net relationships?

[A Beaver]

>References: <1585CHF@PSUVM> <7...@topaz.ARPA>

>
> Net relationships are difficult, a large number of problems are
> created when the participants in a relationship do not see each other.
> THe one plus is that you have become FRIENDS before you become
> lovers.
> liz sommers

Since I started sending out articles on the net at the begining
of December, I have started exchanging mail with a few people.
I must admit that there is a certain element of 'Mystery' around
the idea of writing to someone whom you've never met.
Sure, it's true that you find out quite a bit about the person
who is writing to you by the way that they expess their ideas.
However, you cannot tell what is valid, only how they FEEL about
what you talk about. One has no way of knowing about personal
habits or looks, only the expression of feelings as pressented.
So, right off you have something in common. We ALL have feelings
and it is always easier to talk about yourself, so it can be easy
to open up. I mean, for your next letter, try something like...
..... Let's talk about you.......
And see how far the letter gets.
Back to the point of this...
My friend, Bill, expressed some concern over me actually meeting
and having lunch with my new found friend, Snoopy, whom I had been
writing to for over a month. Now, Bill is a pretty level headed
guy most of the time, but we ended up having this rather involved
conversation about friends and relationships. HE was actually
concerned that I might get caught up in the situation. 'I', on the
other hand, have been able to disolve some of those imaginary
senarios which pop up while reading e-mail. (Snoopy turned out to
be a pretty nice guy by the way)

E-mail is really a nice thing to have, especially when you are
at the terminal anyway. Or layed-up as I am.
So much for my $.02. Good Luck.

Annadiana Beaver
A Beaver@Tektronix "Words, for instence, exist as energy.
The essence of their meanings is often lost."
- Onoffon -

[Lee Gold]

Having old friends that one's never met in person isn't a phenomenon
unique to netters. (Or to pen pals.) As a science fiction fan, I belong to
several apas (amateur press associations) and occasionally encounter at
conventions people who've been my friends for years...for the first time
in person.

Usually we get on quite well. Occasionally we find out we have nothing
to talk about in person, only on paper.

--Lee Gold