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Originally posted by ClassyLady
Most of us here are regulars on GC forums. We chat back and forth with each other pretty much every day. But, do you really consider people that you meet on the internet to be your friends?? Not internet friends, but do you hold these people in the same category as you do your closest friends that you met in person??
If you do consider them friends, do you treat them the same as your real friends? Do they know your real name, what you really do, and where you really live? Have you lied to them about yourself?
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Yes to all of the above. There are a few people on GC as well as other internet venues that I interact with outside of GC or where ever we have "met" on one of the IM providers. I have no reason to lie about my name, what I do, live, etc.
The people who I call my friends are held in the same regard as people I might have met through school, work, church, etc.
These friends are people I hold in high regard. I consider some of them to be like family to me.
I look @ it like this, thanks to the Internet my circle of friends has become wider. The Internet has allowed me to meet people I probably never would have ever encountered. The Internet has revolutionized pen pals to a whole other level.
My friends on GC are people I pray for and pray for me. I worry about them and they worry about me. God places no limits on who you love or hold dear.