Virtual Life, Real Love

Just curious to see what the hype was all about, I came to take a quick peek into Second Life.  I was fascinated by what I saw in my first little look around and began what was has been so far a 13 month long exploration.  I have met some fascinating people and I have had both good and bad experiences along the way, just as we all do in real life.  Then I met someone who is so special to me, that I truly can not imagine my life (virtual or real) without him in it.  I feel like we are still in an early chapter of the Beck and Kara story. I am glad to share some of this story as we live it, though I wonder if it could get boring to others to keep hearing how sickeningly happy we are.  With whom, however,  in my everyday life can I discuss the amazing things that happen to me in my virtual life? With my friends and family not having been in any type of virtual world, I would only cause alarm and misunderstanding by sharing my experiences with them.

Now and then I look to see what others are blogging about on the topic of virtual world relationships; to see what others are experiencing, to see how my experiences of love, sex and commitment in sl compares with the experiences of others.  I haven’t found too much new material on this recently, and would welcome any reading suggestions on this topic.  I recently reread a CNN article (12-25-07) on Why people get married in SL and was struck by a quote from a sl wedding chapel owner, Marcio Moo, who said “second life is only real life with a digital interface…”  That sure rings true with my experiences.  I feel like my real life has been enriched by adding an entirely new segment or layer which contains my sl adventures and best of all my sl love. –Kara

  Pics were all taken at Sandy Clymer’s Pillow Talk. 

~ by karazasu on April 4, 2008.