This place..

True but for the ones who are genuine, I feel like you can connect to them on a deeper level than you might have done irl because you don’t have that forced façade that everyone puts up irl.
Irl there is a lot more risk to reveal your true self to your surroundings than there is online. Online if it doesn’t work out, you can easily disappear and it will have little to no influence on your “real” life. I’ve never been like that and I treat people like I would irl, but I know that a lot of people are different online than irl.

I had a very deep emotional connection with someone from here.We were close for years yet there was something I could sense he was hiding .Everytime I confronted him ,he avoided the topic or switched it intentionally.
One day I finally gave up .
I didn’t realise but that’s how I developed trust issues.
The memories still haunts me sometimes
why did we come across?what was the purpose?Only to be left wounded or was it a twinflame ?I may never know

"Seem" is the key word. Some of the ones who come across as the nicest and most genuine are the ones farthest from it. Sometimes it's just a surface facade. Sometimes they are the cruelest when the chips are down. I don't know what the answer is. It takes a lot of time to know for sure. But for me, I just don't get close to anyone anymore.

That’s just a gamble you take, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I’ve had both experiences and now for the most part keep interactions on a surface level because I just don’t have the emotional energy to keep rolling the dice.

I tend to be a trusting person, preferring to see the good in people and knowing that even the best dogs might have a few fleas. Some people disappoint me, but most seem to be good folks, even thought they might stretch the truth a bit occasionally.

Like anything in life its a risk you take trusting people on here, my gut instinct is norm pretty good, i can tell when something is not right. Too many people look for love and a connection here and are blinded by the red flags.

I have to rely on my instincts but sometimes when you're close to someone you can't tell. People can be really clever manipulators.

I caught a plate full of hell once because a user on here supposedly pretends to be a girl and is really a man, supposedly, and I have known them for like 20 years between here and EP, and I told a guy it really didn't matter to me because I wasn't having them over for dinner or loaning them cash.
I am about the interaction they give. Advice, joking around what ever.
So I really don't care, myself, if they are pretending, lying, trying to mess with me.
If they are friendly to my face, fun to chat with or give good advice I don't see why I would look beyond that.

It is what it is. Most of the messages I get quickly launch into sex talk or picture requests, so its best to have no real expectation of a genuine connection on SW.

You shouldn't take this place too seriously. Investing in people on here isn't always a good idea ...take it with a grain of salt ...laugh ..be silly ...maybe say something nice once in a while then move on

You mean it's just like life?

You can never fully trust.