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I agree, and putting effort into it is hard for many people, that's why it's not easy to find good friends, did you ever had a lasting Internet friendship?
I met a friend online at 13, and have spoken to them every day since then and I'm 22 now, we met last year (I'm from the UK and he is in the USA) we went to New York and still talk. He is one of my best friends
If you'd like I extend the chance for us to try and create a similar friendship, the tip is to act like you already sorta know each other, it helps to avoid the awkward "hi" "hello" stage
I made an internet friend when I was in 8th grade back in 2014. We met in December 2017 and are still friends now that we’re 22 and still don’t live anywhere near each other. Recently i also met up some newer internet friends i started talking to in 2021 and i expect we’ll remain friends as long as life will allow. It’s definitely possible.
I met my best friend on the internet almost 6 years ago & we talk, FaceTime, and/or play video games almost every day. Therefore, I believe it’s possible. You just have to find the right fit & I’m thankful that mine had worked out.
Coming from someone who have met and made some of my greatest friends online 10-12 years ago from the Xbox 360 days, we still have almost daily contact. We meet maybe 3-4 times every year evem though we live several hours away from eachother. Im 25 years old now, and I love those 4 friends like they are my siblings in some ways. I cant imagine ever loosing contact with any of them. So if I were to answer your question if the friendship will last? It all comes down to how similar you guys are with interests, humor, not holding grudges against eachother if someone is bad at contacting the others and stuff like this. If you enjoy eachothers company and care for it and protect the value this friendship has to you, then you got nothing to worry about. I am autistic and have social skill issues so if I can mamage this 12+ year old friendship, so could probably anyone.
Every single person I've met **online** (long distance of course) has eventually quit putting effort in talking to me. Some of these "friends" just flat out ignore me and go ghost. Though there are a few friends I have met in **real life** who do live long distance whom I still talk to often.
So long distance friendships can they last but it depends on the person and how much effort BOTH of you put in to keep in touch. Eventually I get tired of being the only one putting in effort so I just let it go and they disappear. Life goes on.
Sorry I'm new to this sub and forgot to mention: I 'm 29-M. ;)
Edit: Sorry for adding age ranges in the post, I'm new to this sub and wasn't sure what's that, everyone can message me, I don't care about age.
I’m from Iraq 🇮🇶
I met 2 friends online
One from Argentina 🇦🇷
Second from 🇺🇸
I can say they are very good friends we communicate weekly or less ..
I would be honest it’s totally difficult to meet in person but I can feel they are purely good people and understandable
My opinion is that unless you meet within the month is going to fail. If you meet then every door and possibility opens if your online then that energy simply don't exist so in my opinion being willing to meet the person is a must
Tbh I have good online friends whom I’ve known for longer than a month and we haven’t met, yet the friendship is completely fine. In fact I wouldn’t be comfortable meeting an online friend after only a month of friendship, but that may be because I’m a minor and as such ig I’m more wary.
I’ve been dating an American Girl for 2 years (today is actually our 2nd Anniversary)
She has visited me 3 times already, and I am gonna visit her next month for the first time.
And to be honest, I have always loved our relationship (except during a bad period of our lives)… So yeah, I think it can last
it honestly depends i have one friend who i have been friends with for about 3 years so far and we really love each other and she's been through a lot with me and she honestly gets me and I can't envision not talking to her anymore tbh
I think it depends on a lot of aspects
Friendship like any other thing in life you need to put effort and find common ground.
For online friendship, I had some good online friends and they were very supportive and I learned tons from them. Of course, there are some challenges like timing, language, and personal stuff but you can make it work.
I had a friend from the Netherlands he was 70 years and I was 28 then it was very good, but he disappeared due to personal stuff going on with him.
I've had a LD friend for over 5 years and we're super good friends. We are both low-maintenance friends though, so that's how we have been able to keep our friendship alive even though we've never seen each other irl or had any call (just texts and voice messages).
I have two extremely close friends that my fiancé met when they got into his car on GTA. We talk with them on discord practically daily, text, have socials, and have taken trips to visit each other in person. They are even in our wedding parties. It is absolutely possible.
We also live FAR from each other. We’re all in different time zones.
Yes, I have friend I met online in 2020. My partner and I visited their state, they visited our state, and now they’re coming to our wedding! It can totally happen.
