I am wondering in the Opinions of Others here, What is it that seperates theses 2 things in Your perspective? (Besides the obvious things like perhaps distance, or the absence of a real time meeting).

A lot of PPL like online play and Roleplay online. Some see it as something Real. Some do not.

I personally have several long-term online Friendship(s), with PPL I have never met due to geographical distance. And I am aware the liklihood of meeting IRT mostly does not exist without a specific dedication and determination to make it happen. While whatever is going on in my online Friend(s) Lives that they share with me affects me in a sense, in my care for them and whatever they may be going through in their RT Life, it does not affect my RT Life per se'. And yet I do see them as Real PPL.

My Partner here is an online addict so to speak. Something that exsisted looooong before I knew him. And he talks with tons of PPL that come and go all the time. He terms online relating as entertainment.

And yet, We met online at first over 4 years ago, and have been together for nearly 4 years. While we were talking *just online before meeting* Real Time, I considered the *Possibilty* of an Us, but at no time before actually meeting IRT did I even imagine there really was one.

I do have some Friend(s) though who actually seem to Live in and through their online connections. They rush home from work, school, or whatever, to get on their computers, and barely do anything else at all. I hear about online Collarings, Committments, Contracts, and other such as this of a serious nature. But if it is *just online* How can it be Real Life? <scratching head>.

For those of You who have Serious online Relationship(s), what do You see as Real about them? Do they affect Your day to day Real Life? And how so?

To Those of You who are more experienced, or perhaps understand these things in a different perspective than mine, I'd Love to hear Your thoughts, experience, and input.

Respectfully~SidheWolf