This morning I saw an article in the paper about a couple who were divorcing because the husband cheated in an online virtual world. I guess that brings cheating to a whole new level.
Apparently this couple, themselves, first met online in that same virtual world, Second Life. Now maybe it’s just me but the whole thing seems a little weird and creepy right from the start. I guess on the one hand, these people had a lot in common since they were both apparently obsessed with this fake world. But uh… if that’s what you spend all of your time doing, pretending, well it just seems to me maybe they both are missing a few pieces upstairs in the first place?
I can’t imagine anyone spending hours & hours in a virtual 3-D chat room day after day, pretending to be someone else. I have a hard enough time keeping up with what I think and feel in real life. I confuse the heck out of myself as it is. Yeah, then toss me in someplace where I’m supposed to make up a second life?? I don’t think so.
Have you ever heard Brad Paisley sing the song Online? That’s what this post reminded me of.
a friend of mine is a sociologist who studies Second Life. These kind of romances are very common, and spouses are often more affronted by chatroom cybersex precisely because in SL folks build real relationships over time with their SL significant others.
Oh, for crying out loud. I’m with you, Monk; for me, one life is quite enough. And, suddenly, it’s not seeming all that pathetic!
dave, i’d love to talk to your friend….
my marriage is breaking up over my husband’s SL affair… this is so surreal…