Ok, a little serious here. But what are your takes on online friends? I've been online for over a decade now and I've prolly made hundreds of online friends over the years, including some very close ones and one I fell in love with. To me, online friendships seem to bring this safety of anonymity. These people don't really know anything about you other than what you tell them. It makes it easy to open up and express things you would rarely do in real life. And in the process, it also becomes very easy to get attached to people. But as I have also learned, that comes with a price. As easy it is to make friends online, it's just as easy to lose them. Of all the hundreds of people I've known online, I've lost contact with most of them. To me, it seems a lot of people come online during a lull in their lives, when they seek out people, whether its cause they have a lot of free time or are having a difficult time of things and need some voice of support. It's then when friendships seem to blossom. But when their lives pick up, they move on and it feels like they don't need you anymore. And you look back and you think, "So that's it? You just wanted someone to vent to or entertain you. But now you don't need me anymore. You have your real life now and apparently our friendship wasn't real." There have been so many times that has happened, at least to me. It's at a point where I just expect it now. I'm practically used to it. Any new friend I make, they always seem so excited to have you as a friend, but in the back of my mind, I know they'll be off someday as well. That's not always the case though. There have been some online friends that have developed into true friends that have stayed with me... but those are rare. I guess the reason I brought this up is because I see how close and friendly this community here seems. And I wonder if you really view yourselves as true friends to each other.