Being "Old School"... I Have "Old School" Ponderings posted 4/29/2008 8:32:15 PM | 3 kudos what's this?     report abuse

Blueschic

I was just reading a response to a blog comment that I had made last night and I was sitting here doing some thinking..........

I was thinking about the question that I asked about relationships and what the word relationship meant. Call me "Old School" unwilling to keep up with the times but I still have in my head that a relationship is something special. So special that you do not take it lightly or discard it easily. Nor do you go into it with a blind eye.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmUgx916Uik

To me this whole idea of having a "relationship" online where you begin a relationship and end a relationship without ever meeting is so unreal. So much so that the whole concept seems foreign to me. When your body notices something foreign it's natural response is to act to remove the foreign substance. That's exactly how my mind is dealing with the concept that I see as internet dating on here. Is the whole experience supposed to be a mind game? A substitute for a traditional physical relationship? Or is it an extended game involving two partners played out for the whole world to see. Then all of a sudden one of the two gets tired of playing and the game is over?

If you never actually intended on having a future with the person then why bother? Is it just to elevate your ego? To give confidence a boost?

For those lucky enough to desire a relationship in every sense of the word, I would suggest that once you are involved that your correspondence become private. Do you normally take out an add in a newspaper? This keyboard and screen is more powerful than any newspaper could ever be. It's good to let people know that you have found someone and you are exploring possibilities together. More than that is nobodys business.

The following is the comment that I posted on a blog that inspired the previous thoughts.

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