Blogging Friendships August 26, 2004
Is it possible to be friends with people you’ve never met and will likely never meet? I think so. There are many blogs that I read that I’ve learned a lot from. I admire the women that write them immensely, but I have not made a personal connection with all of them. I have become friends with some and not others.
Today, I realized how true those friendships that I’ve made are. One of my blogging pals just received devastating news. Now, I realize that a lot of bloggers have received gut wrenching news at one point or another, but some just hit me harder than others. Today, I just sat here crying over my friend’s news. My heart hurt for her.
I guess some people would think that it’s strange to have cyber friendships, but I don’t. I’ve never been one of those people whose had a ton of girlfriends in “real life.” So, now that I have girlfriends in blogland, it means a lot.
Thank you, fabulous women. You guys really are great friends. And to my friend who is hurting today, I’m so, so sorry. Know that I’m thinking about you.
- Posted in : various other ramblings
- Author : amanda
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Amanda, I also agree. I think it’s absolutely possible to have a good cyber relationship with a fellow blogger. These are women that we share most of our private thoughts and experiences with; therefore, it is only natural to develop concern and affection for them.
I don’t know you personally, but I have already come to like you and check up on you every day, as I’m sure other women are doing. I hope to build friendships with many more women out there. We can give each other so much support in this terrible journey down infertility lane.
I hope that our online relationships will continue to flourish even after some of us has moved onto “parenthood”. I know I still plan on checking up on everyone and giving them if that were me.
May you make many good friends to see you through this!
The blogger world is surreal. Like you said, you really feel their pain, yet have never met them. I think it is possible to have friendships, but I don’t know if it’s the norm. It’s much safer, more controlled this way.
Marla
themiddleway.typepad.com
if it weren’t for my blogger friends, like you, I would literally not be able to get through some days. Some days are just so hard, and yet the pain cannot even be comprehended fully by the person closest to me - my husband. Even though he is going through this, too, his experience is still very different from mine. And yet, on those dark days, I take comfort that I know people who will “Get It.” I know people who will prop me up and listen to me when I just need to get it all out there. And, even better, I occasionally get to be the prop for someone else. What a wonderful thing this community is, huh?