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i just finished watching the documentary 'catfish' and it got me thinking about my past relationships with people i had met on the internet, not only my own but everyones.
on a personal note i haven't talked with anyone i only know from the internet on a personal level in a long time and only with a handful of people when i have done, one of whom i ended up meeting in person and spending a lot of time with and getting to know her a lot. it was only ever friendship, never sexual but the person who i had shared so much with let me into her life and it was the same person throughout. we're still friends today. but what if she had turned out to be a bit psycho?
if you're not familiar with the documentary 'catfish', think about watching it. not wanting to give the story away it's about a male photographers relationship with a female artist who he met online and had started to send paintings of his photos to him.
the whole story got me thinking, i know throughout the internet there's people pretending to be something their not, it's happening as you read this, it's probably going on a lot on this site, i can even admit to doing it myself, pretending to be something else for a while but now many times has it been taken to the next level, the personal level that really ends up affecting the lives of the people involved in the lie? it's so easy to believe a lie when you yourself wishes it to be true... it's interesting. how many people have conversed with someone over the internet only to find out later that it was all an elaborate lie that they had been sucked into? i'm talking about the people who really feel a connection with the person deceiving them and who possibly took the time to try and meet them in person.
how would you feel about it if something like that had happened to you? would you forgive the person in question who had misled you for so long? what factors would it depend on? do you know anyone who has experienced this?
Originally posted by trev33Trev, believe it or not, I know four different couples who met on the internet and are now married.
i just finished watching the documentary 'catfish' and it got me thinking about my past relationships with people i had met on the internet, not only my own but everyones.
on a personal note i haven't talked with anyone i only know from the internet on a personal level in a long time and only with a handful of people when i have done, one of whom i ended ...[text shortened]... ong? what factors would it depend on? do you know anyone who has experienced this?
The advent of online dating has spawned many relationships on local levels as well.
You can meet someone in a pub or a restaurant that can be psycho just as well as online.
Granted, you can see the person face to face, but there are some pretty smooth operators out there.
You are a minnow in a shark tank!! 😉
Originally posted by trev33I'd hate to think how long your OP would have been, had you gotten laid. 😕
i just finished watching the documentary 'catfish' and it got me thinking about my past relationships with people i had met on the internet, not only my own but everyones.
on a personal note i haven't talked with anyone i only know from the internet on a personal level in a long time and only with a handful of people when i have done, one of whom i ended ...[text shortened]... ong? what factors would it depend on? do you know anyone who has experienced this?
Originally posted by FMFI have never heard that. I have been married twice and was not born within 150 miles of either of them.
Used to be that 90% of all married couples were born within 2 miles of each other.
I have divorced them both. One lives 165 miles away and the other lives 10 miles away.
Guess I must be part of your 10%.
Originally posted by shortcircuitso bigamy is legal where you live? 😉
I have never heard that. I have been married twice and was not born within 150 miles of either of them.
I have divorced them both. One lives 165 miles away and the other lives 10 miles away.
Guess I must be part of your 10%.
