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Can you meet the challenge? Can you personally prove that "genuine, personal
friendships" can
become a reality on
the internet? Could you do with some help?
Finding real, genuine friends on the 'net can sometimes be a real challenge. So many people are simply out there to have "fun". That's perfectly fine of course, as long as both parties understand and accept that. What do you do though if you are looking for genuine, sincere friendship? Whether it be for romance, companionship or good wholesome friendship, how do you work your way through those endless lists of chatrooms and "friendship clubs" and come up with what you are looking for? Through my own experience and observations, what follows is a guide that wil hopefully help you in your quest for a friend. Visting the majority of chatrooms is an interesting experience. Talk is very often welcoming but superficial. Occasionally it can be almost violent! It seems to be a very ethereal existence. All sorts of alternative names are used from the magical and mysterious to the those designed to boost the ego of the creator! People drift in and out. Some never "say" a word, others only chat in private corners. Rarely is anything meaningful said, but occasionally a gem is discovered. It will be those "gems" that you will be searching for. So how do you make that contact in such a loose world? Hunt. Observe the chat for a while. Look for anyone making meaningful comments or asking meaningful questions. If you find them respond. Look for people entering the room with simple "hello"'s. Such people are often new and looking for someone to converse with. Respond. This is just the beginning, but beware... ... some people play what are best described as "mind games". They are simply there because they "live" in a virtual world. Things they say are only true within that world, suiting their own agenda.
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