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In cyberspace, confidence in personal relationships is acquired by genuine conversations and not by expensive makeup. Conversation, rather than name and title, makes the difference. The emphasis upon written communication in online relationships can be perceived as a reaction to the excessive role given to visual content in modern society. Read More
online vs. in person conversation
Emailing online builds excitement perhaps because there is a delayed response. Sometimes just those few hours or days mirror the pre-Internet era of couples posting letters and waiting weeks for a response. There's time to ponder what you've said and to wonder what kind of response you will get. Online conversations have a different appeal sometimes people are more flirty or more intellectual than they would be in person, because there seems to be less to lose.There's also less interference from facial expression, tone, eye contact and gestures that might cause us to tailor a response to fit that other person's bias. So we might show more of our true selves instead of trying to meet another's expectation.
Taking a break
Here is my story. My GF mom had a slight heart attack april 11th, she is out of the hospital and looks fine they have her on medicine. for the past two weeks my GF has been saying sorry to me for not spending more time with me, I have told her I totally understand and not to worry, I have not said to her why don't we spend more time together blah blah, I have been very understanding and supportive.
Well Friday night she went to a concert and was suppose to meet us at a bar after, she never showed but, I get a call from her Saturday around noon and she says she is sorry that she has ignored me and that I am to nice and good to her that she feels guilty that she can not spend more time with me because her mom is on her mind all the time and leaving her son with her mom to come out worries her that something might happen. So she tells me she wants to take a break from the relationship, She has not called or returned my one call I made to her Sunday night, telling her how I felt and that as a couple we should work through this together as most couples would, and that I understand how much pressure she is under, but to also understand that by what she did does not make sense because I have not been pressuring her to spend more time with me, because I understand her situation, it makes me feel like there is more than what she is telling and I just want to talk to get a clear picture of what is going on and where I stand.
Should I being reading more into this or just take it for what it is.
Thank you
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