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[Nymh]

http://ourjourneytolove.tumblr.com/image/35293596998

Isn't that just a ginger version of Joe anyway?

No. So much no.

[onlyme]

OMG I LOLED! sry :x

[Sweeney]

*sigh*

There's not a lot of point in participating in a discussion if people dismiss my points because they think I'm "taking it personally". Rubbish.

The point is that out of the two things, communication and physical intimacy, a relationship based primarily on communication will flourish more easily than a relationship based primarily on physical intimacy.

The point is that it's impossible to base an online relationship primarily on physical intimacy, for obvious reasons. So it's more likely that a serious relationship will flourish from those beginnings, than it would be for offline relationships, purely because they have to be based on communication by necessity.

[Drakonid]

No. So much no.

They kinda look alike...

[HiMyNameIsNick]

I dont think they work.
You can't even have sex.

[Elindoril]

I dont think they work.
You can't even have sex.

Cybersex.

[HiMyNameIsNick]

Cybersex.

Bazzinga?

[Sweeney]

I dont think they work.
You can't even have sex.

This was a totally worthwhile, deep, and relevant post. Well done, sir.

[HiMyNameIsNick]

This was a totally worthwhile, deep, and relevant post. Well done, sir.

Thank you, lady.

(/sarcasm)

Oh, I had to post something deep?

[Sweeney]

Oh, I had to post something deep?

It's generally considered a better course of action than posting shit in the middle of a debate topic.

(And for the record, I don't find being called a lady even remotely insulting...)

[Turnip]

I dont think they work.
You can't even have sex.

Well, sex isn't exactly everything and shouldn't be the main point of a relationship :0
Also sex can come once the two people see each other irl, since obviously they would be flirting and all before meeting up~

[Nymh]

While two people can't exactly touch each other in a long-distance relationship, that does not necessarily preclude satisfying intimate encounters.

Just sayin'.

[Frizzle]

While two people can't exactly touch each other in a long-distance relationship, that does not necessarily preclude satisfying intimate encounters.

Just sayin'.

Haha Joe got his wang out on webcam. Eww. I just imagined Joe getting his wang out on webcam...

[Dazz]

Haha Joe got his wang out on webcam. Eww. I just imagined Joe getting his wang out on webcam...

Cheers for the mental image Lee

[Sweeney]

No one wants to think about that xD

[Boggart]

While two people can't exactly touch each other in a long-distance relationship, that does not necessarily preclude satisfying intimate encounters.

Just sayin'.

i don't get it

[luvsmyncis]

No one wants to think about that xD

It's too late. We're all thinking about it now.

[Sweeney]

It's too late. We're all thinking about it now.

OHNOOOO

[Mishelle]

*sigh*

There's not a lot of point in participating in a discussion if people dismiss my points because they think I'm "taking it personally". Rubbish.

The point is that out of the two things, communication and physical intimacy, a relationship based primarily on communication will flourish more easily than a relationship based primarily on physical intimacy.

The point is that it's impossible to base an online relationship primarily on physical intimacy, for obvious reasons. So it's more likely that a serious relationship will flourish from those beginnings, than it would be for offline relationships, purely because they have to be based on communication by necessity.

I haven't really been following the argument but I don't believe anyone would enjoy a relationship based on just physical intimacy because that's not a relationship, that's a fuckbuddy. But I think people are saying that you need communication AND physical intimacy, not just one or the other.

But I'm not one of those people who think that online relationships don't work. My best friend met his gf of almost a year on Plentyoffish but she was in his city so I'm not sure if that's the same thing.

[Sweeney]

I haven't really been following the argument but I don't believe anyone would enjoy a relationship based on just physical intimacy because that's not a relationship, that's a fuckbuddy. But I think people are saying that you need communication AND physical intimacy, not just one or the other.

But I'm not one of those people who think that online relationships don't work. My best friend met his gf of almost a year on Plentyoffish but she was in his city so I'm not sure if that's the same thing.

A fuckbuddy is, or at least can be, a kind of relationship.
You've never heard anyone say "but I stay with them 'cause the sex is amazing"? Or similar?

[artificial]

*sigh*

There's not a lot of point in participating in a discussion if people dismiss my points because they think I'm "taking it personally". Rubbish.

The point is that out of the two things, communication and physical intimacy, a relationship based primarily on communication will flourish more easily than a relationship based primarily on physical intimacy.

Yawn. You either brushed over my post or horribly misinterpreted it.

Nobody is disputing that a relationship based primarily on sex will be outperformed a relationship built on strong communication. I don't know where you got that ridiculous notion from, because nobody in this thread made any claim otherwise. Frizzle just said offline relationships tend to get "a lot more intimate and closer due to physical contact, which for most people is 100% true. Are you telling me that meeting up with Nymh and being with her didn't strengthen you guys and bring you closer together?

[Elle]

So to sum up the past few pages

- Sex is important
- Not having sex is important
- The guy in this (http://ourjourneytolove.tumblr.com/) blog is barely legal
- Cronus needs to get laid
- Frizzle thinks about Joe's wang
- Sweenymh have amazing phone sex

[Sweeney]

Yawn. You either brushed over my post or horribly misinterpreted it.

That's a little rich coming from someone who said that I'm taking the discussion too personally, and that I'm exploiting exceptions to say anything I want.

Nobody is disputing that a relationship based primarily on sex will be outperformed a relationship built on strong communication. I don't know where you got that ridiculous notion from, because nobody in this thread made any claim otherwise. Frizzle just said offline relationships tend to get "a lot more intimate and closer due to physical contact, which for most people is 100% true. Are you telling me that meeting up with Nymh and being with her didn't strengthen you guys and bring you closer together?

This whole discussion branched from cronus saying that it's more common for people to know each other better in an offline relationship than in an online one. Which is nonsense.

[artificial]

This whole discussion branched from cronus saying that it's more common for people to know each other better in an offline relationship than in an online one. Which is nonsense.

The fact that the discussion branched off from a laughable observation by cronus in no way validates your argument, because again, no recent posters in this thread made the claim that sex (and only sex) trumps communication. You seem to have inferred that all by yourself. Do you really mean to say your relationship hasn't strengthened after meeting up with nymh irl? Or you haven't got to know her more because of it?

[Sweeney]

The fact that the discussion branched off from a laughable observation by cronus in no way validates your argument, because again, no recent posters in this thread made the claim that sex (and only sex) trumps communication. You seem to have inferred that all by yourself. Do you really mean to say your relationship hasn't strengthened after meeting up with nymh irl? Or you haven't got to know her more because of it?

I'm not arguing against the fact that sex trumps communication.