tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post7786175571457399868..comments2012-07-05T09:40:12.731-07:00Comments on Peacegirl Place: Abstract and Remote LoveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-61935274012467042132011-03-07T14:17:39.117-08:002011-03-07T14:17:39.117-08:00Thank you for coming, Debbie. I have to apologize ...Thank you for coming, Debbie. I have to apologize that I missed your comment before now. I'm tickled pink to have reconnected with you here, online, though we are but blocks from one another, without this connection our circles may never have overlapped. I'm equally glad to hear that you, too, have developed meaningful and helpful relationships online. It's really kinda neat, huh? We don't have to dress up, go out, or even make a sandwich to sit for a few minutes and chat with a friend :)paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904641229155957748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-77993876038022700672010-12-02T06:51:38.359-08:002010-12-02T06:51:38.359-08:00Love the comments I've been reading..Paige, as...Love the comments I've been reading..Paige, as far as your question goes about the "realness" of friendships on-line...I have met 3 or 4 people on FB that I have never met in person, only on FB..they have been wonderful, a great deal of support for me whenever I'm "down" or going through tough MS times, family drama, etc. I feel they "know" me more than some of my own relatives do..so yes, I believe they are just as real as "the person next door"...Thanks, Paige for sharing your "blogs" with us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00588646055805259636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-59329223973057149902010-11-11T17:48:19.598-08:002010-11-11T17:48:19.598-08:00As I was sitting here reading everything each of y...As I was sitting here reading everything each of you commented, I realized "the proof is in the pudding" :)<br /><br />And this is so profoundly why I enjoy your friendships. Wow...I feel sparks right here, Misha. Katy, talk about mining the gold. I am really beginning to appreciate the way my group of friends is refining itself. No regrets for the friendships that passed through my life here and drawing nearer and dearer to the ones committed to staying tight♥<br /><br />A-m-e-n, Steven, Amen. I still find it so hard to believe that as well as you express yourself and as soulful as you are that we couldn't manage more than a few sentences in person. I'm just not buying it. I know too much now..hehe....you may as well talk ;)<br /><br />There's actually days my heart aches a little because I do wish we could all gather for a chat and dinner. Sometimes I even daydream of meeting each and every one of you. Who knows....some day I may hitch a camper to my car and take me a long road trip ♥<br /><br />Thank ya'll (♥) for sharing here with me:)paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904641229155957748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-7292392983395879282010-11-11T13:29:43.079-08:002010-11-11T13:29:43.079-08:00Amen to that. Yeah, I said a-m-e-n. My life has ...Amen to that. Yeah, I said a-m-e-n. My life has become profoundly richer because of my online friendships, and many times I'd rather hang with y'all - yeah, I said y'-a-l-l - than people I know "in real life". <br /><br />I think one reason such online friendships can be even more meaningful than face-to-face ones is because there's a comfort and security there that can't exist face to face....people can be more free to speak their hearts and don't have all the social hangups to worry about. In person you'd be hard put to get me to string two sentences together, but online I can type/chatter away easily. I'm glad our paths crossed Paige...a-m-e-n to that.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13346506272189195497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-66370923507134715282010-11-09T09:24:05.817-08:002010-11-09T09:24:05.817-08:00Hi Paige! I haven't been online much lately, s...Hi Paige! I haven't been online much lately, so I am grateful that I happened to see this post. :) I love what you said about seeing into someone's soul through their words. I think that's something that really helps to bond bloggers together. To us, writing is not just some alternate form of communication - it's an intimite form of communication.<br /><br />Hope you have been well... glad to see you writing here, hope to see more! You have such a peaceful *voice* :) I've missed you!Heres a gemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07298323019771906476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-41910591127716149662010-11-08T14:43:05.589-08:002010-11-08T14:43:05.589-08:00Hi Paige. I commented on the link you had on faceb...Hi Paige. I commented on the link you had on facebook, but I didn't see it there today, so here is an expanded comment. <br />How real are my friendships that I made online? Just as real as the ones face to face. I think I actually get to know MORE of the person online; sure, there are the fakes but fakes happen offline too. I get to know the inner qualities because the physical is taken out. Like Kate, I too have given up trying to explain it to people who are unfamiliar with the whole social media phenom. But I understand. Great blog, Paige!Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352264374062482568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-13002658028367514622010-11-08T03:09:58.784-08:002010-11-08T03:09:58.784-08:00Wonderful, thoughtful post, Paige. I couldn't ...Wonderful, thoughtful post, Paige. I couldn't agree more.<br /><br />It has been through my on-line experiences that I have met two of the best friends I have ever had. We have not met face to face, and if that never happens, I will still count myself blessed beyond measure to have gotten to share this journey with them. If it does happen, LOOK OUT! Our combined energy, enthusiasm, laughter and tears may very well birth fireworks, shooting stars, new galaxies ~ who knows?!<br /><br />:)<br /><br />Happy Monday to you, my friend.Mishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01758902060937156702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-63252625830272889922010-11-07T21:02:02.307-08:002010-11-07T21:02:02.307-08:00My heart is aligned with yours in many ways, Paige...My heart is aligned with yours in many ways, Paige. I'm so glad that our friendship has lasted beyond it's beginning in the blog world. Actually, I think we went from acquaintances to friends AFTER I left the blog world. :0) I'm so glad we did.<br /><br />There is much that I miss about our old blog venue, mostly the connections with other artistic, thinking people; the community there was AMAZING. It was absolutely as real to me as any offline community I have ever been a part of and more meaningful in many ways. <br /><br />I am profoundly grateful for the connections I have kept. I have been admittedly and obviously cautious about getting close to people I've met online, but only because I had some terrible experiences. Even with those terrible experiences, the good far, far, far outweighed the bad. <br /><br />Some of my best friends are people I have never met face-to-face. I don't need to touch them to love them. I think it's easier to see the heart of a person online, over time. Face-to-face relationships are cluttered with life stuff. They're not pure heart and mind the way online friendships are. The problem, for me, is that the online environment can create a false sense of intimacy, of "knowing." I have learned to school myself to give online relationships time, so they don't form and blow out so quickly, as I think many online relationships do. Had I not trusted a "spark" the way I did, I wouldn't have ended up burned. I suppose that happens offline too. In fact, I'm sure it does, I just think it happens more easily and frequently online than off.<br /><br />Fortunately, I've learned and grown tremendously over the past three years that I've been online. It's been a wild ride in many respects but in the last year I think I've really, finally, mined the gold and burned off the dross of my online relationships. Like I said, I haven't seen many of my closest friends face-to-face.<br /><br />I've given up trying to explain it to people who don't inhabit the online world, or only use it for work or games. It's not something that one can understand without experience. I would have thought it was utter hogwash if I hadn't experienced it myself. :)<br /><br />I could go on and on here, Paige, but I'll cut myself off now. <br /><br />What a wonderful blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-13627807729876496042010-11-07T19:43:52.506-08:002010-11-07T19:43:52.506-08:00I think that this is lovely, Paige!I think that this is lovely, Paige!Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417728956471015394noreply@blogger.com