Do you get as close to your online friends as your face to face friends?

I'm a member of that same board and I am impressed with the way everyone is coming together. I think it would be heartbreaking, and I can't imagine reacting with as much grace as she has if it happened to me. I do get close to online friends. In fact, several of my best friends are people that I have met online. I have mets lots of people in person after meeting them online, and most have been extremely kind people.

I want to start off by saying that I am sorry for your friend's loss. I have to say that I find myself being much closer to those I speak to on the internet rather than those I meet in real life. I guess for me, I am more comfortable sharing personal thoughts with someone who I don't see at all. To me, it's a way for me to get my thoughts and feelings out to someone who isn't going to be in my face a lot. I know this might not make sense, but the distance is what makes me want to get closer to that person.

To be truthful I have had close online friends but I usually after awhile lose contact with them. I find I dont have the time to always chat with them so I lose contact. I also find I dont have as much to say to someone online as I do when Im face to face with people.

Online friends can be wonderful. I have one who makes me laugh and we talk about our problems, likes, and dislikes. But I once became very close to a guy onlines but it didn't work out. He wasn't who I imagined to be. My head formed a personality and appearnce for the real person behind the computer. I think I'll stick with online friends. Although I am closer to friends at school, I still enjoy talking with my online friend because we learn so much from each other. She lives in California while I live in New Jersey.

Yeh I have a few online friends that I'm close with. It not something plan or look for it just over time talking to someone you feel hey they can talk to me about anything and I the same with them. When you find a good friend online it just means another friend in your circle of friends. I think it good and interesting to have online friends that are close. I'm really sorry what happen to your friend. I hope she has plenty of family around her to help her thru this tough time and I know she grateful that she got a good friend like you to talk to. ~smiles~

well just like there life where there are some friends that are very close to me and other are just friends,same goes to my online friends there are some friends of mine with whom i have donelots ofchattingon the internet ,i know about therelikes and dislikes and same goes to them.the more you interact the closer bond you tend to devlop and sometimes the bond becomes so strong that your online friend becomes more important than your face to face friend!!!!!

actually, a freind of mine and I were talking about this just the other night in myspace..some of my friends online and I have been talking to each other for at least 2 years and pretty much became something like family..we talk everyday, spend lots of time finding out different things about each other and most of all, if one of us had an issue that they needed another perspective on, they know they have people to talk to about it..we just couldnt believe we known each other this long, been through so much this long, but never ever were actually in the same room together..

I never believes that you can have real friendship online but then I joined mylot anbd now I have so many friends here who I look for or miss if they do not show up for few days. Its not unnatural to feel heartbroken and upset for someone you have never met. I also keep crying or laughing reading my freind's comments , troubles and jokes online. What amazes me is that we all have one strong person inside us that makes us see humor in deepest of troubles and we do joke about it on our discussions. The more time I spend here more stronger the bond with all the mylotters keeps growing inside me. do not be uspet. jsut be there for her when she comes back online and I hope she does and is able to live despite her grief. I hate ehat is happening in afghanistan may be more of them would join up here and we could talk some sense in to them too.

My best friend I met on-line and have never met in person (although we've exchanged several photos). We've been talking to each other through instant messenger for a couple of years now and I know I can confide anything in her. And yes, I do genuinely get upset at anything that goes wrong in her life...and excited at the things that are exciting for her. I have several other close friends I talk to on-line too. One of them I've met and will be seeing again next month. The internet can be a great way to meet people and make life-long friends if you look in the right places.

It all depends whether he/she has become your closest friend yet or no. If yes, then you can be more close to him/her on net or phone, than your other friends with whom you do face-to-face discussion. I really think that you can find sincere friends on net, the requirement is that you need to be sincere too.

yes i do but .......in a certain limit after all from my experiences people get use to of people and then stop responding to the comments they also block people from there lists ....well i have used many online communities but i dont like such all ....majority are fake profiles and people posing what they are not ... i have some good experiences as well as bad experiences from these online communities ....

I'm VERY close to my online friends. When something hurts them, it hurts me too. One of my best friends is a lady I met in a Pogo game room a little over 2 years ago. We talk online via instant messenger, we go on web cam with each other, we talk on the phone regularly, and we're constantly sending each other little things through the post. Yet we've never met face to face. I think it's easier to feel close to people online because you only see the good side of them. You don't see the little habits that would make you think twice about being such good friends with them. I think if you take regularly and keep in touch, a real friendship can develop. I'm sorry to hear of your friends tragic loss. I cannot begin to imagine how she is feeling right now.

Yes, once i got close with some online friends, because they become in union with you as you open your computer and check 'em out. You will really feel bad about it because what happen to his son is son might be somehow brutal. So the thing that you can do now is to divert the feelings of your friend how to recover from hat tragic incident. You can do that because he is your friend. Show her how to laugh in behalf of agony. Thats life.

yea.. im closer with my online friends.. erm.. im a shy guy in reality.. so.. didn't really wanna talk in reality.. wow.. about your friend.. im sorry to hear that.. hope you can comfort her well.. it's really painful when u lose someone important to u huh..

I really don't keep any of my online friends that close. I recognize names and remember them from certain discussions and that is about it. I keep my friends around me a lot closer. Maybe I should start to get to know some online friends

It is funny how you can grow close to people that you have never met. I think some of the attachment is that those that you have chosen as friends you have common interests with and that is why you grow so close. How many face to face friends do you have that you share as much with as your new online friends? You can get to know them fairly well just by posting your thoughts. I have only been using the friends for one month because I really did not understand how it worked. I now have friends around the world that have told me that I am welcome to come visit them anytime. There seems to ber a great closeness that developes even though you do not have physical conection with them. I have had some of my MyLOt friend tell me that they are having dificulties and you feel for them just as you would someone that you know personally.

I wouldn't imagine I would get that close to someone online but I suppose if you were to talk to one quite a bit you would get to know them as a person the same as anyone else you would see and you would begin to care about them and would be upset if anything were to happen . I am sorry to hear about the loss of your friend's son and believe you to be a very caring person to be upset about something that happened to someone else . It is sad when anyone loses a child and it would make it harder to know this as you have come to care for the person that you speak to all the time and the thought of any mother losing her son is tragic . I hope you find out the imformation you are seeking , I live in Canada but don't know anyone like this but if I did I would certainly help you . Take Care !!

Like you I've made a lot of online friends and made very good ones too. It doesn't surprise me that you will be affected by something that happened to a friend of yours, even though it is only online. I consider my online friends, most specially the ones that I chat with/talk with often as real friends. Like in personal life, we have acquaintances, friends and close friends, so does online, we meet people who become as such to us online and we feel bad for even just our acquaintances, even people we dont' really know (like actors/actress/famous personas) why not feel so with people we consider friends (albeit, online) and there is nothing wrong (if that's the right word to say) in trying to make that friend feel better and supporting her in anyway you can, even though she is a friend only from the net

i am not as close to online friends as i am with my face to face friends. with face to face friends, i can see their faces and hear their voices which makes it that much more personal. with online friends, that doesnt happen unless someone takes initiative in choosing a time to chat on the phone or talk through a microphone while a webcam is on.