Since I met my husband, I haven’t really had any other “best-friend” or a girl friend, and like Mama C-ta said, I talk all the time “my friend Arienne/Stephanie/Jane/Amy..” referring to my online friends I’ve actually never met.

And I have way passed the 150 in my internet friends, I am still craving to know more. I don’t think it’s as much acceptance from other people I’m looking for – I’m just interested in different views, and love that I have friends from other extremes to the next one.

Ps. I wrote about how I sometimes hate to love my virtual life so much..
http://skimbaco.blogspot.com/2008/02/sometimes-i-hate-to-love-my-virtual.html

This is something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately, especially since one of my longest and closest friendships seems to be ending, the one that I thought would never end.

I’ve never had a lot of friends, I’ve always been the type to have a handful of very close friends, but lately, I’ve been feeling like there’s this disconnect. Like we’re all on different pages and turning into different people who don’t “fit” together anymore. It’s sad. I haven’t found my tribe yet.

What makes online relationships so different than face-to-face relationships, for me, is the constant flow of shared lives, stories and personalities. We already know so much about each other. I’ve ‘met’ people online through blogging that know more about me and what’s going on in my life than friends I’ve had for 5 years, and I’m sure it works both ways. We’re here because we want to be, not out of obligation. That’s a truer friendship than most people experience, I think.

And actually tonight I told my husband, “my friend Arianne’s blog was hijacked…”