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Is it normal to spend more time with online mates than in Real Life?

I ask because, quite simply, I spend almost all my time on the Internet, under different aliases. I have no friends in RL - in fact, I've only had one friend in the past 6 years, but then I had to move away.

As a result of this, my skills at typing posts are amazing, but I have trouble talking to other people in RL.

I've also wanted to join a wolf role-playing forum - is this at all normal? I have a very strong attraction to wolves, for what they are.
Do you think it's normal?
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Comments (7)
Jim_Pfoss (19247)
2009-03-13 07:23:31
If "normal" means %u201Caverage%u201D or %u201Ctypical,%u201D then no, it's probably not normal. If "normal" means %u201Ccommon,%u201D then, yea, it probably is.
More importantly, regardless of the label, if you don't like the results of your behavior, then change it! What's so mysterious?
There's a line in an old Rolling Stones classic, Sweet Virginia:
%u201CGot to scrape that sh-t right off your shoes.%u201D
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flikr (10636)
2009-03-16 20:41:39
yea i'm like that, a lot of my rl friends moved other places and now i talk to them on forums
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raafi (22884)
2009-05-12 10:06:29
the so called socail boundries in todays world are constantly changing, you are almost better off having a better conversation online than you might in RL. wired isn't it? is this normal... i want to say no, but a few years from now it MIGHT be a normal thing.
you did mention that u have trouble chatting with pplin RL, i some times feel that too, becasue i might not having anythign instresting or they might not have anything intresting to share,rather than the usual scripted bullshit.
is this normal, how you feel, i want to say no. howeverthe number of ppl who feel the same way you do is increasing more and more, so that will make it 'normal'
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TurtleTommy (23180)
2009-05-18 20:27:13
Umm... Turn off the computer. Go outside. Talk to some people. And hell if your tempted to go back on. Block the sites. and please dont try to get close to a wolf they're dogs and bears put together.
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hero16 (24101)
2009-06-12 02:16:14
ofc it's normal
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Psycho_Mantis (28003)
2009-09-02 15:50:05
wolves kick ass!!! and mate u do need to get out more then, i spend loads of time online, playing warcraft and xbox and forums like this lol,
but i still have a pretty active social life, think u just need to try and get out a bit more mate, even if it just to a pool bar, i go out and play pool all the time, meet random people all the time,
good luck mate and have fun
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Stupidlookingguy (21005)
2009-11-08 21:38:44
It's alright I guess.. But having a few real life friends is more 'healthy' in my opinion.
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