Miss Double ShotLately, I've been reading soooo many posts written by lovelorn girls who love talking to their crushes on AIM. Most of the posts end the same way - "does he like me? I can't tell! he said xyz earlier, but now he's giving mixed signals."
I say this because I care: Get off the computer and actually talk to him.
I spent a ridiculous amount of time in high school and college talking to people online, and I
still can't tell you how exactly to analyze comments that could be sarcastic, romantic, whatever - you.cannot.tell.on.the.internet. I remember saving conversations (creepy? maybe, but you know you do it too) and overanalyzing them myself and with friends - just what
was he saying when he said that?
It's not worth the hard drive space, the heartache or the "lol"s you will dole out to make him think you think he's hilarious.
Just call him. Talk to him. GO!
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Word.
OI think online conversations with real-life friends should complement face to face ones. Obviously with exclusively online friends, that can't be helped, but you (usually) should be crushing on them anyways.
fun post...I am sure it is true!
jerGood advice. I like keeping my online crush online...no complications and I don't have to deal with the distance.
ive had crushes that were so strongly based on technology that it was actually awkward to see them in person! i'm a really outgoing girl... its virtually impossible to not be able to hold a conversation with me. but when we were on the phone or in person, we just couldn't. we could barely make eye contact without turning away! online conversations are good for follow-through on real conversations; never should they ever be substitutes for real life communication. its a big mistake!
AHAH I love this.
I lol'd when I read this. Thank you.
i agree.. get off your bums and get out there! when you chat with people online, it's not always clear sign of anything because it's just typed words but when you actually talk with the person across a table while sipping coffee or whatever you can see their facial expressions and what not.
VOIP
Voice Over Internet Protocol
Skype for the win?
Haha so true. Great post.
Although, I must say, it's different when you're doing long-distance dating. I met a guy in my hometown, so we've been talking online until we can meet again.
Of course, I don't spend hours analyzing what was said. Yeesh. Been there, done that...oh, the follies of youth. :P
crazy....
Yup, I'll start walk that 2200 miles to his house...NOW.
@Moktral@xanga - That's right. =P
lol, so true.
you can`t tell, cause they could be unhappy or something else and type differently
@Moktral@xanga - UPHILL! BOTH WAYS!
word.
Haha, agreed.
haha this is so true, i did that in hs too - saving conversations and overanalyzing them. it was so not worth the effort!
This entertains me because I think I'm a more charming person over the internet than I am in real life. XD
Don't forget you have to actually meet the guy in real life.
i can relate to this entry all too welll.
LMAO!! OH MY GOD THIS IS SOO TRUE!! :D
LOL! It's sad that I can relate to this, at least to an extent. Even over AIM I seemed to have a good sense of whether or not the guy I was talking to liked me, and it wasn't always from his words. And I did save conversations, but only if the guy said something sweet to me during that time. At the same time, my friends always copied and pasted their conversations to me so I could try to interpret them. In the end, if you're really not sure, seeing them in person or calling them is much more helpful than a couple of typed words on your computer screen.
Haha, it's true. Conversations online can sound so confusing. That's why I never flirt with guys ONLY on aim. If I like a guy, I will talk to him on aim. I can't just talk to them online though. I like to be hanging out with someone if I have a crush on them. Very true words, I know I used to save conversations. Ew. Not so good memories. Waste of hardrive indeed. Delete it and go hang out with them!!
@proudsmartypants@xanga - Same here :P
HaHa I used to save IM conversations when I was like 12. Glad I outgrew that awkwardness. Happy to be older and much wiser, I can't imagine doing that now.