have u ever had an online relationship where u would give up the relationship...

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u had in real life? i mean, say, you knew EXACTLY what you were doing - no drugs, depression, booze, illness, etc. and u were chatting with someone online, say you were in a chat room where people talked about sex and basically a place where sad lonely souls go to have meaningless conversations with strangers over a computer monitor, someone in ireland, would u really start believing that this person was someone you would consider leaving what u had for?

 

omg! nooooooooooo! but people do end up getting lost and mistaking real life for fantasy. i never have. there was a time in my life, maybe 15 years ago, where i was so screwed up that i ended up chatting with people from all over the world and saying the most ridiculous things, asking questions and stuff that someone who was in the process of destroying himself would do - but did i for one second, ever think that what i was doing was based in reality? never. did i for one second ever think that anyone would believe that what i was saying was in any way based in reality? NOT! gawd - even when i was totally rawked, i still knew that what i was doing was simply escaping from the hell i was in at home and that was the most harmless way i could find to not become someone i would hate....if i wanted to i could have done any number of things that would have sealed my doom - i could have had a real affair, turned to crime, but i survived byu chatting with someone online in a way that i was basically talking with myself...the only intent was to ensure i didn't harm my family, ruin people's lives and didn't kill myself...considering all that and what was happening - i think i did a pretty amazing job and i got thru hell and THAT'S WHY I KNOW IO WILL NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN...

 

gawd, i simply cannot imagine that anyone that knows me would think i would pack up 47 years of living, think i could 'FALL IN LOVE' with someone [who was basically fingers on computer] and do so when i was sane, let alone trashed...yah,,my daughter would be so proud...that's just nuts...however, once again....i am in the minority...many people actually do believe in the fantasy...see, here's the big difference...i met a woman i really loved on the internet...but the difference was it was real, we talked about real things, we met, lived in the same city...gawd some people just throw things away so easily - anyhoooooooooooo - that was ages ago...