“Tonight I am
having a date with my cyber girlfriend.”
It was impossible to hear this thirty years
ago. The way people date today has changed so much in these last years. Both
young and old people use their computer for meeting new friends through the Internet.
Many times, what begins as a friendship ends up in a love relationship. Let’s
consider how this happens.
According to current
research, most people find it easier to get to know people through the
Internet, because they tend to confess their life and their problems to someone
being sheltered behind the screen of the computer. In other words, the computer
provides the sensation of confidence that is difficult to find in face to face
human contact.
Furthermore, many
of them affirm that they are likely to communicate their feelings using a
computer and they do not feel embarrassed about expressing sadness or love when
they talk either in chat rooms or in social networks.
Nevertheless,
how real are these on-line conversations? Obviously, I have to consider the
possibility that the person who I am chatting with might be lying. So, I could
fall in love with someone who is not the person it assures to be.
On the one
hand, many people prefer the classical face to face when they look for a new
partner or friend. Therefore, they say that the Internet is only a manner to
keep in touch with family and friends, so they do not lose the connection with
their lives and do not care if someone unknown lets them down.
Finally, are
on-line relationships the future method of getting to know people? Understandably,
it seems to point toward this direction. But to a certain extent, we should take
into account the difference between on-line and real life experience. Above
all, we must be conscious that human contact is much more satisfactory that the
cyber-world.
by Yeray NA 2
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