Being online at the same time is the virtual world’s equivalent of being in the same room with someone else. It’s a lot easier to pretend you haven’t seen them, though. How else can an escapist be?
Oh and shutting your eyes is much easier as well…you just logout/ disconnect/log off/shut down. Then, for all purposes, the world you don’t want to be a part of has been destroyed…at least momentarily.
Peace reigns in the world of escapism.
It occurs to me that I’m in the final stages of recuperation. Or rather, I’m like someone who was ill for a very long time without knowing it, then hospitalised, recovered, had a relapse and is now watching the last of the scabs fall off, the scars fade away. Melodramatic,…
When is the last time you wished for something? In fact, when was the last time you allowed yourself to want something? Without telling yourself that it was…impractical…unachievable…wrong…silly…unmentionable…impossible…too big to fit into your cupboard…too expensive…incompatible with your lifestyle What was it that you wanted so much but didn’t dare ask…
How true…either way!
sometimes I also wish that the other person pretends that am not being seen!
Agree with thou completely. I love the “appear invisible” button on Yahoo for this exact reason. And then there’s always “block”… ah joys!!!