Online buds not the same as reallife buddies?

A while back one of my online buds that I played with for 3 years died, and I tried to talk to my real life friends about it and they didnt really think of it as a big deal, even though it really is to me. Even one of the guys that played with us alot called me a pansy for wanting to talk about it. Is it wrong for me to think of a online friend as a real friend?

I've had a few other online friends but he was the only one that we actually talked about **** going on in our lives, and just make a room and run around doing nothing really all night. Even when I stoped playing games much I'd still get on just to talk to him about random stuff.

I'm sorry about your friend there... anyway online friends are people too... i think:P

How id he die if you dont mind me asking. If you consider hima friend then you can mourn over your friends passing. Dont let other tell you different. It is not there feelings that are hurt.

No. I've had a couple people I played games with online pretty much everyday. I talked to them more than some of my real friends. I totally think an online friend can a "real" friend as well.

And that's really sad about your friend. :(

They're pretty much the same... My online friend thinks I'm a donkey hole and it hurts just as much as it would if one of my rl friends had said it(prolly thinking it, though... I'm kinda hard to like XD).

The interactions and type of bonds between real life friends and online buddies are not the same. But it does not mean one or the other is more or less valuable. You get out of friendships what you invest in them.

to popey, I dont know how he died, bugs me that i dont but i cant call his parents and ask, jsut wouldnt be right. I read his obiturary and all it said was "died athome unexpectedly". I couldnt find anything else on the internet that even talked about him.

That's really sad. I have to ask, how do you know when your online buddy died? He just hasn't been online for a while or for you did you have his # or something?swrdof1000trths

he died back in april, and dont ask me how, but one of my buds that use to play with us texted with him some, and somehow he talked to his sister, and his sister told him and he told me(in june). I just couldnt believe it so i looked for him on the internet. I knew his first name and sorta his last name schumacher( but i thought it was shoemaker), so i couldnt ever find anything, but after while of looking through obits for april i found him. didnt really hit me till I read the paragraph thing I guess his parents wrote about him.

I knew it was really wierd he hadnt been on for a couple months but sinceI hadntbeen gettingon much iether i hadnt payed much attention.

^your heartless like Kanye

I may get famliar with someones personality or playing style involving a game, but that is as far as go with it. Making attachments to the computer is not cool.

Online friend isnt the same as a real friend. Your online friend will never need to have your back in a tough situation(in real life not the webz) And people can be whoever they want.bronxxbombers

^your heartless like Kanye

POPEYE1716

not at all. there are people i know over the internet who love on different continents, people i'm never going to meet in person that i care more about than some people i know in person.

dude, you catch teh ban hammer here~~!

A while back one of my online buds that I played with for 3 years died, and I tried to talk to my real life friends about it and they didnt really think of it as a big deal, even though it really is to me. Even one of the guys that played with us alot called me a pansy for wanting to talk about it. Is it wrong for me to think of a online friend as a real friend?

I've had a few other online friends but he was the only one that we actually talked about **** going on in our lives, and just make a room and run around doing nothing really all night. Even when I stoped playing games much I'd still get on just to talk to him about random stuff.

solidous917