I did have a friendship that was exclusively through
cyberspace. We actually knew each other
when we were little but I do not remember him as an adult. We talked primarily through texting or
Facebook chat, never on the telephone or in person. This relationship was different from face to
face relationships because he didn’t know me in person and didn’t know what I
look like today so I felt there was no judgment in how I have aged or how much
I weigh. It was nice to be able to say
whatever I wanted, whenever and have the control to end the friendship at any
time if I ever felt uncomfortable. I
ultimately did end the friendship when he started saying things I felt were
inappropriate and did not sit well with me.
I watched an incredible movie called “Catfish” which was about a guy’s
journey to meet a girl face to face that he had a relationship with
online. It turned out she was not at all
who she presented herself to be and the relationship he was having was actually
with her mother. It is very interesting
to see how people can hide their “true selves” behind their phone or computer
and present themselves as the person that they want to be.
Catfish is sort of a funny movie, in the sense of how much of a twist there was in the end. I have had a friendship through cyberspace once and after watching Catfish I thought of my circumstance of having a friend in cyberspace and thought that could have happened to me. But talking to someone for so long over the internet because you can't fully express yourself online like you can in person, so those differences do apply. I never met the person I was talking to over the internet and I never anticipated it but I really couldn't imagine doing it. It would be two different worlds clashing.
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