So apparently y'all are not real.

[SG15Z]

If none of y'all are real, then when I met EQ and Lupo I was just imagining them? That's weird, cause the food tasted real to me. Unless......Are we in the Matrix?!

[draggar]

I knew I was a legend in my own mind, but to be one in someone else's mind is even more awesome!

My mom used to give me grief about that, but then I met Mr. Rum on the internet, so now she knows people are real.

Maybe your wife needs to meet some internet friends?

You are a legend worldwide.

I wonder if my wife forgot how she and I met? On ICQ!!!

You mean the Blue Fairy lied to me and I've been doing all this hard work for nothing?

Maybe we need to send draggar's wife a bunch of cards to prove we're real.

*lol* Not a bad idea.

I've gotten that before. I met my best friend in 1999 and her then-boyfriend would call me her "imaginary friend." That was before I spent a week with her in good ole PA!! I have pictures of us together to prove she's not an imaginary friend either!!

OT but your avatar - Fizzgig FTW!

[AnaKhouri]

I can't speak for anyone else, but I live in a dark, damp corner of your mind and whisper to you in that foggy land between waking and sleeping. Mostly I just tell you to eat more cake, though.

[Squeaksmyalias]

I can't speak for anyone else, but I live in a dark, damp corner of your mind and whisper to you in that foggy land between waking and sleeping. Mostly I just tell you to eat more cake, though.

I've been meaning to thank you for that, the cake has been wonderful.

Yea, I heard the same thing from my parents. Until they met the guy who adopted me as his sister and they realized how much he takes care of me and protects me. He is just as much of a brother to me then a real one would be, if not more. They still think having so many online friends is weird but they don't give me as much grief about it.

Btw I agree with Mishi's Husband Rugz, there are several of you that need to live closer, Including Mishi and Rugz!

[MaggieTheCat]

My parents used to have a viewpoint like this. Right down to the "you need to stop talking to those fake friends of yours online and go out and get some real friends" idea.

My husband and I met online over 14 years ago, so they're a little more accepting now.

[Moirae]

I can assure you, I'm quite real. I've had alot of friends over the internet. Heck, I met my husband while playing an online game. We've known each other 12 years, and been together for 10, married for 5.

Yes, I'm real.

I'd be livid if someone said something like that to me. I wish I had advice that would help.

I can say that I'm like you. I don't have friends here, because quite frankly, I don't like most people, I'm not the type to hide it when I think someone is stupid, and people don't like that.

I find that its much easier for me to make friends over the internet as they are people who like the same things I do so I can relate to them better. People that are into computer gaming, sci fi, fantasy, and pen and paper games are actually very rare in comparison to everyone else. The only time I find I'm totally relaxed is if I'm home alone with my husband or if I'm at some place like Dragon Con because of that.

What your wife said was rather... rude.

[MoonCat]

Wait...if WE'RE not real, then how do we know YOU'RE real? After all, you're on the internet too!

[katie kaboom]

I met my husband online through a South Park newsletter. So apparently someone I've known for 8 years and been married to for 2 years isn't real either. But then again, I never had any luck dating "real" people, so I guess marrying someone who doesn't exist was the secret to my relationship success.

[dragon_wings]

Unless......Are we in the Matrix?!

QFT

I met my boyfriend and my ex girlfriend on Facebook. I moved to be with my ex and I've gone to visit my boyfriend. Not to mention all the time spent talking on the phone with both of them. If this isn't real my parent owe me the $500 I gave them for the phone bill I ran up talking with the ex before I moved.

[Misanthropical]

My wife irked me a little last night.

She had lunch with a friend of hers who was visiting the area like he does a couple times a year. She mentioned to him that she's worried because I never "go out" with friends and doesn't think it's healthy.

(A little background - it has never been easy for me to make "friends". Work acquaintances, fine, but not anyone I would hang out with since I lived in NH, which I've been away from there for 13 years now).

She asked him about it and he told her to not discount my online friends (forums, facebook, etc.). When she told me about it she made the comment "even though they're not real". I asked her to explain that and she said that since the people I talk to over the internet aren't real people.

Um, wha? You mean people on the forums I frequent and the people I talk to on Facebook aren't real? Then there has got to be some DAMN good scripts out there to simulate people!!

Does that mean that my family is also a figment of your imagination too? Would you please imagine me with less pain? thanks so much!

I, too don't make friends easily. I have to really trust a person before I will consider someone a friend to hang out with.

[Amina516]

I can't speak for anyone else, but I live in a dark, damp corner of your mind and whisper to you in that foggy land between waking and sleeping. Mostly I just tell you to eat more cake, though.

SO youre the bastard behind my big ass?!>!?!?!


Anywho, Im surprised at your wife, Draggar. This day and age a majority of communication is online..who cares if its with people you may have never met IRL?

Ive met some of my bestest friends from WOW. They live 2 hrs away and we get toegther over the summers for BBQs. I <3 them an I <3 you guys. For some, who find it hard to leave the house for whatever reason, this is a real community of friends and lovers. I hope she can see that.

[dawnfire]

*pinches herself* ouch!!! yep i'm real

[Food Lady]

This having friends you haven't met in person idea is not new at all. Some of the books of the New Testament are letters written by Paul and sent to people he hadn't met yet, and they were full of concern and love for those people. Sounds familiar.

[firecat88]

Offline, I have a lot of trouble opening up to people (I blame middle school and my first year of high school; it's something I'm still working on getting past even now). Thus, about 75% of the friends I have are people I've met online. And I wouldn't have it any other way, because I've met some fairly awesome people online, present company totally included.

[TowelKing]

If I'm not real, then I'm doing this.
*takes pants off and starts doing the Dougie*