Blogging Friends Real?
August 12, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
So my friend Mrs. Blogoway tells me, at our last bookclub – slash – wine tasting, that she’s been talking to this Seattle blogger on the phone. And that she’s got a layover in Seattle coming up and she called her blogger friend, Mona from kirida.com, and they’re going to hang out.
Cool.
But, then to my husband later I’m saying, Mrs. Blogoway is talking on the phone to one of her blogger friends.
What do they talk about?
I don’t know, but don’t you think it’s a little weird that she’s talking to her on the phone like she’s a real friend? Meeting her in person is so intimate, don’t you think it will be aqward?
A few days later my phone rings.
Tracee, It’s Jessica!
And I totally know it’s Jessica Bern from BernThis, who lives in LA. I met at BlogHer and we’ve been emailing back and forth and it was so not weird that she was calling me at home to learn how to use Twitter.
Here’s the thing – my mother had to know her neighbors. She had no choice – neighbors and church was her social life. If she got stuck with sucky neighbors or judgy/bitchy church ladies it was just bad luck of the draw and she had to make due with them. Who else was she gonna be friends with?
Me – and you – we’re lucky. We can make friends with people in Seattle or LA. We make friends with them because we have things in common or we think they are funny – not just because they moved in next door.
It’s a new world. I kinda dig it.
Photo Source: Mrs. Blogaway & Mona on Seatle Layover.
me too
I definitely dig it! I don’t talk to many people regularly online, but the few people I do chat with regularly have become better friends than most of the people I’ve become friends with “in real life.” I think it’s because online, it’s easier to be yourself and not feel like you have to apologize for anything. You can say what’s really on your mind and if someone doesn’t like it, well, the next time you chat you can talk about something else or if someone really pisses you off, you can just block them and not think about them again. It’s simpler.
It’s the only way I can get some adult conversation around here! rofl
Eliza from Babylune has been one of my best friends for about 9 years and we have never met in person, but we can talk about pretty much anything.
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