I wouldn't say I have any close friends online or in real life, at least not anybody I'd trust enough with personal details of my life. I'm on friendly terms with a lot of people, but it wouldn't be right to consider them friends since we don't talk outside of the circumstances we see each other (ie: work).
As for online, I'm on friendly terms with people I'm not necessarily close to. It's weird, having an easy time starting conversations and being friendly with people but very rarely does a friendship develop.
Do you have more friends in real life or online? Friends you first encountered online but met up with them eventually can be considered in-real-life friends.
All of my friends are online. I had trouble making friends during childhood and my teenage years and I haven't seen anyone after finishing school. I'd say I have a few pretty close friendships online, though.
I haven't made real life friends after highschool. Some people that I would study or do projects with on campus but it's never developed into anything else.
A few people online I speak with very on and off. (we message consistently for a couple weeks, then don't speak for a year).
I've really craved to have friends lately. Nothing has clicked though in my attempts and it's always awkward. Sad.
I made a discord recently so maybe I could join a community or meet people on a server. Can't say that I'm not trying. I just feel down about myself when it doesn't work.
I don't have the proper social skills to befriend people at school (and I dislike most of my classmates because of their habits), so I have more friends online than in real life. I'm usually okay with it, but I have moments where I feel a little lonely and desire an IRL friend. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate my online friends; I'm actually grateful for them! <3
Either way, it would be cool if my partner (my closest online friend) and I met up in person...
I haven't had any friends IRL since I was in elementary school, so I have more friends online by default. But it's honestly okay! Even though there had been times in the past where I wish I had a friend IRL, that's not the case anymore. I've managed to make more meaningful, impactful friends online than I ever did IRL. I appreciate all the people online I consider my friends, especially my best friend, who is simply amazing and always brightens my day whenever we talk. I'm forever grateful and lucky that they're in my life.
my only friends are online if we're talking about non-related people. i see my cousins as my friends as im very very close with them, and have been my entire life. two are my best friends for life! i don't have any other friends irl, but i have best friends online on these forums that are very dear to me and whom i love very much. i don't need anyone else but my family and them, honestly with how close we are to each and how much we share with each other i see them as my family anyway.
i think i just have irl friends which are only a few people. recently i've been engaging with a support group and while we talk about personal things, i wouldn't call them friends but also i have a hard time making friends, we need to click on vibes + interests too lol
If you were to ask me this like ten years ago, I would've said online friends. I had SO many. It was really a fun time! Now I have more irl friends, which still isn't much lol.
I'd say I have more IRL friends. I have plenty of acquaintances online, but I'm not close enough to anyone to consider them friends, except for maybe a couple people on here.
More online friends. I moved around a lot in my childhood and never quite really "integrated" anymore in my teen years, even if ironically I've been stuck in the same region since I was 12. The thing with online friends is that I can carry them wherever I go. It doesn't matter if I move, or if they do. I'm not losing them. I also seem to attract older people IRL whereas online I have more people my age as friends. Still wish that could translate to IRL...
Definitely IRL, I’m still friends with my high school and university friends. I’ve also met some through friends. I recently realized that someone in my guild also lives in my city, so we’ve been hanging out in person too! I’m also going to be a bridesmaid for my best online friend (that I’ve met a few times in person) next year so I’m excited.
Overall I think I have a decent amount of both and I feel blessed to have all these wonderful people in my life
Fascinated by the skew here! I wouldn't say I have a lot of friends in general--my partner, our roommate/housemate, my best friend who lives in another state at the moment, a former coworker-turned-friend, a current coworker, a couple other people I visit from time to time. But I'm TERRIBLE at making friends online. I mean, I've been on TBT for a decade and I wouldn't say I have actual friends here, just users I recognize and have a friendly relationship with due to a past trade or something.
Even though I've always struggled socially, I would still say it's harder for me to make friends online--how do you just approach somebody out of the blue like that? In real life there's context and shared experience, so I feel less weird about striking up a conversation with a coworker or someone at a special event or conference, and occasionally that leads to an actual friendship.
I have way more online friends than irl friends and the irl friends I do have I don't talk to much anymore since I don't have much in common with them anymore and they all live far away from me. I struggle to make new irl friends since I'm so closed off around people I'm not familiar with and I don't know how to hold a conversation with them. As long as there's at least one interest in common I can usually have text conversations online with anyone with little issue. Unfortunately I've lost quite a few older online friends since I wasn't as good at staying in touch or I struggled with boundaries. Thankfully most of the online friends I've made in the last two years have stuck around and I get along with all of them well.
I have a good small handful of friends in real life and then there's lots of people online I like and would consider my friend, but I'm just terrible at online conversation. I'm not sure where to draw the line of acting normal and not weirding people out. Also once I start talking I tend to over share and not everybody vibes with that
but also i have a hard time making friends, we need to click on vibes + interests too lol
