Sick of Online life...

online life - Our online life..
Saudi Arabia
November 21, 2007 3:04am CST
I am really sick of it.. - I miss looking into my friends' eyes and smile instead of typing :) - I miss sharing laughter with them instead of typing lol or hahaha - I miss sharing tears with them instead of using :'( - I miss asking them how they are instead of checking their facebook or other websites' statuses to know about their feelings - I miss saying I love you, I miss you and all other words instead of just using the keyboard to let them know it... why we became so lazy to just pick up the phone and say hi friend I miss you.. and share our news, our happiness and sadness with them... I do admit that internet made it easier for us to contact faraway friends, but still we started using the internet to contact friends who are 2 streets away from us... Please tell me am I wrong?? or I have the right to complain...
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7 responses
28 Nov 07
hello, i think you are over dramatizing this my dear. as our dear friend, deadraven999 has said, its a knife with 2 edges. but i have always known you as a person who saw things on the brighter side. why are u looking @ things darkly? sure if ur friends were just 2 streets away, u would go hang out with them. but most of them are not. so the internet facility is just your best and cheapest option. you have all the right to complain, but i really miss the brighter side of you. please bring it back :D first and foremost, i think the real reason that is bothering is the city you live in and how restrictive it is. my best advice is to join a club or do something productive. ~ good luck
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• Saudi Arabia
2 Dec 07
Hey dear.. you are right the problem is with the city I live in.. you know it's not my hometown, so I don't even know lots of places to go to.. plus I need company, I won't like going anywhere or do cool/crazy things by myself... Hopefully my brighter side will shine again soon.. wish me luck :) thanks for the response...
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
27 Nov 07
You're right. Now a days everything is on the internet. It is too easy to fall into that trap. I make sure I still talk to my friends on the phone and meet with them for coffee. Or have them over for supper and a couple games of pool. I had my son and daughter-in-law over last weekend to do exactly that. I talk on the phone at lest a couple times a week with my daughter, even though we also use email. But I am the one to make the effort every time. If I didn't I'm sure I wouldn't see anybody and it would all be on the internet.
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• Saudi Arabia
28 Nov 07
Finally someone got my point.. everyone thought I was talking about online friends... if we don't use the internet to talk to online friends simply we wont talk to them.. and the thing I wanted to share here is our relations with our closed ones.. thank you very much for your response.. deserved a plus :)
• Saudi Arabia
26 Nov 07
You aren't wrong at all. You have the right to complain. Actually, despite the many and many advantages and facilities, the net provides us with, but honestly there's a bad side as well. I can't blame it on the net. It is people who are using the net. Some are so much attached to it that it has become their life. And the strange thing, if you ever had the chance to meet some of those people in real life, you may find them totally a different character, they don't mean to lie but they are not used to being themselves in real. For me, I don't have a problem if someone used the net to have fun and meet people but wisely, he mustn't get carried away that it consumes him. It will certainly affect the character. So as much as possible try to maintain that balance between net and real life. You know something? I am saying all that but the problem this net life wave has become a life trend or so strong that most people are affected somehow. But we'll do the best we can to maintain that damn balance, right Princess? Yes i think i heard you say right. Thank you for your interesting post.
• Saudi Arabia
28 Nov 07
Of course you are right :p I have no problem at all with meeting people online.. For me the issue is not with people I met online, knew through the internet -to be frank I don't have many- what I wanted to discuss here is people we know in real life.. like friends, relatives and colleagues who we started depending on the internet to know how they are instead of calling or meeting them... thanks alot for your response and sorry for the delay :)
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
21 Nov 07
Hi Friend hope you must be doing well Online friendship have both good points as well as bad points if u r refering to friens u have chance to meet then u r right to some extent, but u should think despite of busy life internet and sms provides you chances to say "hi" or keep in contact with them. and in case of distant friend either out of city or out of country, i think internet is best, u can talk to them, u can see them "(via webcam) at very low cost. and dont forget on net u might say those words or feelings which u might not say face to face. u can use internet any time out of 24 hours and can communicate or chat. so i think Being oNline is not that bad take care Zass
• Saudi Arabia
24 Nov 07
Hey there.. I'm fine thanx, hope you are doing great as well... I didn't say I being online is bad... I was actually talking about friends you know in real life, people you can see, call and go out with.. I think being online only with those friends is making our friendship weaker... but friends I never met and I know I can't meet in real life, of course I enjoy being online with them.. at least I can stay in touch with them... thanks for the response :)
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
26 Nov 07
Hi Friend nice to know u r Ok and o am doing well too,thanks for nice wishes, i got what u meant and u r right real friend need to meet regularly to have stronger bond and affiliation. and for distant friends, its best agree with u take care keep in touch byee
@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
26 Nov 07
You have all thr irghts to complain...simply because its your life. You are the only one who nows what will make you happy. What will take your boredom and loneliness. Better take a break. And just be back if you already feels like doing the - typing here. lol
• Saudi Arabia
28 Nov 07
Thanks for the response.. your response really made me smile and for that smile I'll give you a plus and the best response :)
• Bangladesh
22 Nov 07
You have both positive and negative sides in the internet using. But mostly It is very helpful for long distance new friendship. You can use web cam and speaker to talk with them, see their face like real life. I do not think that we are losing much emotions in this way. It is matter of feeling as you are thinking. If you think online should be as like as real life than it is not possible so we should consider is as online.
• Saudi Arabia
28 Nov 07
In that case you are right.. I mean for long distance online made it much easier to communicate and know new people from all over the world... thanks for the response...
21 Nov 07
I understand how you feel... but at the moment, I don't really WANT to be seeing other people. All the people around me and their stupidity/immaturity makes me sick. Maybe I'll feel a bit more the same way when the people around me grow up and stop being ..... i cant say it here Or maybe I'm just too judgemental;P
• Saudi Arabia
24 Nov 07
Hey chill :p I think in your case you have to look better there is no way all your friends are stupid and immature... you just need to know them better... wish you the best :)