Modern Manners - Facebook et al

[Ciaran]

Originally Posted by genghisfawn

Fast forward. Seems hy's carrying on a rather intense romance with someone via Facebook. This is someone hy's never met and never will meet (too far, too expensive, etc.) I ask hym to please let her know hy's also dating other people, just to be fair to her.


The next day hy's changed hys relationship status to reflect that hy and this girl are in a relationship.

I must be out of touch with modern reality but how can people have any sort of romance, esp. at an intense level, via facebook or other online media?

In my rather simple, socially conservative mind, you can flirt online, you can even crush a bit online ..... but I'm not sure how you can become romantically involved "online" unless it also includes some form of real-time, real-life contact with the online aspect being an additional channel but not the only channel through which the romance is played out.

As for this individual now being in a "relationship" with someone he has never met and never will meet ..... that's just too bizarre for my comprehension.