Thinking about the way sometimes it seems as though the very thing that brought us together will be instrumental in breaking us apart...
People say how wonderful the internet is because of how it brings people together from all around the world and allows us to share ideas, beliefs, and cultures, but sometimes I think they forget the inherent danger in such a system. There is something lurking in that whole concept that is so often ignored. It has to do with the fact that we can sometimes allow the 'fantasy' of it all to cloud our 'reality' judgement. I mean let's face it, on the internet you can be whomever and whatever you wish. Don't assume for a minute that you know someone just because you may have spent countless hours talking to them online.
It's wonderful to find someone you can do that with. But realize that just as you may speak on phone with someone more comfortably than in person, talking online can often become 'comfortable' to the point that people don't even realize they are taking on personalities that they 'want' and not those that they necessarily 'have'. I realize that is not always a voluntary thing, but it's there just the same. And it can be deceiving, voluntary or not.
Perhaps that is what takes most people by surprise the most. They spend hour upon hour talking to someone they 'met' online and one day may even decide to meet in person. That's great. Perhaps the meetings continue alongside the 'chatting' and these two figure they know each other pretty darn well because they have spent all this time 'communicating'. Could be.
Then again, maybe we need to remember that it's life that allows us to truly 'learn' someone. Sharing is good... no, it's great and vital. But walking side by side through the joys and pitfalls of life... now that will reveal the real 'us' like nothing else can. I don't care how much we think we know each other.
Just an observation.
Buttercup
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