
I'm sorry to hear what you've been going through. The internet can do ya that way.

But I do know two people who met online and are wildly in love and engaged to get married now, so it
can happen! Be strong, have faith!

Thanks, Nee-chan

As for the person you were dating...I know it's hard for you, but I actually can understand a bit. Long distance relationships are hard on a lot of people, and more often then not one partner or the other just can't stand not being close by their significant other and feel like they're not even together. I'm not sure how you two communicated, or if you even saw each other in person, but I guess he just couldn't take the circumstances of the relationship anymore. I'm not suggesting it's in anyway your fault, but I'm just saying a lot of people can't do a relationship that way.
No no, you're right. I've already been through one long-distance relationship before, and even though I did get to meet the person a couple times, it didn't work out. And I *swore* to myself I would never put myself in that position again. But it's
really hard to tell your heart not to do something it's set on doing ^^;
I also kind of get what you're going through with people in general. It's been often hard for me to establish friends as well, or at least be able to work with them, but I have no idea what I'm doing WRONG. I try to be respectful, friendly, and when it comes to academic work, work with the team, but I've found that often after a few conversations it seems they want NOTHING to do with me.
I don't get it either! I try sooo hard to be people's friend and to help them out whenever they need it, but they never seem to want to do the same, and things always end badly. It sucks
So, don't give up on people; if you just find a few you can always count on, that's all you'll need.
I'm trying. I don't really have anyone to talk with 'in real life', so it's a bit hard to depend on a select few friends. But I'll keep trying ^^
To be honest, I don't think online friendships can ever really equal a real life one. There is something different in the way we perceive someone online to who they really are in reality. You can get to know someone really well, but I feel like there is always something missing. Now if you actually met with an online friend in real life from time to time, I think it might work out better. But otherwise, it has always been my experience that online friends will, eventually, move on, no matter how close you were at one time. It's happened to me a lot too, it just seems like an unfortunate cycle. I've only come across a few online friends that have ended up staying in touch with me over the years. So it can happen, it just isn't very likely from what I've seen.
*nods* I believe you are absolutely right. I don't think I would have agreed 2 years ago, but honestly the last couple of years have been hell when it comes to online relationships/friendships. But you're also right that sometimes if you're *really* lucky, you can find one or two 'online friends' who end up being *real* friends. I'm trying to re-connect with a couple of those people right now ^^
And you shouldn't give up on people! Really, you just have to go in with a thick skin sometimes. Of course you want to get close to people, make friends online, but you have to realize that things change over time. People move on, it happens to real-life friends and online friends alike.
*nods again* Thanks for the advice and support, Soupy. I'll take it to heart and do my best

Thanks you guys for talking with me about all of this! It's *definitely* helping me to deal with everything and feel better