It seems that certain people use these avenues to "collect" friendships to satisfy their own selfish needs. I'm not a superficial person at all, but I've learned that my instincts should be trusted irregardless of the fact that I've not met people on the internet.
Case in point...I met this girl on a message board and we had an intense love of old music in common. We started emailing and chatting online. It was in these chats that I noticed this person was not altogether stable. However, against my better judgement I continued to talk to this person, ignoring her mood swings and extreme shifts in attitudes. Eventually she showed that she was anything but sane and I was forced to admit that our friendship was not worth the stress she was causing with her insane expectations...I should however point out that it got ugly before we mutually agreed to go our separate ways. She was a great person to talk to occasionally but her instability was not something I was willing to subject myself to further and apparently my inability or refusal to put her above everything and everyone else in my life prevented her from wanting to resolve our conflict. I miss the person I thought she was...but I will not be revisiting that relationship anytime soon...or ever!
