i love metrodad

I liked this post, I"m sure we've all thought about this. The thing about e-friends, while I think the friendships are sometimes more valid than face to face friendships in terms of what you get out of them, if you've never met someone and aren't involved in their day to day lives, that friendship can fade far too fast to be that real - for example, say I know someone from the blog, and we email and comment on each other's blogs, if they stop posting or mailing, what can I do? They might be dead, I wouldn't know, and while it would make me sad, I fear the memory of the contact would fade fairly quickly. It would be much easier to normalise than losing someone you socialised with, I think.

I've just re-read this post I threw out speedily the other day and it doesn't quite say what I meant it to. It seems to read 'I wouldn't care if you all died, internet aquaintances'. That really wasn't the point I was making! I think the net's all about communication these days, and to be honest, I used to call my mother when I needed to know something, and it's nice to have the internet as a resource instead.

For me, the people I interact with online add hugely to my day each day. I don't know if it can be called friendship in the strictest sense, but especially not being in the workplace and being home with small children, I find the interaction invaluable. And the opportunity for humour, argument and support on tap is phenomenal.