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Easier to Talk on Internet Than Family

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Taosman

Taosman

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What does it say about us when it's easier to talk to someone on the Internet than it is to carry on a conversation with your own family?

The holidays seem to have brought this thought up.

Is it the lack of history?

Is it that the dysfunctional family is actually the "norm" now? :crazy:
 
I have 7 sibs, am conversant with 3. The rest are dysfunctionals. I can't give examples b/c some of them might be lurking here. (The one good common denominator is we're all Buckeye fans.)

But the 3 of use who are in regular communication have a riot. I can open up to them as if I'm drunk, and in a way I'd never do in here. My younger brother is so funny that I've almost wrecked my car talking to him on the cell phone. Most of his/our material comes from the "other 4."
 
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Taosman;707813; said:
What does it say about us when it's easier to talk to someone on the Internet than it is to carry on a conversation with your own family?

The holidays seem to have brought this thought up.

Is it the lack of history?

Is it that the dysfunctional family is actually the "norm" now? :crazy:
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It says that it is time to turn off the computer, walk into the other room, and begin a conversation.
 
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to a large part I agree but there is a part of me that disagrees completely with this... sometimes you need an unbiased opinion, someone who isn't emotionally involved to throw out some ideas, give pointers, listen to venting.

I certainly don't believe internet friendships/conversations should ever replace real life conversations but I think they are often times healthy and should be viewed as a positive addition to real life.

I will use an example here and hopefully not upset BKB too much... when his mom was dying I knew my job was to be supportive of him and his family. The big problem was, I didn't know how to be supportive of a spouse while they are loosing their parent, it was a first time thing for me. I turned to a group of girlfriends on here for guidance and support, expertise from others, what might work, what might not work... sure I would additionally ask BKB what he needed form me but I wanted to learn and demonstrate some things on my own. I also, for selfish reasons needed a few ears to listen to me bitch about how flipped upside down my life was.. had I not had that outlet I might have exploded and my best friend, BKB, wasn't available to listen to me bitch, especially since my bitching was mostly about very sensitive issues to him...

so, yeah, internet friendships are options and can be quite beneficial, as long as you don't withdraw from real life relationships in the process...
 
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