Do you have any mostly email or texting friends?

[Mac_Muz]

I meet folks on the web all the time and in a bit more time meet many face to face. That might be just once since distances are what they are. I stay in contact with many, far from my local. Most wish we could or would return.

Some knowing they would not be home about the time we would arrive would leave a note and keys to their homes too. Not bad for a first face to face meet.

Riding motorcycles is very social. Being a mod at a time helped a lot. But I still meet guys who come to NH, from away, and pay forward for the gifts i recieved at my time.

[CArizona]

Originally Posted by Tough Questions

I have a few people that I email back and forth to all the time but rarely see. Our emails are great and so interesting. We can say anything to each other via email but when we do see each other in person we are shy and ill at ease. I wonder sometimes if there is really any chemistry or friendship with this person when we visit face to face. Our in person communication seems to lack chemistry. Maybe we are ill at ease about how open we were to each other in emails. But then we go back to our daily emailing and the magic is back. Can you relate?

I can relate.....I think some people do feel freer and more open and spontaneous when they write emails or texts...or even posts on forums......I have felt this way myself. A friendship that "goes well" through emails may not feel the same "in person."....Some people have insecurities about how they look...or how they talk and this can cause them to "freeze-up" or become self-conscious when they interact with others "in-person." They feel "safe" behind a "screen" but insecure in "face-to-face" situations....Have you ever noticed this?.... I am happy to have "email friends" and don't push people for "more" if this makes them uncomfortable.