I had an almost online-only friend for a while -- we met in person just once, when I passed through her city in transit from the far side of the ocean to the far side of the continent, and occasionally talked on the phone, but the real medium of the relationship was electrons. Eventually we lost touch, when real life got the upper hand and the mutual interest that brought us together ceased to be so compelling, but for a while it was about as close as any friendship I've ever had.
There's something else about that, which I'd forgotten until I started writing this. For a year or so in the middle, we were a gang of three. And then the other two parties met in real life, and didn't get on, and that was the end of that, which I suppose just goes to show the limitations of online relationships.
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Date: 2004-12-15 03:48 am (UTC)There's something else about that, which I'd forgotten until I started writing this. For a year or so in the middle, we were a gang of three. And then the other two parties met in real life, and didn't get on, and that was the end of that, which I suppose just goes to show the limitations of online relationships.