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Originally Posted by la petite moi
hagatha, you can meet friends online that you otherwise would have never gotten to know in your area.
I would have never gotten to know my fiance if it weren't for the internet, despite the fact that we went to the same high school.
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I think you misunderstood me....I mean people who never meet or have any intention of meeting but still consider one another "friends".
That is my interpretation of "internet pals".
As a means to an end, ie actual face to face contact, I have no problem with that. Its just that I know people who have wonderfully charming, engaging online personalities but in person are socially inept. The internet has allowed them to construct a fake personna that has nothing to do with who they really are. So how "real" is an online friendship with that person?