<<We are all soooo
cool! You can be cool to, just hang out with us. Can I say us, Penni, Janice and CGB? I haven't
been here all that long but I feel like an "us.">>
Absolutely!! You are definitely one of us! Taking a black eye as you wade in to help Janice, being accused of hot online affairs, yeah, you are one of us!! The tofu clinched it!
Isn't it a strange phenomenon? My husband has taken to asking me, "How are the girls?" when he comes home. CGB and I have been friends now since July and I really feel close to her-we've gone through a lot together! In the past, the thread has addressed the issue of online reality. I've spent time wondering about the healthiness of it. Then I look around at the surface quality of most daily socializing and think, "What's the difference?" A friend accused me of avoiding life and made the statement that many of us may be afraid or incapable of real(there's that word again)in depth relationships. Well, that's silly. After 48 years, and a lot of friends and experiences, I know that I'm perfectly capable, even very good at, "relating". This is just fun. I'm on computer tracking stocks anyway. So forget the guilt.
CGB makes an excellent point about balance and the tendency to get out of whack. My family is pretty verbal about that. But my husband also understands that the people here are bright, articulate, and stimulating--and nice! and as yet has made no objection. (Even about my fantasies becoming public property!) And where else could you talk to men in such a fun, honest, sometimes flirtatious way without all the garbage that comes with that in real life?
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