is internet not bounding us to 14 inch screen.. and away from own Real Relations

I think the internet is forcing us to define what is real rather than being something that divides us from reality. When communication wasn't so easy, physical presence was the best way to confirm a deal or to maintain a relationship. And now that it is so easy to communication in meaningful ways on the internet this physical aspect of reality is losing its merit or rather its losing weight to a new form of communication. At the same time existence of choice strengthens the message when you do choose communicate in physical channels.. maybe it does force us inside the house and keep us focused only on what we want rather than the randomness right out the door but is this bad? Or rather is this any different than without the internet? Some people throw away Christmas cards or don't send them other people have met their neighbors and moved. What i think the internet does is lower transaction costs for communication and that isn't necessarily a bad thing.. it allows like minded people to find each other much more efficiently than the random distraction of the suburbs. I understand that what you are saying is that choosing to lead a virtual life as and with whoever you like is not as real as the people around you outside that you have never met. You say that these people in effect lead a double life on the internet and off the internet.. my argument is that the outside life is just a virtual as the internet. Or that rather it is the goal of the internet to become just as virtual.