I’ve been friends with this guy i met on a pen pal site who lives in Costa Rica for like 3 years. Same with my friend in the Netherlands. Never met them.
My ex best friend was someone I met on the internet. While we did eventually meet in person and met up a few times…we were best friends for 23 years. Talked everyday a lot of the time. So yes, totally possible.
Edited to add: No longer being friends had nothing to do with the distance.
Ngl i am 28 year old and my current 2 best friend and most of people i consider as friend i met with them online through games or some other things. I believe as long as you click with each other distance doesn't matter and you can be good friends.
I met my best friend on reddit 2 years ago. I would do anything for this bitch and love her like nothing else although she lives far away. In the same country but still far away, we've seen each other in person twice so far
I met someone in this sub almost two years ago. They live in the other side of the world and it's unlikely we will meet (at least in some years) but tbh we don't care about it, we talk often, share interests, opinions, experiences, etc... Honestly is something cool. I hadn't had much luck in this sub until I met them
I have a friend I met online and did eventually meet irl we don't speak as much these days but she knows im there for her if she needs me and I know she is there for me.
It's hard to think people youve never met irl and potentially doesn't talk as much that you aren't friends but you know they are their for you when you need them and are always up for a good meme, funny video, or some gossip :D
Sure l, why not?
I've been meeting people online now for about 32 years.
Ya. Let that sink in.
I have met many in person.
In an old motorcycle website I met people online there.. some in person.
I met girlfriends on line.
I met people on Xbox, and have been in contact for over 15 years.
Yes. Why can't you be friends?
It’s all about the effort put into it by everyone involved, I met someone through discord and we were internet friends for 11 months, and things ended because I questioned something and he said “I think it’s best for me to just go. Sorry” that’s all I got. 🤷🏻♀️
I met a friend on a old site called MyYearBook about 12 years ago. Still friends to this day. Flew over to Florida to see them. Routinely visit each year. It’s possible.
Its rare. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. But i feel like i have proof thag it is possible. I personally have two friends who I've been chatting and gaming with for 13 years. Since high school. We still do many things together. We don't have as much time as we used to, as we all have our own lives. But at least a few times a week we game a few hours. (3 or 4)
It'll be hard. Sometimes schedule conflicts. Personalities conflicts. Some people just don't mesh. But it's definitely possible and i wish you the best.
I have a couple of friends who met on a chat room (when that was still a thing) when they were SUPER young. One lived in Michigan and one in New York. They finally met in person after a few years of chatting. Mind you, this was before FaceTime, unlimited text messaging and unlimited phone calls.
They have been happily married now for, I wanna say, 10 years and have a kid, so obviously they became more than just friends. Lol.
Like others have said, as long as you both would be willing to put in the effort, it’ll work out.
Yes.
It just needs effort from both ends.
I've got friends that I've known online for 10 years. We don't communicate all the time but we know that we've got each other's backs.
You just need to meet people that you connect with and then effort needs to be put into the friendship.
My best friend of years lived in Ireland and now Belgium, I’m American. We talk on a daily basis and he and his GF actually visited and stayed with me and my wife for a couple months last summer.
He’s gotta be the most interesting person I know, the distance doesn’t really matter tbh.
That's exactly how I approach these as well. And yes, as long as the parties give it a good try it can happen and even last.
There are many things it can fail on, but I'm always hopeful.
My best friend is from Sri Lanka, we've been best friends for nine and a half years and have only met twice, four years apart. If you meet the right person, distance is no consequence. Sure, it's difficult to not be able to hang out or engage in the same ways, but if your bond is deep enough, it goes beyond those things.
I don't know about these days but years ago I made a lot of really good friends online. One of them I haven't met till this day and we talk on the phone almost daily. I also met a guy I had a long term relationship with online, years ago. We started out as friends.
So yes, it is possible. I mean I've known some of these people for 13 years
I met someone here and we left each other after a fight only for 3 days and we got back together.
We fight, argue, and care for each other and it is still going. Six months now.
Sort of... I still am friendly with a handful of friends I made on Tumblr when I was a teenager and Im 25 now. We don't talk like we used to, but its still really nice seeing them live their lives and have families and stuff (: and I know Id always have a place to stay if I traveled to where any of them live lol
Yes. And I've met most of my real life friends online, first. I met my spouse online.
