Is TRUE LOVE possible in SL?
♥ Greetings, seekers of romance ♥
What is your opinion of love in Second Life? And I mean the real thing, like TRUE love.
Is it possible? Is the feeling of love an exclusive thing for RL?
Is virtual love an illusion?
Do we love the reflection of ourselves mirrored by others in SL?
In which way (except for the obvious sexual part) is it different from RL love?
So many questions. Any answers? I am awaiting your comments.
And a last question to ponder about:
Would you advice a good friend against falling in love in SL?
Yes and no. I would argue that real love is not just about the mental aspect (emotional, SL) but is also chemical, physical, and made of will. Now will “William”. But will as in, are you persistent? Are you of character? Real love takes a tremendous amount of work. For example, having a fight in SL is much different than RL because there are no chemicals in the mix (there are on your end, and on his, but not combined), nor facial expressions, nor body language, nor tone of voice (unless of course you are on voice!).
Can one love in SL? Absolutely. Can on be in love in SL? I’d say no but one of my best friends is certainly in love in SL so she kind of ruins that belief. lol Can one be in “Real Love” in SL? I might say only if they are in RL love to begin with and then celebrate it in SL as in RL.
But what do I know? LOL Ooo must run! I have a wedding to do!
Real Life = Real Love
On July 5, 2006, I met a man in an rp sim. We started spending time together daily. A week later we began talking via SKYPE. He lives in Scotland. I live in the USA. We connected instantly. As weeks past we found ourselves talking for several hours a day, after four months of spending nearly every free moment talking; we felt we knew each other well enough to take the next step to meet in real life. Korky hopped on a long plane over the big pond, and spent 82 days in the USA with me. We fell in love. While still with me, Korky asked me to marry him in real life. I knew that his man was my soul mate. A man that I would never have met if it wasn’t for SL. Korky then made two more trips from Scotland to the USA. In between visits, we would spend our time in sl and on voice and video chat, every single day talking. Our bond is very strong, and I feel I know him better than any man I have known in the USA. When you meet your love online, you end up spending a great deal of time communicating and really listening to each other. This bonded Korky and I. We have now been engaged for nearly two years. We are currently working on a fiance visa so that Korky can come here to the USA legally to get married. Daily we continue to share our second lives together as well as real life time. We have sl children who are very dear to us. We haven’t seen each other now for 8 months and the distance is hard. But after nearly two years of waiting to be together, the waiting we have endured has shown us our relationship is strong. There have been tough times. We have had our conflicts and have to work diligently to understand and communicate well. But in the end we know we are meant for each other. Korky’s soul and my soul are the same. We know we are not alone. There are many stories like ours. Here’s to true love, that began in sl and turned real in both worlds.