DEDICATED TO FRIENDSHIPS (Have you found love on the internet?)

Member Name: chrissypops

Product:	Have you found love on the internet?
Date:	16/05/02 (90 review reads)
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Advantages: Fun friendships and more

Disadvantages: the odd weirdo

We all feel love in varying degrees right? Children give the unconditional love that we all need to give. We love our friends for being there in our deepest darkest moments. We love our partner for companionship, sexual needs and a deeper sense of love in which sometimes leaves as speechless.

The opinion * Finding love on the net* leaves the opinion to many aspects of love that we could and some do indeed find over the net. Some people even think is weird that u could even fall in love with anyone who u haven’t seen before apart from a picture or two. Others will know exactly what Im talking about when I say that you just get to know the real person.

The aspect of love I going to talk about within this opinion is the love of the friendships I have built up over the last few years I have been using the internet. Two years ago I stumbled onto a parenting website called * Mother and Baby*, run by the Mother and Baby magazine. Being a parent of a 2 yr old and just having another baby, I wanted to seek out some friends even if they were pen pals. The site now sadly shut down, but as some people from Dooyoo who used to use this parenting website… well any chat room really, will know that there are some wonderful people out there, and maybe the odd head case.

When I entered the chat room is was fast and I just sat for about 20 minutes not daring to type a word just in case it was lost in the stream of sentences. I left but re-entered after about 20 minutes and typed my greeting. I was over the moon when a few people said “ Hey how’s u doing?” and within a few weeks I found myself becoming addicted. Soon I started talking to a few regulars and found out that one lived a few minutes away from a friend of mine in Kent. So next time I was down that way I took the chance and popped in for a cuppa tea. We got on straight away and chatted for a few hours. Now 2 hrs on our friendship is still really strong and although
we don’t talk as much online, we both know that we are there for each other. Thanks debs

The other really good friend I made from Mother and Baby site was Vicky, in fact she does Dooyoo to (Parsley) I’m not naming her because I want you to look at her opinions. I’m naming her because I really value her as a true friend. Again I first spoke to her through the site and then I got MSN instant messenger and we spoke mainly on there. How many days in the year? 365 days? Well Vicky and I talk for a few hours I would say 680 days in the last two years. What about? Everything. We both trust each other as if we went to school together and it feels I have known her years. We have been there for each other through thick and thin, helped each other when the other is down and sat and talked for hours. Does it surprise you I haven’t even met Vicky? But I know shes open honest, genuine I know her through her personality. Maybe if we lived near each other, I might not of even battered an eyelid. But I am so glad that we have found the compassion and the love that goes with any friendship. Vicky, I know you will read this, maybe not now, and cos I know you are busy, it could be a month down the line, but you have been there for me more than you will ever know. Thanks babe

There are so many friends that I keep in touch with from the net, all of them I might not hear from them for ages, others every night but the connection is still the same as what it is in real life. We trust each other, we communicate well and we get to know each others persona without all the physical world around us. Its only been in the last 5 mouths I’ve had the courage to wander of the fairly safe worlds of parenting sites into the worlds of not so safe chat rooms. I must admit I received a frightening email a few months ago about how a young lady gave information over msn and was followed… luckily by a policeman to warn her of the dangers of the net. I&
#8217;ve always been very cautious about giving personal information and no way would I ever give my address or phone number out to anyone. Again meeting people off the net can be great fun, but again personal safety is a must. If you ever meet anyone of the net, make sure its in a crowded place. Tell someone where you are going and always listen to your gut instincts. Ask and re-ask as many questions as possible. Most people tend to be wary of meeting men from the net but some women can have the equal potential of being weird so please be careful.

So do I believe you can find love on the net? Of course I do, you can find love anywhere, you only have to open your eyes and look. Good luck with everyone who has found a relationship on the net, and the rest of you…. Keep looking… u never know

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