Do you spend more time with online associations than face to face contact?

Face to face, always.

In college (when Facebook first came out, and was only available to college kids,mmmm) I spent LOTS of time on facebook, but it was always to see what other ppl were up to, and used for inspiration for fun nights. So whatever time I spent online, I spent more with the people I was associating with online.

And now, I’m in HR, so I deal with people so much all day that there is no way I can spend more time with ppl on the computer!

I actually get paid for face to face, so chit chatting on-line helps me chillax.

My son lives out of state and online contact,via FaceBook, has been wonderful. I can be a part of his daily experiences without being bothersome on the telephone.My estranged daughter and I have recently found a way to recommunicate online. So online contact has been very positive with family. My face to face contact time with others in my daily life greatly outweighs my online time.

I am very picky with whom I share my life, so I’ve never had an overabundance of social contacts IRL at any one time. I can enjoy parties and so forth, but have not been successful dividing my time between so many people. I love the intimacy of a few close friends. Online, I can control who I interract with, and how long. When I am tired, I can turn the computer off once I’m done ( I do make it a point to say I’m leaving, though. I try not to leave people hanging). I don’t feel as obligated to sit and listen online, as I do in real life. It’s a little fucked up, but it’s the truth.

Where I live currently, I spend more time with friends online because we’re states away and not able to hang out like before. The friends I have close by I almost never get to see because I work near 70hrs a week and spend what I have free with my partner. I look forward to us socializing together but with other couples or including and introducing our individual friends.