Online "Friends" - Part 2 - Being "Unfriended"

In my last Blog, I spoke about online "friends" and how you are "befriended", sight unseen not knowing who really is on the other end.  I wanted to continue with writing about online "friends". 

In majority of the cases, they are faceless and void of all feelings and personality.  You can't possibly know someone that has a couple of pictures posted up who messages and/or emails you, what their true character is like; if they are a caring or loving person, if they're psycho or sane.

Spending time with him (or her), going to the park, watching a movie like "The Note Book", having him console you while you're crying your eyes out with his arms wrapped around you while he kisses away your tears, won't happen.  Until a computer is invented that provides us with the capability of touch, feel, smell, the personal factor is nil.  This is all done virtually; is it the same?  The answer, "no, it is absolutely not the same".

You may say something in a message that is misconstrued; he can't see your face, if you're playing or teasing, not knowing how your words maybe interpreted.  This could cause hard feelings and then the big "I".  If there are misunderstandings, this is where the ignoring you comes in, the old adage, "out of sight, out of mine"  is much easier than facing that "friend".  But it is torture, you see his picture in your list of "friends" everyday; it's almost too much to bear.  You thought you knew him, but it's not real, he's a virtual "friend".  Then the next thing you know, his picture disappears as well as his name; you've been "unfriended", "blocked" or to put it bluntly, you've just been "dumped" as their "friend".  Instead of working through your problems and talking them out as real friends would, he's just deleted you as his "friend".

"Dumped", how ludicrous does that sound?  How ridiculous does the whole friendship sound when you have no idea who you are dealing with?  You never really were his friend anyway; it's someone on the other end of a computer or telephone who really doesn't give a darn about you.  That's the realism and part of life in this world of automation.  Pretty soon, if not done already, people will be getting married virtually.  It sounds insane, but crazy enough that it's bound to happen!

Now I will go to bed, find my cat and dog, cuddle with them; after all, I can't cuddle with my "friend' through the computer now, can I?

Me and My Cat, Peanut

                  

Me and Bentley, My Dog

Bentley, Giving Me Doggy Slobbers

Bentley and Peanut, Frenemies