A little #FacebookLive #rant on the power of virtual and social media connection
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I fell out with someone I used to speak to because he suggested that some of my friendships were not ‘real’ because I don’t see the people (these friends now live out of the country, so seeing them was difficult). I also considered myself close to people I had interacted with and not met in person. To this day, I still haven’t met them in person and feel like I know them. I was so furious with this guy! He found it hard to connect, so therefore rubbished anyone who was able to. I hope he had since found a way to connect with people in different ways, because times are changing, and sometimes it’s the only way to catch up with people with busy schedules
Cassandra Denton I have friends and family in America and Australia that I wouldn’t even speak to from one blue moon to the next. Now I’m all up in their business!!!!! Sometimes daily! 😀
There have also been people that I’ve subsequently met in person having first connected with them via Facebook, and we just picked up our previous conversations.
Exactly Marilyn Devonish. I’m due to meet a couple of people in the next few weeks that I’ve only ever interacted with online, but I suspect it will be like meeting up with an old friend because we’ve covered so much ground and made a connection.
Yes indeed, and with one of my Online Groups we have been out for dinner a few times and if you watched people around that dining table you would have thought they’d been friends for years, which technically speaking they have been.
And that’s what is so beautiful! I’m done trying to educate the sceptical people now. They will either get it one day, or not. They are missing out if they don’t.
Yep. I agree. I will take my wonderful connections where I can get them! 🙂 <3
Totally agree! I love social media, fb etc!! It’s amazing! Helps connect people and helps people stay in touch, share stuff etc! Love it!
Fiona Fay Yes indeed. How else would I be able to keep tabs on you in San Francisco?!!!! 😀
I fell out with someone I used to speak to because he suggested that some of my friendships were not ‘real’ because I don’t see the people (these friends now live out of the country, so seeing them was difficult). I also considered myself close to people I had interacted with and not met in person. To this day, I still haven’t met them in person and feel like I know them. I was so furious with this guy! He found it hard to connect, so therefore rubbished anyone who was able to. I hope he had since found a way to connect with people in different ways, because times are changing, and sometimes it’s the only way to catch up with people with busy schedules
Cassandra Denton I have friends and family in America and Australia that I wouldn’t even speak to from one blue moon to the next. Now I’m all up in their business!!!!! Sometimes daily! 😀
There have also been people that I’ve subsequently met in person having first connected with them via Facebook, and we just picked up our previous conversations.
Exactly Marilyn Devonish. I’m due to meet a couple of people in the next few weeks that I’ve only ever interacted with online, but I suspect it will be like meeting up with an old friend because we’ve covered so much ground and made a connection.
Yes indeed, and with one of my Online Groups we have been out for dinner a few times and if you watched people around that dining table you would have thought they’d been friends for years, which technically speaking they have been.
And that’s what is so beautiful! I’m done trying to educate the sceptical people now. They will either get it one day, or not. They are missing out if they don’t.
Yep. I agree. I will take my wonderful connections where I can get them! 🙂 <3
Totally agree! I love social media, fb etc!! It’s amazing! Helps connect people and helps people stay in touch, share stuff etc! Love it!
Fiona Fay Yes indeed. How else would I be able to keep tabs on you in San Francisco?!!!! 😀