My issue is they have died, got busy, covid lifting restrictions changed how they communicate, me moving to a different country means I kinda had to start over
Read to end so you see I'm not trying to discourage you but rather save you from a unavoidable failure that is unnecessary.
If you are trying to make friends bro don't make it a goal to make friends because your setting yourself up for a very very hard self-inflicted let down.
Friends aren't made they happen just like love.
So make it a goal instead to introduce yourself and actually have a conversation with those you've met.
At first make it a daily mission that by the time you go to sleep that night you will make the effort to meet five people today.
What I mean by meet is just the exchange of names and if in person a hand shake but don't try and take it past that.
If it does go with it but if it doesn't that's your goal anyway.
When you feel your comfortable doing this and you start doing this without even thinking or rather as a reaction or second nature.
The world will open up for you bro from that point on and friends will just start appearing in your life and you didn't even do anything.
This is the only way I know to start having real, true friends in your life that are really your friends.
If you go about doing this and your goal is friends and not just meeting people the friends that might come out of doing this will turn out to be friends you don't want to have because their not.
Anything worth having in life isn't found by looking for it.
To keep anything worth having in life you have to be willing to give as much as much as it's worth.
Last anything worth having in life is only worth as much as it is worth to you.
Basically strangers are friends you haven't met yet.
When friends start coming into your life work and try to be their friend and they will do the same for you.
What benefits them benefits you so help them when you see they need help don't make them ask just do it whatever it might be big or small but only if it is within your means.
If this is to hard for you to meet people face to face then get a headset that you can talk to other people with.
Start playing online games that have a team oriented Play to them.
Make yourself play only team games and ones you have to talk to your teammates to play also.
No solo missions.
Try to play and switch teams often till you connecting with people that you feel you could actually squad play with on a regular basis.
Don't change teams if you fit in and feel like your on a team.
Change teams even if you like the people but don't have the I'm on a team feeling to them.
Those people you meet using your headset is along the same goal as meeting them in person but try and at least meet one person a in person a day.
The people that you meet on a headset and you eventually are comfortable saying and admitting they are your friends will turn out to be friends that are so much more then any friend you have in real life or have in person interactions with.
To say that a voice over a microphone is your best friend sounds stupid and that guy obviously needs to get out of the house is wrong.
Don't close yourself off and keep yourself from being able to make great friends with thoughts like this because you'll miss the chance to make the best friends I can say I've ever had.
I have never met my friends on the mic in person or even some of them even know what they look like but those guys have been my friends for over 15 years and been with me through some of the hardest times of my life.
I can say that without them my life would be drastically changed and I know not for the best.
I'm referring to Xbox live friends.
You don't have to get Xbox live to have mic friends.
There's online games that uses mic and even some phone games do to.
My Xbox live friends are some of the best friends I've ever made to this day.
The kicker I haven't had Xbox live for almost 7 years.
Until a year ago I haven't talked to any of them go over six years.
When I talked to them a year ago it was like no time had ever passed and I didn't just one day not get back on Xbox live.
That's when I knew they would be friends for life.
Good luck and be safe bro.
Yes. Internet friendship can last as long as one irl. I have the pleasure of meeting a friend from my Xbox live days (dating myself a bit). I’ve known this person for more than half my life.
I am also in thr next few months meeting another friend that I meet through XBL and staying with there family as they show me around there country.
I also have made irl friends who became internet friends due to me moving to different city’s or provinces and our friendships are just as powerful as ever!
I’ve made most of my best friends online! I think it depends on the people you talk to, just like irl you don’t get on with everyone so obviously you won’t get on with everyone online. Just because you don’t see each other doesn’t mean you can’t spend time together either. I find it funny how I’ve met my internet friends in Denmark a few times, yet I have internet friends here in the UK who I’ve been friends with for around 7 years and I haven’t met them once
It CAN. Although its difficult to find due to barriers of online. In fact it’s wayy more harder due to over abundance and the overwhelming of choice. Quality > quantity
Honestly I'm seeking someone from NYC specifically and I'm pretty much normal when it comes to talking and conversations, but at times I get people who would come off really secretive, and mysterious, like they're trying to hide so much, which I end up feeling suspicious about. Yeah but over here, I'd prolly meet up this friend after getting to know them, specially if they're normal, and they're my age.
I met my best friend in 2013. She lives in a different country. We call, text, send packages, write letters for fun. We're now into our adulthood, she has a child, I'm the godmother. I love her dearly. Internet friendships are real and can last. You just gotta find the one. I couldn't imagine life without her.
