CYBER SEX

Could you fall in love with someone you've never met?  Well thanks 
to the numerous datelines, personal ads and even cybersex offered 
to you on the Internet, more people are finding it a possibility.

The Internet helps close the distance between members of this global 
community.  It is used by businesses, schools and now many households 
have plugged in to this new fast-moving medium.  You can obtain 
information, read the daily news, chat to people all over the world 
and now even do your shopping by surfing the net.

There are no voices, no faces, no tone of voice behind the words on 
the screen.  There is only the feeling the reader is left with after 
reading the message directed at them.  From that feeling bonds are formed 
and relationships are born.  These relationships are the newest 
phenomenon in the age of cyberspace.

There are three types of  Internet-based relationships.  The first are 
those that give friendship and support.  A pair shares details of 
personal life with each other and become somewhat intertwined with one 
another, perhaps resulting in a meeting.  The second are more erotic, 
consisting of cybersex and possibly graduating to phone-sex or face-to-face 
sexual encounters.  Finally, there are the romantic types which consist 
of lovers, sexual partners who feel love, respect and commitment towards 
each other.

I decided to brave the chat lines and  I placed an ad. I found it 
interesting to meet so many people - just like walking into a bar really.  
I spoke to        about         and          about         but I then 
received one with the introduction:

"I've got a 9 inch dick, where would you like me to stick it!"
Don't you need to be on a cybersex line?  You're obviously desperate for 
it! He didn't write back after that.  I've learned so far that you need 
to be really careful on the internet.  You should be very careful 
when handing out your phone number and address.  There have been some 
cases of internet stalking, even rape and murder! 

I think something like smoochies is better for love seekers, however, 
I still have my doubts about internet relationships, romantic ones 
anyway.  On -line romances are just that: on.  By this I mean people 
can always think before they speak and put their best foot forward (which 
is why I ended up with a few replies to my personal ad!).  I think 
most people who are in love on line are really just in love with a 
personality - a carefully crafted personality.  It isn't real, it's an 
illusion.

Real love is not a feeling; it's a commitment, a partnership.  
Being willing to hold someone's hand while they're throwing up from 
the flu . . . . . . . . THAT'S love.  Working together for a common goal 
while letting each other be independent . . . . . . . . THAT'S love.  
Real love comes with time, lots of time and working through the obstacles.  
It does not come from sharing fun times through computer wires.     

However, I could be proved wrong.  Star Trek fanatic, Matthew Peddlesdon 
from Stonemarket found his perfect bride - by boldly going where no 
man had gone before.  He met 20-year-old Utah college student, Syreeta 
Glatky on the Internet as a character from the top sci-fi show and 
has been beemed up to planet love.... sad twat.

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