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February 11, 2008
Posted: 01:16 PM ET
Well, will you fall in love in Second Life? From the avatars I have met it is a distinct possibility. If you profile every one you meet you will be amazed at the amount people that have partners or very, very close friends mentioned in their picks bit of their profiles. The time differences with such a diverse community poses problems in itself, I recently met a couple who are totally out of each other’s times zones, with one being in Britain and the other being in Australia, yet somehow they have managed to meet and care for each other enough to work out their times together. I spoke to one couple who told me that as soon as they met, they instantly knew that they would be very special to each other. The lady said that her first conversation with her boyfriend had been very polite, as it is when strangers meet, but something in his manner and the way she felt comfortable with him made her feel as if they were already good friends, he agreed saying that he just knew that she was special from day one, he could tell right away that he would enjoy talking to her. He also realized that they shared the same sense of humor. She went on to say it was not just the fact that they were friendly with each other, it was an instant attraction of personalities, and they both felt this deep emotion overwhelming them. I asked them if they had been seeking a relationship in Second Life, and they both said they had not intended for it to happen, as they are both married to other people in real life. Both agreed that they had tapped feelings they never knew they were capable of, especially as they had never met in real life. I met another avatar who had a partner in Second Life and I asked him what he thought about virtual love and why it happens, he said that sometimes people need a relationship in Second Life because it makes them feel part of something meaningful, especially if the person has no real life relationship because of physical, mental or emotional issues. He had only been with his new partner for a short while, but had been with the previous one for 5 months. It would seem that avatars love lives are exactly the same as real life lovers. Some fall hopelessly in love, albeit a strange phenomenon in Second Life, with only a linking of minds and pixels, some couples don’t have such deep feelings only a good friendship and the others are in lust rather than in love. It will be interesting to see, as the virtual world gets older, how many couples have stayed with the same Second Life partner, perhaps some will even reach their virtual golden wedding anniversaries one day. Filed under: Relationships • culture • ireport |
 
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