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What’s appealing about an online relationship at all?

Like yay I have to sit on my ass on a screen to talk to you and you’ll never touch me…

Yeah sounds great.
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
Agreed. There is no comparison between having an online relationship, and a real life relationship with an actual live person that you can be around.

It's like having a dry cracker instead of a full course meal. They don't compare.
Shipwrecked · 46-50, M
@SumKindaMunster ...although...🤔 I do enjoy a dry cracker every once and a while...😁😎
GLITTER · 36-40, F
Depends where the relationship goes. Me and my missus met online and we’re still together to this day
Shipwrecked · 46-50, M
I TOTALLY understand!! 😄 I've always had trouble understanding the "online" thing. Maybe it's not for me... or maybe I'm just bad at it... I guess I'm just more of a "hands-on" kinda person. 🤷‍♂️
@Shipwrecked YES! I’m extremely empathetic and sensitive to people. And a relentless giver. I could likely be in a relationship I didn’t even need to talk at all, but just be near someone and share.
@SumKindaMunster And when you don’t have that connection, you feel a bit empty.
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
@BrokenAbyss @Shipwrecked I am a hard core introvert, but even I need at least one fulfilling, intimate, mutually supporting relationship in my life and I have forged that with my wife, thank goodness. We are social creatures and we need to be around each other, its not something you can explain rationally, you just know it to be true.

Glad to know you both feel similarly. ❤️
Ontheroad · M
Online relationships can be and have many times been good as precursor to a real in person relationship. They can also be an escape for some... maybe not the most healthy of escapes, but if you need an escape, support, etc., they can work for a period of time.

As a long-term thing... no, they aren't appealing at all.
MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M
The fact that it can develop into a real relationship
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
I don’t understand why a single person would opt for an online relationship. That would seem like torture to me.

I guess I understand why married people would because they are looking for some companionship or whatever it is they aren’t getting.
SW-User
It's only great to fill a void for a while... in my opinion.
If you're looking for more, it needs to become more.
I don't see much positive about online relationships that remain just that. BUT... we are all different and that may be enough for others.

 
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