I have been casually following that case where that girl went on trial for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself. Yes. I definitely think what she did was unChrist like and evil and I definitely think she has some rekoning to do before the white throne but one thing that really struck me was the nature of their relationship.
I was super shocked when I found out that their relationship was almost exclusively online and that they have only met in real life twice. What I found perplexing was that their relationship was described as very deep and it definitely had to have some substance if she had such a profound influence on him that she read able to encourage him to end his life. That is just so weird to me. I cannot fathom sharing such an emotional connection with some one whom one knows largely through online interaction.
I'll admit, I first got Internet when I read in my late teens and I did my fair share of chatting online. And yes I "met" people in chat rooms and I even had a boy or two I would call my "boyfriend". However, I never by any stretch of the imagination, even back then, thought they were real committed relationships. For me it was like a make believe game which we played with each other. And also yes, before I got married and when I was still dating I did date a couple guys off the Internet (match.com, eharmony, and Christian singles ) but the thing was although I met them online or relationships were all off line. We went in dates, has physical contact, etc. I just can't fathom being in an exclusively online relationship, is such a thing even possible? Are they as valid as real world relationships?
I was super shocked when I found out that their relationship was almost exclusively online and that they have only met in real life twice. What I found perplexing was that their relationship was described as very deep and it definitely had to have some substance if she had such a profound influence on him that she read able to encourage him to end his life. That is just so weird to me. I cannot fathom sharing such an emotional connection with some one whom one knows largely through online interaction.
I'll admit, I first got Internet when I read in my late teens and I did my fair share of chatting online. And yes I "met" people in chat rooms and I even had a boy or two I would call my "boyfriend". However, I never by any stretch of the imagination, even back then, thought they were real committed relationships. For me it was like a make believe game which we played with each other. And also yes, before I got married and when I was still dating I did date a couple guys off the Internet (match.com, eharmony, and Christian singles ) but the thing was although I met them online or relationships were all off line. We went in dates, has physical contact, etc. I just can't fathom being in an exclusively online relationship, is such a thing even possible? Are they as valid as real world relationships?