[quote=Turtlicious]
So I was talking to a friend online via Skype, (I'm taking a short break from the Spam Skype Chat,) and the conversation landed on internet relationships. And what is needed to maintain friendships and have like internet girlfriends. So I wrote / cleaned up a bit, what I said about it, and was wondering your Spammy opinion.

Personally, I think you have to have the personality to support an internet relationship, I don't believe everyone can pull it off.

I don't think someone who is outgoing and extroverted could support an internet relationship. they'd never feel a connection, and it'd be like trying to sculpt clay while wearing thick leather gloves, but if the only "relationship" you know is the inter-personal connections from sharing thoughts, and feelings then an E-Spouse would work out, because it's the maximum of what you know. Especially in our modern "plugged-in" world, they make sex toys that change based on how you fuck them via the internet, Hell you could have internet sex with people

There's a higher expectation for communication, because you won't see each other, what would be acceptable in an off-line relationship (maybe calling 2x a week and that's it,) wouldn't be enough in an internet relationship

It can also be a lot closer emotionally, you kind of run out of things to talk about so you build bonds. Shared stories / jokes, reminiscing about the past, just constant levels of information sharing because there's nothing else to do so you get to know that person very deeply.

There's an implicit level of trust once you start dating in an internet relationship

That neither of you will lie, because that seed of doubt and mistrust is so much more damaging.

Thoughts?
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I agree with some, but not all of what you said. I'm a very extroverted person but I found an internet relationship very satisfying, especially emotionally. Of course I wanted to be close to her but the desire for that wasn't greater than the joy I got from the emotional bond and the constant contact. The same wasn't true for her and now she's in a relationship with someone at her college, which makes her a lot happier. It is different for everyone, yes, and some people don't have the personality for it, but I don't think extroverted vs introverted has much to do with it.