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Will our online and offline personas ever meet?
I told a friend, over on msn, "If only reality were msn and facebook and the real world is in fact virtual."
I, and perhaps the rest of us, have no problems conversing with others for hours online. We share our many thoughts, views, feelings and opinions on our blogs - as well as on the blogs of others. However we STRUGGLE to maintain the same confidence and composure to carry out a decent conversation in real life. It sucks, I know.
I've been trying to make my online and offline personas meet - but to no avail. While i'll keep trying, I shall wonder out loud - Will our online and offline personas ever meet? Have yours met?
I, and perhaps the rest of us, have no problems conversing with others for hours online. We share our many thoughts, views, feelings and opinions on our blogs - as well as on the blogs of others. However we STRUGGLE to maintain the same confidence and composure to carry out a decent conversation in real life. It sucks, I know.
I've been trying to make my online and offline personas meet - but to no avail. While i'll keep trying, I shall wonder out loud - Will our online and offline personas ever meet? Have yours met?
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Permalink Reply by Adrienne H on -
HA! That's so great. I feel the same way sometimes. Though it seems, with age, I have become more and more comfortable with myself which makes it easier to converse despite my introverted nature. Not to mention, practice makes perfect. I'm not as articulate out loud as I'd like to be - expressing feelings and ideas seems to flow so much better from my fingertips than my lips (see that) but I'm working on it and getting a little better every day. Don't worry, you'll be fine.
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Permalink Reply by Marzuki on
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Haha. Thanks for the reply coz I almost forgot that I wrote that!
My online and offline personas have met a couple of days ago! I decided that if I really want them to meet, I simply needed to do what my online persona would do. I started to not think about the "what ifs" . To just do what I wanted - and learn from my own mistakes.
Definitely agree with you that with age, it'll get alot easier. Can't believe it's only been 4 months since I posted that up. -
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Permalink Reply by dhpotter on -
Mine meet when I'm comfortable... which is only when I'm with my family, close few friends, or myself. Sometimes, I meet my blog self when I drink a bit'o booze... If I could not look at someone whne I have to have a difficult conversation my world would be such a better place. I have so many opinions, I'm just afraid to share them sometimes.
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Permalink Reply by Bri Poster on -
Mine actually have, to an extent. I think it depends on how well I know people. Online I can write like crazy because I know that people have the ability to read or ignore what I say at their own will. There is no need to worry about feeling stupid for anything, because we'll never see people's immediate reactions.
However, the closer I get to people, the more this personality, the one that can talk at the drop of a hat for hours on end (via typing) meets my introverted personality that has trouble processing thoughts outloud. I think it's just a matter of feeling safe maybe?
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