Posted by jane d on April 10, 2003, at 18:31:41
In reply to Please figure it out and let me know how, too !!, posted by SBOATRN on April 10, 2003, at 11:02:19
> I'm with you on this one. It gets obsessive and the tying to figure the real from the illusions or flat out lies is maddening. You give of your HONEST self and don't necessarily get honesty back. Sometimes, I feel my emotional chain is getting jerked for others inapproiate needs or whatever they are after. In the meantime, you're in an emotional turmoil over stuff that may be less that honest information. I need to get out, too !!! I used alot of "I" statements, but sometimes I hoped to get blocked, too. Give me a good excuse to truly drop this game !!!! I dropped it once ... should have stayed gone !!!
SBOATRN,
I don't know whether you should stay or not but I had to answer your post because it described what I expected when I first started interacting online. For me the amazement has been in finding how many people, at this one site at least, are being honest about themselves. Every once in awhile I am still surprised at how many real people I have gotten to know. People who have been the same, consistent (within normal human limits) presence for years. Who may not tell you everything about themselves but who are upfront about the parts they don't want to tell you. The trick is to be able to enjoy those people while protecting yourself from the few who are not what they seem. A certain caution with newcomers is what works for me.Jane
By the way, the surprises can work the other way too. There have been posters who I initially didn't care for but who I later realized were great. Kind of like real life.
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