She got out of town on the railway, new york bound
Took all except my name
Another alien on broadway
Well, some things in this world you just can’t change
Some things you can’t see until it gets too late

Baby, baby, baby when all your love is gone
Who will save me from all I’m up against out in this world
And maybe, maybe, maybe
You’ll find something that’s enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don’t receive you
You should turn yourself around and come on home

I got a hole in me now
I got a scar I can talk about
She keeps a picture of me in her apartment in the city
But some things in this world
Man, they don’t make sense
Some things you don’t leave until they leave you
And then the things that you miss, you say

Baby, baby, baby when all your love is gone
Who will save me from all I’m up against out in this world
And maybe, maybe, maybe
You’ll find something that’s enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don’t receive you
You should turn yourself around and come on home
The way I see it there are three types of people online.

After reading Slurpie’s journal entry today, it got me thinking.

Why do people look for love on the internet, and why do so many of them have so many problems finding it.

I came to the following conclusion:

There are three types of people on the internet -

1. The people who are pretending to be something they aren’t (for whatever reason)

2. The people who have somehow been damaged by life, who find they can let go and show the person who lives behind the mask.

3. The people who are themselves be it online or in person.

Results

Avoid people in category 1 at all costs.

People in category 2 may either a) feel relaxed enough when they meet you in person to remain the same, or b) be so nervous that all the barriers slam back in place, the mask goes on, and the person you meet comes across as nothing like the person you knew online.

Category 3 are the easiest people to transition from an online to an in person relationship of any kind.

The difficulty is working out which category the people you know fall into. How do you find out what the person is really like until you meet them? How do you know which category to put them in? Who do you trust to share your innermost secrets with? Who do you run away from with every ounce of speed you can muster?

I’m the first to admit I have no clue what the answers are. I’ve given up trying to figure it out.

I’ve never looked for love on the internet, I doubt I ever could.

I’ve never looked for friendship either, although that appears to have found me in many forms. For that I am glad. I am still unsure of people on the internet, but then I am unsure of people in general, so that isn’t much different.

Who am I?

Well I often ask myself that question, and that is another answer I doubt I will ever fully work out. I can usually figure out other people to some degree, but I am a complete enigma to myself.

But in terms of the above three categories, halfway between category 2 and category 3, since you are all dying to know
Do we find love on the internet?

I don’t know.

What I do know is that love is found in some of the strangest places. Love can’t be forced, can’t be faked, but it does have to be worked at. Love may come into existence through a force of its own, but if people don’t work at it, it will fade and wither, like a rose in the autumn, and no matter how hard you try, it will never be the same. The rose will bloom again in the spring, but it will never be the same flower, it will always be different.

Well, now I’m depressing myself, so I will bid you all a good night.

*waves*