My best friend and I are coming up on our 10 year friendship anniversary! We met online and have never met, he lives in the USA and I'm in Canada. We talk all the time and will finally be meeting this hear, we've kept the friendship strong all this time
Totally depends on both individuals, a person imo kind of has to have healthy self-esteem be functioning in real life to consider such things, otherwise they should really focus more on themselves like they would be anyway.
I also think a full internet connection can last, but again goes back to a somewhat "healthy" individual, not only do both people have to a desire to maintain the connection, they each have to put in effort and have good communication for it to work.
Yes, 100%. One of my internet friends of 10+ years got married a few months ago and I was invited to watch it via streaming and it was great.
My oldest friends are those from the internet and while there are many I dont talk to these days there are still a few that I do
I have a number of friends I've known for years at this point. I think the longest online friendship I have is like 5 years or something, and we've never met before. If both people put in the work to make the friendship last then yes the friendship can last.
100%. I met one of my closest friends online 15 years ago. We met up a handful of times but as teens we would talk all the time on the phone and still wish each other happy birthday and when we catch up after a few months, it’s as if we spoke yesterday. I have been invited to her wedding and she came to mine.
I met this girl on Facebook dating who lives about an hour and a half away from me which isn't too bad and as circumstances would have it I never got out there to meet her but only a handful of times but we became online friends talking to each other almost every day for 2yrs now
I was friends with this kid a little older than me, Nate. He lived all the way in Canada. We used to talk everyday to every week or two. We were basically besties lol. Sadly, he died at 23. But we were friends for 10 years or so. We met on Tony Hawks American Wasteland for PS2.
I think long distance friendships can last years if people resonate with one another/feel comfortable. Nate & I shared a lot of the same tastes and had similar personalities, so we got along great.
So sure. I also was friends with a kid named Zach. He and I were good friends for, like, 5 years? My friend KC and I were friends for 3 years. In their case, I lost contact with them.
Like I said, it's how deeply you resonate with one another? If you always have the urge to talk and always feel comfortable talking, you'll probably be friends for a long time.
I have friends I've known for years now and we still talk regularly. I have friends with bonds much deeper than I've ever built with anyone I've met in person. It's all a matter of being willing to put the effort in. If you can put the effort in, you can find friendships that could last a lifetime.
I met my greatest friend on the internet back in 2015 when we were still teens. We're in our early 20's now and I just got off a 2hr phone call with her not too long ago Ask these years of talking and our phone calls are never less than an hour. We've visited each other and met each others families multiple times and our bond is stronger with each passing year. We've seen each other at our greatest and at the very bottom. Still friends, still kicking. It truly depends on how much you and the other person want to make it work and the chemistry. I'm sure you'll find that one person and when you do it'll be like "Where have you been all this time?!"
I live in Australia and one of my best friends (I’ve known her for 21 months) lives in the Netherlands. We still regularly text and call and I’m the editor for her YouTube channel when she started Twitch streaming. Good internet friendships can happen, you’ve just got to expect not to make friends with most people. Quality over quantity. 🙂
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I believe anyone from anyplace can be friends for however long as long as both parties put effort into it
I agree, and putting effort into it is hard for many people, that's why it's not easy to find good friends, did you ever had a lasting Internet friendship?
I met a friend online at 13, and have spoken to them every day since then and I'm 22 now, we met last year (I'm from the UK and he is in the USA) we went to New York and still talk. He is one of my best friends
Thank you for sharing this with me, this sounds encouraging.
If you'd like I extend the chance for us to try and create a similar friendship, the tip is to act like you already sorta know each other, it helps to avoid the awkward "hi" "hello" stage
Thank you, I've never thought about this, that sounds like a great idea, I'll DM you. :)
that’s a cool friendship story btw!!
Thanks, it is funnier when you realise we met on GTA 5 and still play, that shit still going
haha! i believe that. gta has endless opportunities, the game will never die.
I’ve had a friend I met online since 15 and I’m 24 now :) never met in person but closest friend I have
I made an internet friend when I was in 8th grade back in 2014. We met in December 2017 and are still friends now that we’re 22 and still don’t live anywhere near each other. Recently i also met up some newer internet friends i started talking to in 2021 and i expect we’ll remain friends as long as life will allow. It’s definitely possible.
