Internet forums vs rl

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Is it normal to spend more time with online mates than in Real Life?

I ask because, quite simply, I spend almost all my time on the Internet, under different aliases. I have no friends in RL - in fact, I've only had one friend in the past 6 years, but then I had to move away.

As a result of this, my skills at typing posts are amazing, but I have trouble talking to other people in RL.

I've also wanted to join a wolf role-playing forum - is this at all normal? I have a very strong attraction to wolves, for what they are.

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  • Stupidlookingguy
    14 years ago

    It's alright I guess.. But having a few real life friends is more 'healthy' in my opinion.

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  • Psycho_Mantis
    14 years ago

    wolves kick ass!!! and mate u do need to get out more then, i spend loads of time online, playing warcraft and xbox and forums like this lol,
    but i still have a pretty active social life, think u just need to try and get out a bit more mate, even if it just to a pool bar, i go out and play pool all the time, meet random people all the time,
    good luck mate and have fun

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  • hero16
    14 years ago

    ofc it's normal

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  • raafi
    14 years ago

    the so called socail boundries in todays world are constantly changing, you are almost better off having a better conversation online than you might in RL. wired isn't it? is this normal... i want to say no, but a few years from now it MIGHT be a normal thing.
    you did mention that u have trouble chatting with pplin RL, i some times feel that too, becasue i might not having anythign instresting or they might not have anything intresting to share,rather than the usual scripted bullshit.
    is this normal, how you feel, i want to say no. howeverthe number of ppl who feel the same way you do is increasing more and more, so that will make it 'normal'

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  • [Old Memory]
    15 years ago

    yea i'm like that, a lot of my rl friends moved other places and now i talk to them on forums

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  • Jim_Pfoss
    15 years ago

    If "normal" means %%u201Caverage%%u201D or %%u201Ctypical,%%u201D then no, it's probably not normal. If "normal" means %%u201Ccommon,%%u201D then, yea, it probably is.
    More importantly, regardless of the label, if you don't like the results of your behavior, then change it! What's so mysterious?
    There's a line in an old Rolling Stones classic, Sweet Virginia:
    %%u201CGot to scrape that sh-t right off your shoes.%%u201D

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  • TurtleTommy
    14 years ago

    Umm... Turn off the computer. Go outside. Talk to some people. And hell if your tempted to go back on. Block the sites. and please dont try to get close to a wolf they're dogs and bears put together.

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