Doesn't men know the meaning of the phrase "stick to one" anymore? I have this friend, he's even so proud telling me about his girlfriend of three years in real life. And I'm happy for them... BUT here's the catch, the girl doesn't know that he's playing Oz. Ha! So what, you ask?
Here's the summary. OzWorld, my dear friends, is a virtual world. Whereas you can chat, fish for money to buy clothes, have virtual friends, a virtual lover and invest feelings on virtual love - and I am a pioneer of the said game. Everything is virtual, even you. It's more of an option, really. You can choose not to have a virtual lover and bore yourself to death in that game, whose ONLY goals are to raise money for clothes and reach the highest level of 21. Although having friends in the game really helps not to get bored, it's still like going to school - it's all a popularity contest. The more the number of people who know you, the more the chances of being desired by the opposite sex. It's like a dating game where you can love the avatar, not the person behind it. That's the thing most female players of the game forget about the most. IT'S VIRTUAL, PEOPLE. NOT REAL. But the question still remains, if all of it is virtual, are the feelings invested virtual too? Will you get virtually hurt? Will you be virtually upset when you guys break up?
It's all a game, right. Check. But when you know you're playing with other people's feelings, is it really all just a game?
So, in other words, my friend was cheating on his girlfriend - virtually only of course. Still, he says that he's "stick to one". How is that? Tell me, do men really have to have a sidedish all the time? Is it like a booty call, that when you're real lover can't satisfy you, you settle for something less? Being second sucks. But, here's the thing. My friend doesn't consider himself cheating coz, you guessed it, it's all virtual. Come to think of it, I don't know when Oz lovers count as "real" and not "virtual" anymore. Does it become real when they call or text each other when not online? Does it become real when they meet? When they do, does it count as cheating on your "real" lover? What if the "real" girlfriend finds out about the "virtual" one (or vice-versa), will there be an actual "real" break up?
I am not against any virtual love, though I don't support it anymore. I did, once, a long time ago when I was young. Time has changed, so have we. It's just not ideal to love someone through the internet. You'll just get hurt. Plain and simple. But still, I know there are a FEW ones out there who get lucky and transforms their "virtual" love onto "real" love... note the capitalization of the word FEW.
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