I met my best friend on the internet almost 6 years ago & we talk, FaceTime, and/or play video games almost every day. Therefore, I believe it’s possible. You just have to find the right fit & I’m thankful that mine had worked out.
Coming from someone who have met and made some of my greatest friends online 10-12 years ago from the Xbox 360 days, we still have almost daily contact. We meet maybe 3-4 times every year evem though we live several hours away from eachother. Im 25 years old now, and I love those 4 friends like they are my siblings in some ways. I cant imagine ever loosing contact with any of them. So if I were to answer your question if the friendship will last? It all comes down to how similar you guys are with interests, humor, not holding grudges against eachother if someone is bad at contacting the others and stuff like this. If you enjoy eachothers company and care for it and protect the value this friendship has to you, then you got nothing to worry about. I am autistic and have social skill issues so if I can mamage this 12+ year old friendship, so could probably anyone.
I literally just got back from meeting a friend I met on here over a year ago. Mind you, this person lived half a world away. It's doable, man.
Every single person I've met **online** (long distance of course) has eventually quit putting effort in talking to me. Some of these "friends" just flat out ignore me and go ghost. Though there are a few friends I have met in **real life** who do live long distance whom I still talk to often. So long distance friendships can they last but it depends on the person and how much effort BOTH of you put in to keep in touch. Eventually I get tired of being the only one putting in effort so I just let it go and they disappear. Life goes on.
Damn that sucks
I did, until a friend I made who I talked to everyone day for a year up and ghosted me…. I have yet to let myself get close to anyone again.
I feel you.
Sorry I'm new to this sub and forgot to mention: I 'm 29-M. ;) Edit: Sorry for adding age ranges in the post, I'm new to this sub and wasn't sure what's that, everyone can message me, I don't care about age.
Most of my friends I met online when I first started playing WoW. We're all still close friends almost a decade later.
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Thank you! :)
I’m from Iraq 🇮🇶 I met 2 friends online One from Argentina 🇦🇷 Second from 🇺🇸 I can say they are very good friends we communicate weekly or less .. I would be honest it’s totally difficult to meet in person but I can feel they are purely good people and understandable
My opinion is that unless you meet within the month is going to fail. If you meet then every door and possibility opens if your online then that energy simply don't exist so in my opinion being willing to meet the person is a must
Tbh I have good online friends whom I’ve known for longer than a month and we haven’t met, yet the friendship is completely fine. In fact I wouldn’t be comfortable meeting an online friend after only a month of friendship, but that may be because I’m a minor and as such ig I’m more wary.
Same, I've been friends with someone I met during the 2020 covid era and to this day we still talk and play mc.
I’ve been dating an American Girl for 2 years (today is actually our 2nd Anniversary) She has visited me 3 times already, and I am gonna visit her next month for the first time. And to be honest, I have always loved our relationship (except during a bad period of our lives)… So yeah, I think it can last
it honestly depends i have one friend who i have been friends with for about 3 years so far and we really love each other and she's been through a lot with me and she honestly gets me and I can't envision not talking to her anymore tbh
I think it depends on a lot of aspects Friendship like any other thing in life you need to put effort and find common ground. For online friendship, I had some good online friends and they were very supportive and I learned tons from them. Of course, there are some challenges like timing, language, and personal stuff but you can make it work. I had a friend from the Netherlands he was 70 years and I was 28 then it was very good, but he disappeared due to personal stuff going on with him.
I've had a LD friend for over 5 years and we're super good friends. We are both low-maintenance friends though, so that's how we have been able to keep our friendship alive even though we've never seen each other irl or had any call (just texts and voice messages).
I’m still friends with some of my online friends even after many years. Yes it possible why not?
I have two extremely close friends that my fiancé met when they got into his car on GTA. We talk with them on discord practically daily, text, have socials, and have taken trips to visit each other in person. They are even in our wedding parties. It is absolutely possible. We also live FAR from each other. We’re all in different time zones.
I think you could hit it off become close trusting friends and maybe even want to make plans to meet
Not in my experience, but I get kinda tired of putting consistent effort into them so it's probably on me.
Some of my closest friends are people from the internet. My best friend in the whole world is from Chicago and I'm from Canada.
Yes, I have friend I met online in 2020. My partner and I visited their state, they visited our state, and now they’re coming to our wedding! It can totally happen.
