Am I really who you think I am?

I guess it's true, but that would be a lot of work to carry on the farce, don't you think?

You never know since the person is just a picture and name online. The female could really be a male. They could be half the age that they say they are.

Here we are only concerned with what we write. If you tell lies about you then it is your problem. This is no site for selecting our partners.

It is impossible to know well (and for sure) someone we meet online. I am following you from a bit of time and on different sites, I assume you are who you say, I am who I say to be.

I know build elaborate webs around themselves, and who knows everyone may polish the truth up a bit, but I can't imagine trying to create a whole fake me online, and then remember what I had said, way too much work

You are quite right, it is easy on-line to hide behind a mask. You could just as easily build a fictitious persona as share a real one. Though I would imagine if you have a false persona, keeping it consistent over long periods of time might be harder to do than telling the truth. We can choose what we share and what we keep to ourselves, nobody forces us to spill out our guts.

And people wonder why I never post pics of meself, all I can say bout you is that ya love kritters, of that I am sure as for the rest well, I look at it as bein none of my bidness.

I guess that we never know anyone 100%, not even ourselves.

your right in the cyber world you just never know its the world of pretend

that's the whole idea behind cat fishing, lucky for me I have seen a majority of my friends on web camera so I know its them I'm actually talking to . the other parts of their life they don't have to share its enough that we are at the level of friendship we are. if they have things that they think I don't need to know or they want to keep private that is perfectly fine.

For an average internet user, there really is no way of knowing it. Anonymity makes it easy for a person to be someone else when they interact on the Internet.

i jest had to giggle, ms. abby! there's a certain person 't 'nother site who professes that i actually reside in a penthouse apartment....in new york city. i reckon folks can portray whate'er they wish online 'n sometimes that's a most scary thought. noperz, i dunno who ya are in 'reality', but'd sure not mind sittin' 'n visitin' with ya on the porch to find out.

I know what you are saying is true, and there are folks out there that do that, .... I'm not one of them, as, I like people to like the real me, not some made up persona...

Well, we'll never know. Still I do my best to just avoid the assumptions and just enjoy my time here.

I believe even in real life we can never know who the opposite really are until after some time or too late. So it is no surprise when it comes to online where we will not know what hit us. This is the very reason for throwing in that needed extra caution and not take everything all at one time. Let the other party play out and time to establish the facts, remember the opening lyrics of the song "Falling In Love With You"....Don't rush in. On the other hand, I always believe that there will be dire consequences when you start off trying to be someone instead of who you really are. Because time will play out and people will be able to see your true colors eventually.

The internet makes the matrix seem normal. There is little to prove the truth or falsehood of so much we write here

I believe there's always a degree of disguise with online personality.

The word of mouth vouches for the face value. You have to believe a person when he/she says who he/she is.

The cloak of anonymity can slip offsll too easily...