With whom are you more comfortable telling things with real or internet friends?

Sometimes I find myself sharing my personal feeling and problems with my boyfriend who is also my best friend and sometimes I discuss about these issues with a friend on the internet. So I think I have choices as I have two people.

I have shared a lot of personal stories online and i think i am much comfortable sharing it with an online friend. Less judgment and a lot of understanding is what i get with myLot members' reactions. I am pretty much a secretive person that's why with my user name, i can be who i want to be. No restrictions whatsoever and no limitations. Just a plain person who loves and is quite active with the site.

..for me, I'm much more comfortable telling my friends in the internet about what's going on in my life.. At least I know they will never betray or backfire me.. Also, I will not be experiencing rumors that could make my problem worst.. Though I have best friends but i feel better communicating with my friends in the net..

You know what, it maybe weird, but sometimes I do find it easier to tell someone like someone from the net to even tell my dirty little secrets. But of course I still would not divulge every thing in my life. Sometimes, the funny things, and the weird things , and the crazy things that I do are the things that I find it easy to share with someone I met on the net.

for me of course both of them, the first is my wife, because i can tell anything i want without worry if my secret will publish to any one, and for my internet friend sometimes i share too because i think they not me and i always use not really my neme to chat with them so my secret is keep secret

i find it easier to tell things to my real friends. i know them on a very personal basis and likewise, they to me too. it is always hard to get to the bottom of an internet friend... having only to face the computer's monitor and not on a physical and "in the flesh" way.

I think I would tell my Internet friends, as I cannot see their reaction and they earn more confidence from me than my real friends

I prefer to talk with my friend, my best friend. I rarely talk something with the internet friends who I do not know well.generally, I talk differfent thing with different friends of mine. I would choose the different person around me, bacause you can not tell all the thing to one person, you have to choose the right person talk the right thing of you. That is better.

I am more comfortable telling my off-line friends my troubles because I can actually see them and their reactions.

It all depends to the stories or things happened that I'll be sharing. I can share some of my problems to my closest personal friends and to my closest online friends as well.

I feel more comfortable telling things to my friend. She knows where I'm at now in my life. She's been there and is there now. I'm not comfortable talking to strangers on the internet about everything in my life. I'm just afraid that something I say will get back to my husband.

to a real friend. in both ways, i dont wanna end up like a damsel in distress. i just chat because it diverts my attention from the usual pressures am dealing with. and hopefully chatmates will later on end up my real friends!

'Everything' is a big word. Of course I feel better tlking to my real life friends, but I can't help but feel a bit less doubtful since internet ones will probably never see me!

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I used to find it a lot easier to talk to my internet friends. Not I'm fine either way. I'm not very personal so if something is bothering me I usually don't have a hard time talking to atleast one person about it, y'know? I only ever really talk to my boyfriend though. He's pretty much the only person I trust these days. Never fails me. :]

Er,I wanna divide the problem into two...I tell different people different things...There are times when I do stupid things...I won't tell real friend about that due to the comments they say may be sth. I don't want to hear.Real friends are more close to me,in order to benefit me,they always take the risk of annoying me to tell the truth.While Internet friends will be more liable to comfort you,and give some nice advice rather than criticize you.Daily chores, I tend to consult with real friends,but when it comes to some secrets,I choose to tell Internet friends.These are times I only want someone to listen to me without saying anything.

most of the time, i tell my problem to my internet friends than those in real. for me, telling them what i feel is one way of showing them my sincerity as friend and trust even if i don't see them. I often cry to them and funny coz i never meet them even once. and funny bcoz they seems to be like my real friend whose always there willing to listen to me than those whose here. my real friends can't give me more time coz they have their life too, their job and family.

I am comfortable telling stuff to both because they are my friends... I must admit though that my internet friends are much more updated than my real friends because i am almost always online. Most of my internet friends are indians and i really am fond of them. However, i do not open everything up to them because like any type of friendship... it always has to be tested by fire. My real friends had been with me thru thick and thin. and they would always have that plus factor of hugs which internet friends could not give even though they really wanted to. To cap it off, internet friends have the heart and the ear but the real friends have everything. furthermore, they are tried and tested.

Hey Krupesh, I am definitely 100% more confident telling thing to on-line friends rather than people I know in reality. When I speak to people in the real world I am very hard to understand because I am a very nervous individual and mostly speak to myself, so I have developed a habit of talking quickly, quietly and with the tendency to skip words or mix them up! This definitely works against the idea of me ever confiding anything important to anyone in reality! On-line though I have the chance to think about what I want to write and use my skill at forming ideas to tell someone exactly how I feel. That and I have known some on-line friends for many years so have a long history of trust and understanding with them which means that when I have problems they will know the history of them and can put what I am going through into context. I don't have anyone I know in reality who can do the same so they would have to battle confusion of the history of my issues, along with my odd way of communicating in reality which would mean they will be unable to help and will feel guilty and out of their depth. In short I definitely go to my on-line friends when I wish to gain advice and help, it is far easier and way more comforting overall :) Dranz

I guess that it depends on situations for me. If I have serious problems, I would definitely ask my friends in real life as I know that they would support me. However for embarrassing situations I would prefer to talk to friends over the net as I would feel less embarrassed.