Yes online relationships can be just as meaningful and significant as a real life relationship. It all depends on how much you put into it and if you are open and honest with each other. A relationship does not have to be a face to face thing. Whether it involves , phone calls or *gasp* letters, the connection is still the same. The timing may be different - waiting on a letter verses an online chat - but if two people connect and can become friends or more, then the method really doesn't matter.
What matters is that you are happy...because in the end, that is the goal.
Provided the basis is complete honesty and faithfulness to each other I don't see why not. That said I think an online relationship, much like a long distance relationship would require a lot more trust than a regular one would.
The short answer is absolutely.
Because Lush is the only experience I have with interacting with others online who I haven't ever met, I can only speak to the friendships I've formed here. I've come into contact with so many different people on this site, and really I am thankful for each of the "major" relationships I've formed here.
Those aren't all positive experiences — I have been lied to several times here and shared a lot of deep, personal thoughts/emotions/dreams/fears with people who only ended up being jackasses, but, like I recently told someone, I suppose that's the risk you take when you open yourself up to someone else, especially in a place like this. And I will be honest, for each of those friendships that I formed that have ended because the other person lied to me, I have cried and been just as hurt as I have been by people I've met in real life and known for several years. The hurt is the same — in a lot of ways, worse, since I have found myself being very candid and honest with some people here, which is not the case with many people I know in real life.
But for all of the bad I've run into here, I've also made several good friends who have been there for me through huge life changes and successes over the last 14 months. I talk to those people just as much as, if not more than, people I know in real life and I tell them about those changes/successes/failures. In fact, I would venture to say that one of my best friends and confidantes now is someone here on Lush, who I'm not sure I will ever meet. It doesn't make it any less real or meaningful (to me, at least), though.
It takes a lot of trust and honesty, but in the few friendships I've formed here where both of those are present, the relationships are absolutely both significant and meaningful.
I think a meaningful relationship can be found on this site as long as both are truthful, otherwise I think it's totally possible. The internet does tend to free people up and bring out their real personality which could be great for making a relationship that lasts
I think everything we do is only as significant as we want it to be. That includes online relationships. Many people in the real world have no significant relationships, and there are those on line who are as honest and so what they say and do are significant as anything off line. It depends on the people involved
I think everything we do is only as significant as we want it to be. That includes online relationships. Many people in the real world have no significant relationships, and there are those on line who are as honest and so what they say and do are significant as anything off line. It depends on the people involved
Yes it can make real sense depends on how much botj of u can hold up
I think that you find love in the most unexpected places , and the most unexpected situations .there are a lot of people out there who had made a real connection by words only .its beautiful really
For me, meaning and significance in any relationship can only be achieved through investment. Not just of one's self and honesty, but of one's time as well.
While I'm as honest as I can get without jeopardising my privacy and safety, I find myself hard-pressed for time to commit to anything serious around here. Casual, off-chance interactions work best for me online. Admittedly, a lot of my Lush friendships have fizzled out due to a lack of commitment on my part. But my lack of commitment might also stem from the fact that there was never any real connection to begin with; so there is a lot of truth in what's already been said about establishing a connection, first and foremost.
But having said that, I do have a few friends around here whom I absolutely adore and speak to on a regular enough basis for me to consider their position in my life pretty meaningful and significant. (Posh 'n' sassy redhead, I'm looking at you!) Also, there're lots of Lushies whom I speak to sporadically but still find really amazing. I don't talk to everybody at once while I'm online, so comfortable silences are part of what it means to be great friends on here.
As for an exclusive romantic relationship, I pretty sure it can't work for me online. I feel that I need to share all aspects of my life with the other person, so that rules out long-distance relationships for me in general. But hey, it's still nice to know that there are people who've found happiness or contentment with this sort of thing.x
Yes they can. It takes time and effort but most of all open communication. With open communication comes trust and love. Yes fully believe in this.
I believe an online relationship can be serious or at least the feelings and emotions are. However if you want it to be lasting at some point you have to move beyond the web. But here is a good a place to start as any, maybe even better, because you get to know that person first.
Meaningful? Of course! No question about this. *Some* online relationships can be more packed with meaning than a decade's worth of RL relationships.
Sustainable? Much harder to do.
Some of the reasons online relationships can feel so meaningful is that they are virtually (hee!) free of the day to day grind that causes so much stress in relationships. You don't worry about who cleans the cat litter, whether you get to spend Christmas at your family's or theirs, why they haven't gone to the doctor like they said they would....
And we also get to the best version of ourselves for so much of the time online because people see so little of our actual lives. We tell ourselves that they are seeing "the real" us because we may share more freely or deeply, but even when we do that soul-baring, we still present only a certain side of ourselves in a way that is much harder to do in RL relationships. Plus, people online seem to have a penchant for seeing what they want to see in their online partners instead of sometimes seeing what is really there. Still! Online relationships can have so much meaning! But they are more like fireworks that are briefly spectacular than a warm, crackling fire that might not be as exciting but provides warmth and comfort for a longer time.
Sure! It's how I met me wife.
Definitely think so. You can really get to know someone when you are typing things out instead of sitting across from them momentarily.
yes you can'if you can feel it in your heart than it is real for you.I have been in a relationship for over a year it can be difficult but mostly it's wonderful
nope I do not think it is, learned the hard way
Yes can be meaningful but only with real friends
I <3 <3 <3 him!!
