Saturday, July 25, 2009

Cyber vs. Real

I'm a social media nut. No need to the name 'em you know what i'm talking about.

Through these social sites I've made some friends. some really valuable friends. Friends that I would not have made if it were not for these sites. Doesn't matter to me how I refer to them by their twitter name like, @bigsant, @shafunnyxl or @kpett. They are still my friends.

One of my "real life" friends pointed this out to me the other day. She said " I haven't talked to you in a week! What' up with that? I called and u didn't even return my calls! but I saw you on facebook posting back and forth with some dude from Miami!"

She was mad. Hurt even. At first I wanted to be like "Ugh! get over it! join in! DO SOMETHING!"
Instead I said "My bad, homey."

I talked to her for about 30 mins, til one of my cyber friends text me "Call me. I need to talk to you. quick"

I knew what the text was about so i told my "real life" homegirl, I'd call her back, cause my mom just beeped in. So after I put out the fire with my cyber friend, I took a minute to think things through.

Do I give my online friends more attention?
Am I really neglecting my friends or are they neglecting me?
Should I try to integrate my friends? Cyber meet real. Real meet Cyber?

Tell me, what how would you handle this type of situation? Do your real life friends get jealous of your online friends or vice versa?

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