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It sucks when you form a strong connection with someone, and for reasons you can't figure out that connection gets severed.
The internet can be a harsh mistress with forming connections like these, especially if it's your only medium of getting to know that person. I've been down this path before. Text, no matter how great someones written communication skills are, can only give you a small aspect of a person. You need to see a persons face, know their mannerisms, get to know how they act, how they are in the moment, and not just how they think.
The trap a lot of people fall into, because it comes so naturally, is that when you form these connections with people over the net, you start filling in the blanks without realising it. You start making this people into what you want them to be based of what you actually know. When your expectations aren't realised, it's also very easy to just sever that connection.
I know for some people forming friendships with perfect strangers in the non-virtual world can be very hard. But you seem like a caring person who wants to form close bonds with people. The internet can help you do that, but I think you should bring those friendships into the real world, to really get to know them, before you get too emotionally invested in the friendship.
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