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#Online Friendships
deesi-academia · 2 years
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Online friendships are like *sent you a meme* *replied to your story/post* *9+ messages* *I WANT TO EAT YOUR FOOD* *COME OVER* *GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY* *offline for days* *hii I'm back with a meme* *poetry for each other* *I love you* *you're the best friend I've ever had???* *I love you* *you understand me*
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normalpeoplethiings · 7 months
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angel and juliet have a great friendship. their friendship it great at showing people the reality of some online friendships. just because a friendship is online doesn’t mean it isn’t real 💕💕
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scatteredrelics · 3 months
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star-crossed⁠ friends?
i thought about you today when i saw something you told me about, something you loved. i think of you often, really. someone asked me about my bestfriend the other day and there it was, your name on my lips. i felt tongue-tied. i always have to tell people about us nowadays. people ask me 'weren't you guys bestfriends' and it breaks my heart a little. the unhappy words of 'we aren't friends anymore' and the awkward coherent replies to all the why's and how's. i wonder if people ask you about me.
i still follow you on instagram. i see things you post, wonder if you still like the same things. i don't know you anymore. i probably never will again. but i did once. and you knew me too. that seemed to be enough. but it wasn't. i knew your favourite colour. i knew the things you hated. you knew where my happiness lied and i knew where you had buried your dead. i let you see through me and i was once the one you trusted with your past.
i think of you on your birthday. i want to wish you, god i so badly want to but i don't. i watch as our mutuals put up stories, i watch as you spend your day with them. i wonder if you'd miss me on my birthday. i wonder if you'd even remember. i still have the gift you gave me. i wanted to throw it away but i can't. it's a comfort, it's the relief of knowing that our friendship wasn't always a sinking ship. it's a part of you that once was mine, in a way. so i just keep it somewhere, look at it often but never use it. it feels like a burden.
i went to the park we always went to. i sat on the bench which was supposedly "ours" and thought whether i regret the time we spent together. i think, and think of it. i wish my answer was yes but it's always a begrudging no. i sit there and my mind is a whirlwind of what ifs. but i know it wasn't my fault. i wonder if you know that. i wonder if you blame me. i wonder what would i do if you tried to reach out but there's the bitter aftertaste that you never do. but isn't that what i wanted?
but now we have different people to fill each other's shoes and that's okay i think. i'm learning to let go. i always knew i had to let go. i'm learning to ignore the little thoughts that overcome me at night. i'm willing to be happy. maybe if you tried, maybe then- or maybe it wasn't meant to be. maybe we're ⁠star-crossed friends?
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mejcinta · 8 months
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alysmond confession: "The fandom have this elitist vibes to it. The fans will ignore you if you're not on their group of friends, and they mostly call each others real name (difficult for privacy-lovers). The sad part is these people won't support alysmond creators whose not in their circle (even when they tagged). I love alysmond but the fandom isn't solid, supportive, nor welcoming at all" (majority though not all).
Honestly, I'm not much of a friendsy person online. I'm nearing 30 with bills to pay and mouths to feed. I rarely have time for games which to me are best reserved for younger fans.
But my advice is don't take things to heart. Don't let things be personal. Value yourself and just keep doing and liking what you enjoy, despite of whether people want to be friends with you or not. If I cared what people thought my blog would be down ages ago and I've been on here posting what I like for 6 years!!
Also, fuck clique culture.
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zero-way-out · 1 year
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A friendly reminder to all my fellow terribly anxious autistics: you don't owe your time to literally anyone online. If you only interact with someone out of obligation instead of because you want to, you're probably dipping into some people pleasing issues and thats not healthy for you.
Remember, you can always block people, just ignore them, or create a new account if you just want to not exist on your main for a while.
Just like irl, online friendships are a two-way street and if online friends expect you to be available 24/7, you definitely need to extablish some boundaries. You deserve to be your own person online who can budget their time wothout being anxious about if someone is thinking you ghosted them because you don't have the energy to talk.
Obviously all of this isn't exclusive to autistics but i find its really important to remind ourselves every once in a while because i feel that we're more likely to develop unhealthy online relationships because of how hard it is to maintain relationships with neurotypicals.
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miqojak · 5 months
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Online Friendships: A Eulogy
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twelfth-dykector · 15 days
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having online friends you don't talk to anymore is so weird. like. I knew every little thing about you. we haven't spoken in two years. I still follow your school on instagram. we used to talk about how we'd visit each other when we were older. i don't know who you are anymore. you got a haircut? I never knew. I remember your the intricacies mental illnesses with startling clarity. you're better now? I'm happy for you. I was on first name terms with your entire friend group. you don't speak to them anymore either. i'll always love you. you've left school now? I remember when you joined. I was on first name terms with your entire family too. how are they? i still remember all of their names.
I think about you every day. we never even fell out, we just drifted apart.
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I think the hardest thing about online friendships, even with multiple socials, when they go from everyday talking to never texting off anything again my mind always wonders. I had a friend who is about to make a 3 year anniversary since we’ve talked. Unfortunately I think she may’ve passed in some accident. It’s so scary, like I hate not having any family that I could ask or just any confirmation if she’s okay. Just sucks when someone you used to talk to constantly? I just sent them a last text saying I won’t send them monthly check up texts anymore because I think it’s hurting my mental health. I really hope one day she answers and she’s okay you know? Just sucks how some online friendships if the other person never answers again you’re left not knowing if they are at least okay?
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sicksadstar · 1 year
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hirayhere · 1 year
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The have I crossed a boundary or has something happened in their private life?
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deesi-academia · 24 days
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little strangers besties on the internet on my little phone are the bestest people ever <33
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lightasthesun · 6 months
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2023 is coming to an end so this is my annual I love my online friends so fucking much you wouldn't believe me if I told you post.
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captaingimpy · 2 days
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Discovering the Appeal of the Survival Craft Genre Through Valheim
For the longest time, I didn’t really understand the survival craft genre. Everything from the blocky looking Minecraft, to ARK: Survival Evolved, to Terraria—all of these and many others were games that, while I noticed my younger brother enjoying them deeply throughout his life as a gamer, the appeal was completely unapparent to me. I tried. I really did. But every time I played, one phrase…
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techdriveplay · 2 months
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Red Flags to Look Out for if Your Kids Are on Social Media
By Lauren Adlam, Creator of Zown Social media has become a way of life for most, and like it or loathe it, doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. It has its strengths and its flaws, and as parents, it is up to us to help, to educate and monitor our children’s use of social media so that it can enhance rather than hinder their lives.   Most social media apps have a minimum age gate of…
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cherieye · 4 months
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When I see pictures of my online friends with their in person friends, I can't describe this feeling but it goes something like this:
"They do not know the magnitude of privilege and grace they have to be in the presence of this ethereal being, why are they not worshipping them? I do not understand."
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ppossumist · 1 year
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i just said goodbye to an old online friend who announced that he’s going to deactivate his account after being inactive for 2 years.
we’re both completely different people than we were 2 years ago, i’m sure. he goes by a different name now, a name i’ll never know. he transitioned. went to uni, i’m pretty sure. and i’m happy for him.
it’s just crazy how quick you can go from being close friends with someone to not even knowing them. he’ll keep living his life, as will i. but our paths will almost certainly never cross again. it’s a strangely humbling thought.
damn. online friendships.
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