In my case, I'd say "yes." While still a bit of a grouch, I'm a little more tolerant of others. Also, this has been a great opportunity to bounce ideas/responses off of others.
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In my case, I'd say "yes." While still a bit of a grouch, I'm a little more tolerant of others. Also, this has been a great opportunity to bounce ideas/responses off of others.
Yes for all the reasons you've mentioned, plus it's nice to bitch and whine anonymously. At the same time I still wonder if coming here on a regular basis is keeping relationships on my mind, which keeps the ex on my mind.
Not at all.
Yep, I met the love of my life here.
Absolutely. LF users helped me out with a personal issue I couldn't handle myself.
Sure :)
I became more addicted to the internet (since there is always something new to read on LF :) ),but I also started to feel obligated to help people in RL. I had alreadt few 'LF-like' talks with people in real life, those people were always the one I just met.
On monday I have another LF mission in the field. Well it's just that I want to talk to that person...
I said to another member, it's such a shame You don't get a degree for posting on LF. For example in Psychotherapy :) Oh well...
Yeah Lf changed me .
PS. Oh I forgot, my english improved :D Thanks :P
I like some of the people on the computer better than real life people.
A forum like LF, is a good way of gauging reactions to certain ideas, BEFORE you impliment them in RL.
It's showed me that if it can happen it can happen.
I found out many people find themselves in messy and sometimes extraordinary situations and funnily and probably unkindly it feels good to know others are suffering too.
I don't feast over peoples'misery but I feel better after I have been here than after visiting some of my friends on facebook. For some reason the pile of photos showing happy couples with their kids, oblivious of the suffering of the other part of the world (world I am part of) makes me sick...
Whereas when I read through these pages I feel strongly bound to LF members!
Yes, sometimes people on FB will go to great lengths to show the happy family, on forums like LF you can see the warts and all.
The forum itself is a fun past time. I wouldn't say the forum has affected me but some of the people I have become friends with have affected me. I love them! Haha. I've developed an offline friendship with someone so it's great. I hope to meet my other friends I've made off the net too.
I use the "net", to conduct business, and it always surprises me how much, in RL , my clients will be, just like I imagined them to be.
i love you too sugar poo.Quote:
Originally Posted by doppelgaenger [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
raverboy
yes. instead of fighting with people in real life, i could do it here instead. it has been a great stress reliever.
The concern that my mental images will not be lived up to has largely prevented me from being willing to meet online people. I mean, I really WANT to, but if I like the online person enough to want to meet them in person, it would be SO disappointing to not like them IRL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perryville [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Still, there are a couple of people I would make an exception for, I think.
I've met some grest people on here. It's too bad you all live so far away, there's a few I'd actually sit down and have drinks with.
This place definitely helps pass the time at work, hehe.
I like it here. Its a great outlet to get different points of view, advice, and suggestions on all sorts of topics and it makes you realize you aren't the only one who has every gone through this or that in life. I think I like it more because I am extremly private in real life and here I can blab about whatever and still feel as if I'm being helped without people knowing my biznass. There are some cool cats here.
Stick around long enough, and people WILL know your biznass!
True. I guess I mean where I can talk about my life and not worry about one of you getting drunk at a party and saying something I've talked about in front of other people.
I like getting the male point of view. It's helped me to understand my husband so much better.
This place has helped me immensely. I'll continue to use it to bounce ideas off of the brighter members, and hopefully give some good advice in return.
I'de say yes, lots of experienced people here to help with lots of relationship specific problems and I find myself lending a helping hand here and there as well.
For me LF definitely helped. I got really nice responses and I was able to say pretty much what I wanted to say.
Being anonymous helps ;)
Got some good advice from several people. I'm not gonna take the advice, but it sure is good to talk about what's going on in my life
I nominate this for Post of the Day.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetalPhoenix [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Tnx...souds a little sarcastic, but I really appreciate the time people have spent reading my crap and giving me advice.
But I'm a stubborn son of a bitch and a couple of days ago I just "knew" what I had to do.
I don't mean to offend anybody with this, but I've thought a lot the last couple of weeks about what happened. It just feels right.
Yeah, sure you did.Quote:
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don't worry... i still won't close you out on aim... i will chat with you even though "your" computer crashed on me... heheheQuote:
Originally Posted by QueenofCorona [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
god damn you... you admire him more than you admire me???Quote:
Originally Posted by Gigabitch [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
raverboy
Once. A long time ago. Now its more like interactive entertainment. Like Cheers, except its BYOB.
There are a select few from here I would meet IRL. Some I have already & it was very nice. You know who you are.
There are certainly good people here, and some I would invite to Tex. for a visit.
i'd love to meet loadsa people on here in real life. t'wood be cool
I get to admire him up close, you see.Quote:
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If you and I met IRL, we'd get thrown out of the bar for cackling.Quote:
Originally Posted by IndiReloaded [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
i'd probably get thrown out of the bar for more than just cackling.
raverboy
LF is the first forum I've posted on where I've let members in on my real life ...
... but it's actually the only forum I post on regularly (if you consider this regular).
A lot of great responses here. (Haven't been around for awhile, so I just looked at the thread).Quote:
Originally Posted by tooxshort [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
I'd agree about the idea of letting people on LF know about my real life, except that I don't know what my real life is...I think the LF crowd sometimes helps me figure out some things about life. Or, at the very least, they at least indulge me as I flail about in "life"--that is, what occurs outside of my front door, a place I don't like very much, called "society."
While participating in LF hasn't gotten me any closer to "Love," the site reminds me that such a concept is possible and exists for others.
There are a few people from LF I'd like to meet because I respect their brains. I came close to meeting an LF member once, but backed out at the last moment. My reclusive nature just wouldn't let it happen. The regrets of life are easier to deal with (and just as memorable) than are the real tragedies and I'd rather not have any more tragedies.