is there is any body think that chat friendship can tuen into longlife friendship?
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Geez, I'm in a rut right now with one.  I want to believe something will really happen, but the longer it goes, and his stories change, I"m starting to feel he's making me play games now.  \n\nI have however made 2 very good friends from the online dateing!  It's like we have been friends forever. The problem was, we weren't compatable with all the lovey, romance, sex stuff.\nBut I'll love their friendship and hold them dear in my heart forever!
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there are so many ways and programs to chat.  Just try some of them, yahoo, msn messenger, trillian just to name  few
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So, and in agreeing with your experiences because I find them to be true many times in this web based world, I believe the first thing is to establish right up front that two people actually have some common ground in interests. If so, then seems to me two relatively intelligent and mature adults should be able to sustain some kind of reasonable friendship simply based on those common interests. I'm reasonably intelligent, articulate and enjoy making new friends and finding out how the rest of the world lives and thinks. How about you ?
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Well...short answer is that you can't...unless you want to live in the virtual world. While I have pals in chat rooms I have never met any of them face to face. I may meet a few over the next few months as I travel, but only if I have time. A true friend is some one you meet maybe 3 or 4 times in a life. My Platoon Sergeant in Iraq was one of those people. It didn't matter that we had little in common..it was like having a brother.\n\nMake aquaintances on line if you wish...but true friends are best found near by...
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Sure -- as long as everyone knows there cannot be any emotional ties.  On-line friends are a terrific sounding board and some even come with "added benefits".  All depends on what you're looking for.  Good idea to set boundaries even with "real life friends", so of course setting with on-line makes perfect sense as well.
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Hi Angel, \nThe answer to your question, amazingly, is YES. I have a lot of friends that I made since I started using the net 8 years ago. However, one needs to be wary and alert all the time. There are a lot of people online, masquerading as someone else. So you would need to probe and also reassure yourself that the person is genuine.\n\nJust as in real life, net friends cannot be made overnight or in the course of just one single chat or contact. You would need to get to know your probable net-pal better over a period of time. And yes, it is a good idea to speak over the phone/ net phone before committing to a long term friendship. \n\nGood luck and cheers!
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A friendship that would last above everything else.
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Yes I have.  I was sitting on ICQ program and had a message from a man over 2000 miles away.  We had a nice conversation that night and though neither of us was looking for a love relationship, we kept talking from time to time at night during the following weeks.  We later found out that his Mother lives about 2 hours from me and when he came home to visit her we decided to have dinner togehter to say hello in person.  Up to that time it was just a nice friendship but when we made it face to face it turned into love.  That was 4 years ago and we plan to make our relationship permanent this fall.
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Yup long distance relations can work..\nYou can do all you can you keep in contact..\nAnd you can make it work..\nAnd in this growing age with computers and net you can always keep in touch.. Even if its not possible there are thousands of ways..\nIts all up to you
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20 yrs and counting...3 years ago, and I don't know where I'd be if I hadn't made that friend!!\nI don't think that it's much more difficult to make friends as you age but that friendship takes on a different role. When you are younger, you have more time to play and hang out but as you age priorities take on a different meaning. It's not so much about fitting in or being accepted but paying bills and dating and children or work and career and its really difficult to step out of that groove and invite someone into your personal space or trying to tap into someone's  list of things to do... It's unfortunate-I really do think that friendship should have as much importance in the lives of 30 year olds as it does in the lives of 13 year olds but that is how it is (and I think it does-it just manifests itself in a different way-a quick phone call instead of a walk or a 1/2 hr coffee instead of an evening out drinking)...I have also noticed this-As you age (well into late life, seniors, old foggies) there seems to be a very high networking of friends (ladies quilting, men playing chess). So, not to worry, there will your later years when people are surrounded by their "senior buddies".
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ok, jassi , i want to accept u as a chatt friend, if ur a nice guuy.!!!!. pls reply me!!!
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Hell yes.. I've have been friends with 2 guys from the time we were 6 years old.. and it's always been just that a good friendship. \n\n(they are not gay or anything.. they are great guys)
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yes you can.....get knew freinds
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Yes. It is possible. I have been friends witha guy for years...nothing's changed...we're just good buddies...
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I have a friend like that and we've been together for about 12 years, on and off. We have been through 4 babies hers and one of mine my marriage and divorce and we still talk to each other. WE have an understanding, we love each other enough to know when we have had enough of each others advice. Be smart and be a friend but be smarter and know when to walk away. If the friendship is true you'll be together a long time.
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You can do that on chat.yahoo.com\nHowever, I would suggest you to not look at that as some sort of healer for any problems you might have faced with having friends. I can tell you that is notgoing to help at all. If you  arel ucky, you might get a few good people to chat with for some time, but that is rare , i mean, if you have to make sensible converations on chat, it should be either in places meant for it, and such places are very rare, or you have to do that wuth people you know. \n\nI would suggest adding your old mates to your yahoo messenger list, and chatting with them instead.
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Yes, it is possible to make freinds in here. You have to be very careful though, on ur judgement on who is true and who is not. From my experience, I have made some very good freinds, with whom iam in touch with and some of whom i have even met. But that happens after a very long time, once you are confident that the other person is not lying on u or cheating u in any way. For me, I recognise true freindship (on the internet) over a period of time (as we are just talking over a screen and u have not heard or seen them), when what they say about themselves dont change, or the character that they portray is the way they have actually talked about themselves, sometimes sharing pics, talking about our families, or even a fone call...but again, as i said that happens over a period of time..not immediately..\n\nsometimes, as 'somer' said, time differences matter too..however that shudn't be a problem cos obviuosly u make freinds with whom u see when u are online..\n\nanyway, good luck making freinds..but as i said, just be careful and dont reach conclusions on anyone too soon..