends. So, I have more virtual friends than real life friends.

I spend most of my time online but i don't have lots of friends in the virtual world.. i can say that i've got a big circle of friends in real life.. but i must admit that not all of my friends are my "real" friends.. i can only count in my fingers the friends whom i consider real, just like Allan Rae.. We've been friends for years and though we haven't seen each other for a long time, she's still there to give her 100% support..

i have more friends, both in virtual and in real world... i do spend more time with my real world friends...i spend some time with the friends across the internet.. happy postings..

I'm really choosy when i choose my friends. Not all i'm acquainted with i consider friends. I know them but their not my friends. There's a saying that tell who your friends are ann i'll you who you are. So i'm really careful in choosing them. I make most friend in real life than on virtual because that's the way i'm.

Sometimes ,I think internet can make some one out form the world or pain.It makes some one feel happy at the moment he views the interent,just like god.But when he off the net ,he feels not good.Someone feels coulden't live without internet,these people are woeful.They put the net live.

I make more friends in real life than virtual life. With the friends in real life, I can always keep in touch with them and know that they are being honest with me. With the friends in virtual life, I usually forget about them or they eventually forget about me. Besides, I will never know if some of my friends were being honest with me or not. Some people believe that they became unfit for the real world after some time because in the virtual world, they can make up anything they want and become whoever they want. Another reason for the feeling of unfit in the real world is the want to be in the virtual world because you can not be in it. Some people want to have what they can not have and the same goes with virtual worlds. That is why I tend to make more friends in real life than I do in the virtual world.

good question. i think it's the era of the Internet. Most of us have two ID, one in the real world, another in the virtual world. The internet changer the world. We buy what we need from the net and we seek friends there too. But we couldn't leave the real world, because we need real connection with other,we need famaliy, need classmates, need real love and friendship. so, both we do need.

I seem to live most of my life online at the moment. I don't actually see that there is very much difference. I am who I am and try to be exactly that where ever I am, especially with people who matter. Online does have some advantages for me. There is time to type and reflect on what I said (not that I always do, LOL). In real life, I am often lost for words (and therefore written off as taciturn or short or just plain rude|). Online, you can answer when you damn well please (or not at all) and nobody can accuse you of anything except not being there when needed. Online (when I am in the mood) I can be more genuine, deeper and more caring than I might appear offline - I mean in the flesh. It is really down to expression, shyness or whatever you choose to call it. I have times when I strongly feel that I don't want to interact with anyone. On the Internet (apart from instant messaging) that is possible and acceptable; in real life people know you are present nad can't understand why you don't want to interact - in fact, it is taken as an affront if you don't.

It's obviously much easier to make friends in the virtual world, but the real life relationships are stronger. I don't get on here and try to act like someone I'm not though. Eventually I would forget what I've said and wouldn't be able to carry on a real conversation. Sure it would be easy enough to make my life sound glamorous, but it's nowhere near that. I have the typical everyday issues and responsibilities to take care of that keep me in check with the real world.

Yes it feels like we are living in a virtual world. We get responses from the people for all around the world in a second for the discussions we create, get answers for the queries we have. Here we don't feel hesitate to answer most of the things, but if you come and ask me in real life, may be I hesitate. That's why you are right, this feels like a virtual world where you are true for yourself and me for myself like a dream where only you are true and others are false... But still this world is lot different that just a virtual world. Here we learn the real things in many subjects. The help we get is sometimes the very thing we are actually needing. And about being unfit for the real world after sometime? I can't agree with this. Because this world is making me more sensitive than before. It is helping me to learn more things and due to this I can deal with the friends nicely than before. Because my creativity increased, I can discuss widely with them in any subjects. That's why I say it makes even fit for the real world. Don't you think so? Nice post...Great...Happy mylotting...

Well up until about two years ago I would say it was easier for me to make friends in the real world, but since I started this job, the only friends i have now are online. That is the most common way I commuciate with the friends and I and of-course the ones I have made on-line. It sucks actually cause I miss hanging out with people.