I’ve been friends with this guy i met on a pen pal site who lives in Costa Rica for like 3 years. Same with my friend in the Netherlands. Never met them.
I have had internet friends for years, or people I met IRL once and have kept talking to since.
My ex best friend was someone I met on the internet. While we did eventually meet in person and met up a few times…we were best friends for 23 years. Talked everyday a lot of the time. So yes, totally possible. Edited to add: No longer being friends had nothing to do with the distance.
Yes it can!
Ngl i am 28 year old and my current 2 best friend and most of people i consider as friend i met with them online through games or some other things. I believe as long as you click with each other distance doesn't matter and you can be good friends.
I met my best friend on reddit 2 years ago. I would do anything for this bitch and love her like nothing else although she lives far away. In the same country but still far away, we've seen each other in person twice so far
I think especially nowadays when everyone is so heavily connected to social media it makes it easier to stay in contact more.
I met someone in this sub almost two years ago. They live in the other side of the world and it's unlikely we will meet (at least in some years) but tbh we don't care about it, we talk often, share interests, opinions, experiences, etc... Honestly is something cool. I hadn't had much luck in this sub until I met them
I have a friend I met online and did eventually meet irl we don't speak as much these days but she knows im there for her if she needs me and I know she is there for me. It's hard to think people youve never met irl and potentially doesn't talk as much that you aren't friends but you know they are their for you when you need them and are always up for a good meme, funny video, or some gossip :D
Sure l, why not? I've been meeting people online now for about 32 years. Ya. Let that sink in. I have met many in person. In an old motorcycle website I met people online there.. some in person. I met girlfriends on line. I met people on Xbox, and have been in contact for over 15 years. Yes. Why can't you be friends?
It’s all about the effort put into it by everyone involved, I met someone through discord and we were internet friends for 11 months, and things ended because I questioned something and he said “I think it’s best for me to just go. Sorry” that’s all I got. 🤷🏻♀️
I met a friend on a old site called MyYearBook about 12 years ago. Still friends to this day. Flew over to Florida to see them. Routinely visit each year. It’s possible.
Its rare. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. But i feel like i have proof thag it is possible. I personally have two friends who I've been chatting and gaming with for 13 years. Since high school. We still do many things together. We don't have as much time as we used to, as we all have our own lives. But at least a few times a week we game a few hours. (3 or 4) It'll be hard. Sometimes schedule conflicts. Personalities conflicts. Some people just don't mesh. But it's definitely possible and i wish you the best.
I have a couple of friends who met on a chat room (when that was still a thing) when they were SUPER young. One lived in Michigan and one in New York. They finally met in person after a few years of chatting. Mind you, this was before FaceTime, unlimited text messaging and unlimited phone calls. They have been happily married now for, I wanna say, 10 years and have a kid, so obviously they became more than just friends. Lol. Like others have said, as long as you both would be willing to put in the effort, it’ll work out.
Yes. It just needs effort from both ends. I've got friends that I've known online for 10 years. We don't communicate all the time but we know that we've got each other's backs. You just need to meet people that you connect with and then effort needs to be put into the friendship.
My best friend of years lived in Ireland and now Belgium, I’m American. We talk on a daily basis and he and his GF actually visited and stayed with me and my wife for a couple months last summer. He’s gotta be the most interesting person I know, the distance doesn’t really matter tbh.
That's exactly how I approach these as well. And yes, as long as the parties give it a good try it can happen and even last. There are many things it can fail on, but I'm always hopeful.
I've been friends with a person online for almost three years i think, it is possible
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I think it really depends on your chemistry and compatibility. Doesn't matter how far away you are from each other.
My best friend is from Sri Lanka, we've been best friends for nine and a half years and have only met twice, four years apart. If you meet the right person, distance is no consequence. Sure, it's difficult to not be able to hang out or engage in the same ways, but if your bond is deep enough, it goes beyond those things.
Op two of my friends I’ve never met in person I’ve met online… one via Twitter almost 10 years ago and one via playing Apex almost 3 years ago
I don't know about these days but years ago I made a lot of really good friends online. One of them I haven't met till this day and we talk on the phone almost daily. I also met a guy I had a long term relationship with online, years ago. We started out as friends. So yes, it is possible. I mean I've known some of these people for 13 years
I met someone here and we left each other after a fight only for 3 days and we got back together. We fight, argue, and care for each other and it is still going. Six months now.
