Internet friends

[aldersprig]

So this is something I sent my mom after we went walking/talking at Birdseye State Forest. She asked if I found that my internet friends were as they acted online when I met them in person, more or less. 

Then Dad sort of derailed the whole thing talking about being true to your genuine self or

read on…

Comments

[kelkyag]

<warm fuzzies> <vast curiosity>

[aldersprig]

curiouses?

[clare_dragonfly]

I do wonder if I seem the same in person as online. I don't feel like I'm being less than genuine either way (well, depending on context), but I often feel that I am expressing myself differently in text versus in person.

[aldersprig]

From what I remember, any differences I attributed to being with your mother and sister, as I am different around my family than just with my peers.

You seemed… less firm, but that’s about it.

[clare_dragonfly]

That makes a lot of sense. After all, online I have time to think about what I'm going to say!