Online Friends

It is really interesting that it is so easy to feel close to people you only know online. I have thought a lot about this, since I met Aaron online. We feel like we were able to know each other a lot better than many couples when we got married. We still had to get to know each other's habits and in-person selves, but we only had talking, so we were able to learn a lot about how we felt about the world. For some reason it was also easier to say things online than it can be in person.

I think blogging can be the same in a lot of ways. We are able to tell each other things online, that are hard to tell people in person. I can't quite figure it out, but I think when you have something to say, you can just type it and hit "send" or "publish" and it is out there. In real life, you have to look people in the face and gauge how they are feeling as you talk. I think I tend to worry about what they'll think and that isn't as big of a deal online.

In some ways, I feel closer to my readers than my real friends. I wish that we could live closer to each other, so that, now that we know what goes on in each other's heads we could hang out!

(It would probably help if I hung out with my real-life friends more than once a month...)