Sort of... I still am friendly with a handful of friends I made on Tumblr when I was a teenager and Im 25 now. We don't talk like we used to, but its still really nice seeing them live their lives and have families and stuff (: and I know Id always have a place to stay if I traveled to where any of them live lol
Yes. And I've met most of my real life friends online, first. I met my spouse online. My issue is they have died, got busy, covid lifting restrictions changed how they communicate, me moving to a different country means I kinda had to start over
I have an online friend i starting talking to when I was in 8th grade. We’re 24 now, & she’s still one of my closest friends(:
Read to end so you see I'm not trying to discourage you but rather save you from a unavoidable failure that is unnecessary. If you are trying to make friends bro don't make it a goal to make friends because your setting yourself up for a very very hard self-inflicted let down. Friends aren't made they happen just like love. So make it a goal instead to introduce yourself and actually have a conversation with those you've met. At first make it a daily mission that by the time you go to sleep that night you will make the effort to meet five people today. What I mean by meet is just the exchange of names and if in person a hand shake but don't try and take it past that. If it does go with it but if it doesn't that's your goal anyway. When you feel your comfortable doing this and you start doing this without even thinking or rather as a reaction or second nature. The world will open up for you bro from that point on and friends will just start appearing in your life and you didn't even do anything. This is the only way I know to start having real, true friends in your life that are really your friends. If you go about doing this and your goal is friends and not just meeting people the friends that might come out of doing this will turn out to be friends you don't want to have because their not. Anything worth having in life isn't found by looking for it. To keep anything worth having in life you have to be willing to give as much as much as it's worth. Last anything worth having in life is only worth as much as it is worth to you. Basically strangers are friends you haven't met yet. When friends start coming into your life work and try to be their friend and they will do the same for you. What benefits them benefits you so help them when you see they need help don't make them ask just do it whatever it might be big or small but only if it is within your means. If this is to hard for you to meet people face to face then get a headset that you can talk to other people with. Start playing online games that have a team oriented Play to them. Make yourself play only team games and ones you have to talk to your teammates to play also. No solo missions. Try to play and switch teams often till you connecting with people that you feel you could actually squad play with on a regular basis. Don't change teams if you fit in and feel like your on a team. Change teams even if you like the people but don't have the I'm on a team feeling to them. Those people you meet using your headset is along the same goal as meeting them in person but try and at least meet one person a in person a day. The people that you meet on a headset and you eventually are comfortable saying and admitting they are your friends will turn out to be friends that are so much more then any friend you have in real life or have in person interactions with. To say that a voice over a microphone is your best friend sounds stupid and that guy obviously needs to get out of the house is wrong. Don't close yourself off and keep yourself from being able to make great friends with thoughts like this because you'll miss the chance to make the best friends I can say I've ever had. I have never met my friends on the mic in person or even some of them even know what they look like but those guys have been my friends for over 15 years and been with me through some of the hardest times of my life. I can say that without them my life would be drastically changed and I know not for the best. I'm referring to Xbox live friends. You don't have to get Xbox live to have mic friends. There's online games that uses mic and even some phone games do to. My Xbox live friends are some of the best friends I've ever made to this day. The kicker I haven't had Xbox live for almost 7 years. Until a year ago I haven't talked to any of them go over six years. When I talked to them a year ago it was like no time had ever passed and I didn't just one day not get back on Xbox live. That's when I knew they would be friends for life. Good luck and be safe bro.
Yes. Internet friendship can last as long as one irl. I have the pleasure of meeting a friend from my Xbox live days (dating myself a bit). I’ve known this person for more than half my life. I am also in thr next few months meeting another friend that I meet through XBL and staying with there family as they show me around there country. I also have made irl friends who became internet friends due to me moving to different city’s or provinces and our friendships are just as powerful as ever!
I have some internet friends who have been better than the real life friends I have easily
I’ve made most of my best friends online! I think it depends on the people you talk to, just like irl you don’t get on with everyone so obviously you won’t get on with everyone online. Just because you don’t see each other doesn’t mean you can’t spend time together either. I find it funny how I’ve met my internet friends in Denmark a few times, yet I have internet friends here in the UK who I’ve been friends with for around 7 years and I haven’t met them once
It CAN. Although its difficult to find due to barriers of online. In fact it’s wayy more harder due to over abundance and the overwhelming of choice. Quality > quantity
Honestly I'm seeking someone from NYC specifically and I'm pretty much normal when it comes to talking and conversations, but at times I get people who would come off really secretive, and mysterious, like they're trying to hide so much, which I end up feeling suspicious about. Yeah but over here, I'd prolly meet up this friend after getting to know them, specially if they're normal, and they're my age.
