Day 8 - Your Favourite Internet FriendDear Favourite Internet Friend
I find the terms 'internet' and 'friend' to be a bit of an oxymoron. I'm not exactly sure how I'm supposed to compose a letter to a internet friend, because I don't have any. I'm assuming that this means somebody who I only know on the internet, not a friend from the physical world, and I'm afraid I'm lacking in that capacity. Don't get me wrong, I have people that I only 'know' over the internet, but I wouldn't go as far as to call them my friends. Hell, I don't even like some of the people in my regular life, so I really have no urge to make any new ones in cyberspace. Don't misunderstand me here, I'm not against friendships or relationships formed over the internet, I think they can be great things for some people. I know of some incredibly successful and healthy relationships that were formed online. I think the positive of forming a relationship in this realm is that it eliminates the physical aspects as affection blossoms. This is a good thing in my opinion because in this way, the relationship is able to be formed around personalities and friendship as opposed to sex.
But this sort of friendship could never work for me. I need someone who is there and would continue to be there, a real life friend. If you live in Australia and your best friend whom you met online lives in Denmark, I think there's gonna be a few issues there. What if your boy friend breaks up with you, who are you gonna go crying to? I just see many flaws in this type of friendship, which is why I don't really have any. So this letter perhaps failed in several capacities, because technically it's not addressed to anyone. But on the other hand, my internet 'friends' provide good advice to occasion and many have similar interests to me. So for that, I say thank you.
Sincerely, Eleanor
Until next time fellow humans....
