Posted by Tabitha Šëëš Ýôú on September 15, 2002, at 0:44:46
In reply to getting to know you » Tabitha Šëëš Ýôú , posted by BeardedLady on September 14, 2002, at 17:43:46
Well of course I don't know you as well as someone like Wendy you've chosen to get closer to off the board. I do think though, that by reading posts I get a sense of the other posters' personalities beyond just the basic facts like profession and interests. You project a very distinct personality here, though you don't talk about your emotional state and vulnerabilities as much as some. But I read something from that fact too. Of course you could be very different in person than my sense of you.
I tend to trust that people are showing *some* facet of themselves here, even if it's not the same face they present in person. So the personalities do become real to me. (Some people might even reveal themselves more here than they would in person.)
The mention of SPOW got me to thinking. I don't want to be super-sensitive to the point that I can't participate, but I don't think I could decide to not let anything that's said here hurt me either. I have pretty much the same types of emotional reactions to people here as in real life. In fact I want it to be that way, so I can use this place to work out my relationship issues. That's just my approach.
poster:Tabitha Šëëš Ýôú
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