How to find a true friend on line?

Indonesia
August 5, 2009 9:51pm CST
My biggest question is have you ever found a true friend online? How to find a true friend online? Is an indication if someone uses original name means he means to find a real friend?
5 responses
• Philippines
6 Aug 09
its not easy to find real friends online. it will take an extra time. remember that this is only internet. you never been with them to feel how real they are. even those friends that we have in real life. we cant still say how real they are.. only time will tell.. but me, i already meet a real friend online. his a muslim. i remember when i was on college. i dont know how to chat that time. what i know is email and searching over the net for my class subject. tell my professor give us a certain topic about what we can say about muslim people. during that time.. the war against muslim and US is so intimate. way back the fall of the 2 great tower in US.. i was thinking where can i find muslim people to talk with. then a certain friend told me that theres too many muslim in chat.. so i tried it and i meet him there. his a businessman but very down to earth. he gladly help me to put up my topic in class. we met and his so kind. he never ever took advantage on me physically. he once told me that we will be bestfriend for life. he taught me a lot of things and helped me a lot.. and we exchange gift and all. its already been a decade now and we are happy for that. a real friend really exist.
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• Indonesia
6 Aug 09
Yap, I agree with you. I even met my husband online. I joined a social network and it took time for us to tell the truth. Unfortunatelly, I also had a very bad experience having a friend online. He terrorized me all the time with many phone calls. Actually I tried to be honest like when the first time I met my husband. Then, I realized time has changed drastically people seem to contact on online friendship just for fun. Hope my assumption is not right.
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@Citychic (4067)
• United States
27 Aug 09
Homeshoppers you have been extremely fortunate to find a true friend. I think there are certain people that you just know from the beginning if they will be a true friend or not. Then there are others that you know from the beginning that they can never be a true friend for whatever the reasons. Indeed it's very difficult to find true friends online but I think that I've found a few. Have a nice day.
@zoey7879 (3092)
• Quincy, Illinois
6 Aug 09
Ive encountered hundreds of people online... Met/shared a flat with some, dated some.. Others, we've just talked on the phone and online, as well as penpalled and sent packages back and forth between different countries. Out of those hundreds of people that I met about 13 years ago, only one of them has kept in touch throughout the years and makes an effort to do so. Out of the last two or so years, only one of them. SO yes, it is possible... But take care with your trust and emotions.
@zoey7879 (3092)
• Quincy, Illinois
6 Aug 09
Sure! Things that were usually sent were: Recipes, stuffed animals, jewelry, post cards, photographs, and things such as sea shells, coins, CD's and cassettes. When I worked at a fast food place in my teens, someone sent me a menu from the same chain so that I could actually see the difference in the servings and charges. I thought it was pretty cool at the time.
• Indonesia
10 Aug 09
Wow,that's great. I wish I could do the same. I met several people from on line but unfortunatelly I find out they didn't reveal what they are..hmmm it's a kind of gambling I guess.
• India
6 Aug 09
wow...thats great to get to the extent where you even felt comfortable to send packages internationally! What a scream!
@smart44 (510)
• Philippines
6 Aug 09
Its very difficult to find a true friends on line. You will need to have time to research and to select whom of them are true. But you know I found a real friend in here.But it takes time since you are only chatting and talking over the phone, one day she went home and we met and its very good to be with her. I really found a big sister were in I can lean on to her shoulders. We shared a lot of knoweledge, experiences in life, share a lot of activities together. Very nice to have friends like this.We need to be very smart in selectiong whom you want to be your friends.
• India
6 Aug 09
Yes I have found a few true friends online and sometimes these friendships have been even better than the ones in real life. For example, I have found one guy online and we started writing and chatting everyday, and we became so close in a matter of a few weeks, no he calls me 'didi' which means sister in the Hindi language and I too have adopted him like a younger brother. He tells me his problems and I give him some support and likewise I can tell him some of my practical problems and he does his best to help. I feel a very supportive vibe with him indeed. Now he lives quite far from me in Mumbai, and the amount of time we have spent online together is something we could not have done together in real life due to the distance factor. Also I find it somehow easier to talk to people online, as one can do it from the comfort of their own home, fit it into their own time schedule and one doesn't have to bother with formalities of doing the full hostess routine, although this can be nice but challenging if you are pressed for time etc. I also feel it good because people can be more themselves as no one is directly sitting infront of you and putting you off by their facial expressions and also no one interrupts you when you are talking. I hate this in people sometime, alot of people don't allow you to finish your sentence and don't know how to LISTEN with the heart and respond. So I like it that when I write I can write freely and actually express myself, without interruptions and then when I read someones response, I can actually feel and think about what they have written and then respond, maybe in a day or in an hour, or sometimes instantly. It kind of makes the whole thing more meaningful to me. All I have to go by is their vibe which one can feel, it's like the light of their soul comes and fills my room and I get to feel them rather than the mind kicking in and thinking about them by seeing their looks,dress sense, age and ethnicity. It reminds me of an interview that John Lennon did with Yoko, where they both put black bin liners on their heads and bodies and then spoke to the press, the point of this was that they were saying not to judge people by their looks, age and colour of their skin etc. That these things often get in the way and cause a bias opinion. Obviously there are dangers with online friends too, as you don't really know where they live and if what they are telling is the truth! But I don't feel really threatened by this, because I feel that I have enough life experience to know who is for real and who is for not and the thing is to take it slow and just to do right by myside, there's nothing to loose. And slowly if I wish I can meet people if it possible etc. I don't believe that if a person gives their real name straight away is an indication that they are real or not. As there could be many reasons for this and sometimes very sensible ones too. For example in my case it's that, I have just joined mylot and never really knew what to expect, I had no idea what type of community it was, or what type of vibe it has. So I didn't feel comfortable giving my name straight away. I felt it best to test the waters first and see what Mylot was really like and then give my name to a few people who I strike a good chord with. Also I don't tend to join discussion sites much (Myliot is an exception) and I often forget my username, so I have used my email id, as this is something I can never forget. Also my email id: sritrinity, refers to something very meaningful to me, it refers to Holy Trinity in Christianity, but as I am not a Christian I have added Sri to it which is Hindi. I find this username/Id encloses me and others who I write to in a spiritual vibration and reminds me that we are all Gods children. Anyway, everyone is different, I'm sure some usernames have meanings and some none at all. But I believe you really know a person through their heart and soul and not by their name. I know lots of people's names....but it doesn't mean that I actually KNOW them or like them. I think it's best to enter things with an open mind, and not to miss out on the opportunity of sharing love and friendship, but at the same time take things slow as this world is also full of hurtful people...by the way my friends know me as Angelie.....hehehe
• Indonesia
10 Aug 09
Wow..thanks for a long description. Hmm, nice writing. I like it (the hole body of idea).
• India
14 Aug 09
Thank you Riani....it's nice to be given the opportunity to express oneself. Thank you for this.
@advokatku (4033)
• Indonesia
6 Aug 09
To find a true friend on line, according my experience thats : 1. See profile her/him. 2. Find profile with fhoto. 3. If any her/him have ID media chatting, yahoo masseger, gtalk etc. Try invite to chatt. 4. If her/him give number contact. Try call. 5. If step 1 - 4 has you do. Try request make appointment a meet Simple right ?
• Indonesia
10 Aug 09
Wow...practical ideed.. Well, I will try to follow your tips. Thanks a lot, buddy... Anyway, glad to know you. Hope we can be best friends.
• Indonesia
10 Aug 09
From the discussion I think the key for finding a good friend online is an open heart and willingness to share and not to judge person at the first place. Friendship is a process to nurture and achieve. Have a nice day everybody.