reflective blog #10

Ooops. I blogged backwards. Apparently last week I was supposed to blog about the cyber liaison article. Oh well. So anyways, I did end up finally reading the article and I found it very interesting. At first, I immediately figured out that the guy was intending to turn a simple email relationship into something more. I assumed the woman (and author of the article) would be totally against this since she was aware that he was married with a young child. Usually women are more aware of this and care a lot about destructing a relationship. However, in this case, she was hooked on this guy and their online affair. They were able to relate well to each other as each had was handicapped and it seemed like a match made in heaven but it couldnt be because the guy was married....simple as that. It didnt help matters that each of them lacked a social life because of their disability and this is what I feel was both of their downfalls. In any6 other case, I would completely encourage this relationship and support it. Its great that two people can meet each other and develop a great relationship and a common bond and still have some kind of a social life even if its online. However, in this case, it cant work out given the circumstances. Im sure even though this article is somewhat out dated, this is a common problem that happens all the time on the web. Two people meet accidentally and realize that they are absolutely perfect for each other but some conflict is keeping them apart...a conflict like marriage. Sometimes, the relationship is ended because of the conflict but other times, online relationships can ruin real-life relationships with spouses. Just another way the web can help OR harm you.