Cyber Love

Can love be present in a place where everything else aren't?

Take for instance two total strangers. Man meets woman in an unconventional way, exchanging "His & Hellos", "ASLs", "CTCs" and "LOLs". Sharing non important ideas ... sharing sweet nothings.

Then suddenly, guy decides to call gal a pretty nickname such as "Hon", "Love", and "Baby", and WHAM, they become a couple instantly.

Real names don't exist. Neither the age nor occupations ... faceless characters and unknown identities. No history to start with, and yet decide to indulge in an illusion. An instant love affair. Less hassles, few demands and financially beneficial to people with less or no money at all. From coffee to roses, hugs and kisses ... almost everything are made available. Just by merely pressing the keyboard, who can ask for more?

Guys who are not blessed with guts to court a woman in the real world, all of a sudden becomes a gigolo. Counting girlfriends from all corners of the world. Girls who can't get a real date due to lack of beauty and personality, can act and talk like she's a beauty queen when on the net.

Lies thrown back and forth as fast as one can type them, are all accepted. Welcoming philanderers and adulterers ... enjoying their temporary facade. Nobody takes each compliment seriously. Nobody gives great importance to decency. Emotions are toyed and being played around. Sarcasm lurks in every corner.

So, a stranger loving another stranger a possibility? A big joke maybe. Love is of no value and indeed very artificial in cyberspace!

Provers 20:6 "Many a man claims to have an unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?"

- by Masay (December 2003)