Friends

At a Christmas get together a comment was made that ‘friends are not what they used to be, that friends have become part of an online numbers game…’It bids the question, has our world become too virtual and hence our friends too?

Are our virtual friends quality friends?

It got me thinking about the types of friendships I have and where they exist (the real or virtual world) or both. Are both worlds as quality as the other for building quality friendships – well I guess that depends on what kind of friendship that is!

It’s a personal thing, each one to them selves. On reflection it appears that I have friends that cross over into both worlds (probably like most of you) no surprise there! But is the screen a defence from the invasion of personal space or as an excuse for making the effort to really catch up with our friends? Or do we value our online experiences just the same, and we just communicate more electronically than ever before?

So how do your friends sum up in the virtual world????

According to some of my friends - it’s not a question of a numbers game it is simply tyranny of distance, life and so little time that it’s just easier to communicate electronically and far easier than ever before. Is that going to be the eventual end of lunch with the girls or a night out at the flicks, Friday night after work drinks or the physical shoulder to cry on!

How many friends do you really have? Is it all about the numbers – a numbers game, a competition. Is your online network a measure of how popular you are?

Just – incomplete!