ok so for anyone who thinks that online friendships are any less valuable than ‘IRL FRIENDSHIPS’;

i had to move around a lot. all i learned from it was that IRL friendships really aren’t all that powerful. i forgot people. people forgot me. i was alone a lot. and when i did have them, i had to leave and- yeah, looks like that’s over, too.

but my best motherfucking friend has had my back for FIVE YEARS, one of the LONGEST friendships i’ve ever had the pleasure to have, through thick, thin, and the horror of 8 hours+ timezones, willfully fucking up his sleep schedule to talk to me, but because i’ve never met him face-to-face in the oh-so-valued REAL LIFE, it has less value than some person in my class that i force myself to talk to and then laugh awkwardly with?

sometimes, real life isn’t the real life. when are people most themselves? for me, it’s online. my online friends will probably know more about me than anyone i know in 'real life’, including my family.and that’s OKAY. they’re not 'fake’, they’re not 'computers’, they’re people i was lucky enough to be able to reach across the world and find, someone who connects with me on a deeper level than anyone in my pre-determined area.

in all of a few months on tumblr or immersed in fandoms, i’ve talked and actually enjoyed talking to more people than i ever did during most of my high school career. huh.

the only thing that real life friendships/relationships might have on the online equivalents, is that sometimes, it’s less painful.