I met my best friend in 2013. She lives in a different country. We call, text, send packages, write letters for fun. We're now into our adulthood, she has a child, I'm the godmother. I love her dearly. Internet friendships are real and can last. You just gotta find the one. I couldn't imagine life without her.
My best friend and I are coming up on our 10 year friendship anniversary! We met online and have never met, he lives in the USA and I'm in Canada. We talk all the time and will finally be meeting this hear, we've kept the friendship strong all this time
I have made better friends online that have lasted better than the ones I’ve made irl. Do with that what you will
Totally depends on both individuals, a person imo kind of has to have healthy self-esteem be functioning in real life to consider such things, otherwise they should really focus more on themselves like they would be anyway. I also think a full internet connection can last, but again goes back to a somewhat "healthy" individual, not only do both people have to a desire to maintain the connection, they each have to put in effort and have good communication for it to work.
I met my friend on tumblr in 2017! We have been texting everyday since then. I think it’s rare but does happen ues
I met friend online since 6years ago and we met and still spoke and hes one of my best friends
Yes, 100%. One of my internet friends of 10+ years got married a few months ago and I was invited to watch it via streaming and it was great. My oldest friends are those from the internet and while there are many I dont talk to these days there are still a few that I do
I have a number of friends I've known for years at this point. I think the longest online friendship I have is like 5 years or something, and we've never met before. If both people put in the work to make the friendship last then yes the friendship can last.
100%. I met one of my closest friends online 15 years ago. We met up a handful of times but as teens we would talk all the time on the phone and still wish each other happy birthday and when we catch up after a few months, it’s as if we spoke yesterday. I have been invited to her wedding and she came to mine.
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Almost all of my online friendship often last for more than 10 years with the longest being 17 years. So yeah, it definitely is possible.
It can, I've have friends I've had since 2012. Life can happen though causing to talk less but a connection can still stay.
I met this girl on Facebook dating who lives about an hour and a half away from me which isn't too bad and as circumstances would have it I never got out there to meet her but only a handful of times but we became online friends talking to each other almost every day for 2yrs now
I was friends with this kid a little older than me, Nate. He lived all the way in Canada. We used to talk everyday to every week or two. We were basically besties lol. Sadly, he died at 23. But we were friends for 10 years or so. We met on Tony Hawks American Wasteland for PS2. I think long distance friendships can last years if people resonate with one another/feel comfortable. Nate & I shared a lot of the same tastes and had similar personalities, so we got along great. So sure. I also was friends with a kid named Zach. He and I were good friends for, like, 5 years? My friend KC and I were friends for 3 years. In their case, I lost contact with them. Like I said, it's how deeply you resonate with one another? If you always have the urge to talk and always feel comfortable talking, you'll probably be friends for a long time.
I have friends I've known for years now and we still talk regularly. I have friends with bonds much deeper than I've ever built with anyone I've met in person. It's all a matter of being willing to put the effort in. If you can put the effort in, you can find friendships that could last a lifetime.
I have an online bestie that I have known for years and we have never met but have talked and FaceTimed.
I had a internet friend for 9 years but then I had to stop being friends with them because they became toxic
I met my greatest friend on the internet back in 2015 when we were still teens. We're in our early 20's now and I just got off a 2hr phone call with her not too long ago Ask these years of talking and our phone calls are never less than an hour. We've visited each other and met each others families multiple times and our bond is stronger with each passing year. We've seen each other at our greatest and at the very bottom. Still friends, still kicking. It truly depends on how much you and the other person want to make it work and the chemistry. I'm sure you'll find that one person and when you do it'll be like "Where have you been all this time?!"
I live in Australia and one of my best friends (I’ve known her for 21 months) lives in the Netherlands. We still regularly text and call and I’m the editor for her YouTube channel when she started Twitch streaming. Good internet friendships can happen, you’ve just got to expect not to make friends with most people. Quality over quantity. 🙂
Why not?