Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site azure.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!teklds!azure!annab From: annab@azure.UUCP (A Beaver) Newsgroups: net.women.only Subject: Re: net relationships? Message-ID: <119@azure.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 10:28:53 EST Article-I.D.: azure.119 Posted: Wed Feb 27 10:28:53 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 05:39:47 EST Organization: The Den Lines: 42 >References: <1585CHF@PSUVM> <744@topaz.ARPA> > > Net relationships are difficult, a large number of problems are > created when the participants in a relationship do not see each other. > THe one plus is that you have become FRIENDS before you become > lovers. > liz sommers Since I started sending out articles on the net at the begining of December, I have started exchanging mail with a few people. I must admit that there is a certain element of 'Mystery' around the idea of writing to someone whom you've never met. Sure, it's true that you find out quite a bit about the person who is writing to you by the way that they expess their ideas. However, you cannot tell what is valid, only how they FEEL about what you talk about. One has no way of knowing about personal habits or looks, only the expression of feelings as pressented. So, right off you have something in common. We ALL have feelings and it is always easier to talk about yourself, so it can be easy to open up. I mean, for your next letter, try something like... ..... Let's talk about you....... And see how far the letter gets. Back to the point of this... My friend, Bill, expressed some concern over me actually meeting and having lunch with my new found friend, Snoopy, whom I had been writing to for over a month. Now, Bill is a pretty level headed guy most of the time, but we ended up having this rather involved conversation about friends and relationships. HE was actually concerned that I might get caught up in the situation. 'I', on the other hand, have been able to disolve some of those imaginary senarios which pop up while reading e-mail. (Snoopy turned out to be a pretty nice guy by the way) E-mail is really a nice thing to have, especially when you are at the terminal anyway. Or layed-up as I am. So much for my $.02. Good Luck. Annadiana Beaver A Beaver@Tektronix "Words, for instence, exist as energy. The essence of their meanings is often lost." - Onoffon -