Real life friends and Online friends

[lucaskf390]

They are not same, but I respect them as I respect real friends.

[wixard]

I don't get why people still find it embarrassing like it's 2013 come on, 2 of my cousins are married to people they met online and they're fabulously happy

theres just a stigma attached to it, for the younger generation that's definitely not as bad as it was for us growing up as they're interacting quite a lot more through social media sites like twitter or Instagram where communicating with strangers is pretty common. for me personally, i wouldn't have the balls to tell anyone in my life right now about Internet people as they just wouldn't understand

[Matt]

I don't see the equal as I don't seem to trust many people online. They can say whatever they want to say without me being able to prove it and it takes a lot for me to trust them. More than once has someone i know come out as a girl thats been pretending to be a guy so its kind of like, i dont know if i trust what everyone says they are, as I can't exactly prove it. It varies i guess

[-Moniquee.]

My in real life friends would know me a lot better. It makes it harder online because of people stealing people's identity etc, so it makes it hard for me to trust some people.
But I have met some cool people online who have family friends that I know so its easier to trust them.

[Kardan]

They would never be equal in my eyes. At the end of the day, I think you know your real life friends a whole lot more than your online ones. I mean, you know their parents, you go around their house, in some cases you've grown up with them. With the internet you might be friends for a few months, and then bam! Turns out they're actually male.

Personally I don't feel like you can even have the same connection with someone online than in real life. Words on a screen can't really replace body language etc.

[Shar]

1 person from habbo and 2 people on here.

[AgnesIO]

Online friends are definitely not equal to me, no need to explain.

[Elegance]

to me they're equal, maybe even more.

[j0rd]

I would like to say yes but unfortunately really don't.
There's one or two I would say are pretty equal but others definitely not.

If I told my mates I have "online friends" they probably wouldn't take it seriously and give me a few slaps ha
When I met @GoldenMerc; I had to tell my mate I was with that I knew him irl when I was younger which was pretty awkward!

[GoldenMerc]

When I met Jord i told my girlfriend that he was a welsh *****, she understood.

when I met kieran everyone thought i knew him irl