How do you handle SW friendships?

Yes I do. They are as real as irl friendships.

SW friendships to me are those who i've come to appreciate and have a fair assumption of what they say and do. One can misread things more easily online than in real life, i've gotten my feathers rustled before, but am much more relaxed now, seeing it all as a more relaxed thing itself, we're all just trying to get through our personal dilemmas better, if one here is trying to get by with putting others down all the time, I am relieved I'm not their friend here, all my friends don't do that.

I'm a crazy woman I don't deserve anyone's friendship.

I’m quicker to show my humorous side to people here and do it less so with irl friendships. And I communicate more here too, primarily because that’s all we have on this platform.

But I’ve met some really cool people here and I like to think of you all as a fun community. I can be weird or serious and don’t usually have that option irl.

Plus I get to overuse cool emojis.
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sw is the only friendships i have and they are quite fickle😟

Well for me in my real life I address the issue and sort out how I proceed with that relationship, and I do the same with all my friends here.

I have only one mode open and honest to my core, and I expect that in return.

So, I address the issue.

I would put the brakes on. No matter what honesty is always the best policy. Trust is a big thing with me. Friendship keeps the fuel flowing. Without it, the relationship will wither up and die

I love my friends no matter what format they are in, I hold them to a pretty high standard that I am held to as well, by them. I have learned that online friendships require much more communication to maintain.

Same way that I treat people here, always giving them a benefit of a doubt. Or I'll ask them upfront to clarify their statement that they made to me.

With time, experiences and knowledge we change.

It's a lot easier for me to write out my thoughts than communicate directly. It depends if it's someone I'm comfortable around then I am usually able to be witty and smart. But people that act like I'm trash make me nervous.

The same way, I have no filter, you love it, hate it or couldn’t give a damn.

Online? I'd probably just move on.

Well, I can say I don’t flash my tatas tor my friends in person. Could probably gain more that way though 🤔

But, nah. Friendships are the same in both realms. The love, fun, and respect are always there until I’m given reason to pull back some. I will say the connections here can be much more fickle and shallow even because even though we’re open to express ourselves however we like, there is still limited exposure to what people can connect to. And the hidden agendas can be thicker than molasses on a site like this.

If someone is making a distinction between me and "real life" that isn't friendship at all

I'm not 3/5ths of a human by default just by virtue of being online

I'm not any less real than they are on the other side of their own screen

If I'm the first to be discarded and the last to be trusted, what even is the point?

I'm not here to be a simp or give superficial daily validation or anything of that nature either, that's as pointless as it gets

Friendship is perhaps the most honest of all human relationships ....it asks for no reason, no contract, no obligation. It doesn't follow the logic of blood like family...... It simply happens.

I keep everyone at arms length

The way I see people here, they are a figment of my imagination...similar to when you were a kid and had imaginary friends...it's pretend here

Low expectations hardly ever lead to disappointment

That depends what was said... I think it's normal IRL too that people lie about small things, so as long as it doesn't mean anything then I'd probably ignore it. If it's something like saying to one person they have one job, then tell a other person they have another job, then I stop corresponding because it gives me the impression that they're playing a character online.

No reason to treat them differently. Sure it lacks the in-person connection but I don't want to see anyone in-person anyway 🤪

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