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I do believe there are many different levels to love but saying "I Love You" to a complete stranger online that you haven't even known very long is a bit loose. I have my online friends that I do adore and cherish of course. But then there are the ones I have known for quite some time that I can comfortably say I do love. Considering in my opinion there are many levels of love I feel it's safe to say I do indeed love my online friends.
How is there many levels of love? Well that is easy enough to explain. There is the love I have for my children that is unconditional and can never be broken. There is the love I have for my family that is pure and been there my whole life. There is the love I have for the one I date and/or marry who is my true love. Who compliments who I am. Who brought my soul to life and set it on fire. I would be utterly lost without my love. Then there is the love I have for my friends. I love my friends dearly and I would do anything I possibly can to help them when they are in need, to cheer them up when they are down, and to be there for them through good and bad.
Some of my online friends mean just as much to me as my friends that are here in my hometown with me. That's just who I am though. There may be states and in some cases countries seperating us but to me they are just as important as anyone I would meet here in my hometown. They have thoughts, emotions, and opinions just like anyone else which makes their friendship just as real as any friendship I have in my life.
Sure I may never see them face to face. True that I may never know them outside of the cyber space our friendship lives in. But to me I will cherish them as much as I cherish my friends here with me. So to those of you who say "it's just the internet" yes it is just the internet but let's think about this. You can get a job through the internet. You can buy a home through the internet. You can shop for clothes, home decor, and household products through the internet. There is dating sites on the internet that many people use everyday. You can communicate with your real life friends through the internet by using e-mail. social networking sites and instant messangers. You can even communicate with your loved ones through the internet.
So what would make you think that just because it's on the internet it's not as important? It is just as important cause the people you are chatting with and getting to know are real people just as you are a real person. You don't have to meet face to face to have real emotions involved. Yes feelings can get hurt and hearts can get broken just as easily online as they can anywhere else. So the next time a friend is hurting because of something that happened on the internet think about what I just said before you say "it's just the internet".
