Sir, please put the mouse back in the house
Posted 04-04-2007 at 07:42 AM by mycoupons
I consider myself very lucky.
I have a lot of really great friends that are part of my daily life.
I also have a lot of great friends that I wouldn't know if I tripped over them in the street.
Over the years, I have met some great people online. Through various message boards, chat rooms and email programs- I have 'met' some great people.
I chat daily with a woman in NJ who lost a baby around the time I did.
I have an intense email exchange with a man that thinks he can play better Texas Hold 'Em than me. (He's wrong.)
My friend, Moira in TX knows more about my daily life than my next door neighbor does. And I have never even MET Moira.
My friend, Sara does not understand the allure in being friends with people I do not know.
When I mentioned last week that Moira and her family were coming to Disney World for a weekend, and that I was going to drive to meet them, Sara was concerned.
How could I put my life in jeopardy by meeting this woman? I don't even know her! She could be a scam artist, hoping to stab me and steal my money.
While Sara COULD be right, she is a Dr. after all, I highly doubt it.
Moira & I have been chatting for close to three years. We connected through a mom's message board. She got me through months of grueling bed rest with her emails and phone calls. I know the most intimate details of her life, and she mine.
I was the first person Moira called when she learned she was expecting her daughter. We have exchanged photos of our families, mailed each other our high school yearbooks, and spent many nights 'watching' The Soprano's together. Neither of us talking, except to gasp, or scream an expletive at the screen.
I can tell Moira things that I cannot tell my 'real life' friends. Because I know she will not gossip. And if she does decide to spread rumors all over Dallas about me, who cares?
Five years ago, had you told me I would be calling someone I had never met one of my best friends, I would have laughed at you.
Today I can say it's totally normal.
So at the end of the month, when I drive to Orlando to meet Moira, I will have to find out what she'll be wearing. I couldn't pick her out of a crowd.
The internet has given us as a society such an open door for communication. We can connect to like minded people, people from our past, and friends we haven't met yet.
So if you do not have an online best friend, go find one. Find a message board relating to something that interests you. Like MyCoupons.com! Start chatting with people, find yourself a confidante. It's an awesome feeling knowing that somewhere out there is someone just like you!
If Moira doesn't kill me in the middle of the Magic Kingdom, I will report on our meeting. I am nervous, yes.
But I know once I finally do get to hug her, it will be like we have known each other forever. I plan on taking her on Space Mountain, because I know she loves roller coasters.
I cannot honestly tell you if my neighbor does.
All I know is that he likes to get the newspaper in his tighty-whities at six in the morning- when he thinks no one is watching.
Trust me.
I'm watching.
It ain't pretty.
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
I have a lot of really great friends that are part of my daily life.
I also have a lot of great friends that I wouldn't know if I tripped over them in the street.
Over the years, I have met some great people online. Through various message boards, chat rooms and email programs- I have 'met' some great people.
I chat daily with a woman in NJ who lost a baby around the time I did.
I have an intense email exchange with a man that thinks he can play better Texas Hold 'Em than me. (He's wrong.)
My friend, Moira in TX knows more about my daily life than my next door neighbor does. And I have never even MET Moira.
My friend, Sara does not understand the allure in being friends with people I do not know.
When I mentioned last week that Moira and her family were coming to Disney World for a weekend, and that I was going to drive to meet them, Sara was concerned.
How could I put my life in jeopardy by meeting this woman? I don't even know her! She could be a scam artist, hoping to stab me and steal my money.
While Sara COULD be right, she is a Dr. after all, I highly doubt it.
Moira & I have been chatting for close to three years. We connected through a mom's message board. She got me through months of grueling bed rest with her emails and phone calls. I know the most intimate details of her life, and she mine.
I was the first person Moira called when she learned she was expecting her daughter. We have exchanged photos of our families, mailed each other our high school yearbooks, and spent many nights 'watching' The Soprano's together. Neither of us talking, except to gasp, or scream an expletive at the screen.
I can tell Moira things that I cannot tell my 'real life' friends. Because I know she will not gossip. And if she does decide to spread rumors all over Dallas about me, who cares?
Five years ago, had you told me I would be calling someone I had never met one of my best friends, I would have laughed at you.
Today I can say it's totally normal.
So at the end of the month, when I drive to Orlando to meet Moira, I will have to find out what she'll be wearing. I couldn't pick her out of a crowd.
The internet has given us as a society such an open door for communication. We can connect to like minded people, people from our past, and friends we haven't met yet.
So if you do not have an online best friend, go find one. Find a message board relating to something that interests you. Like MyCoupons.com! Start chatting with people, find yourself a confidante. It's an awesome feeling knowing that somewhere out there is someone just like you!
If Moira doesn't kill me in the middle of the Magic Kingdom, I will report on our meeting. I am nervous, yes.
But I know once I finally do get to hug her, it will be like we have known each other forever. I plan on taking her on Space Mountain, because I know she loves roller coasters.
I cannot honestly tell you if my neighbor does.
All I know is that he likes to get the newspaper in his tighty-whities at six in the morning- when he thinks no one is watching.
Trust me.
I'm watching.
It ain't pretty.
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
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