Maintaining Online Friendships, Regardless of Distance.

One of the reasons, I felt I couldn't keep online friendships was because I believed that when friendship lack physical presence and physical engagement it's usually difficult to keep communicating, there's a possibility of losing interest or even get distracted by what is going on around me .
The interest even dies faster when I feel we aren't having meaningful conversations, I would definitely get bored during chats, but with face to face friendships, we communicate and see each other often, this use to be my thoughts.

I felt lack of physical presence can change alot, and that's what online friendship lacks, before now I haven't made any friend online or been able to keep a friendship with anyone online , I don't even chat with people on Facebook, Instagram or tiktok, unless you are a friend I know physically.
I had most of my friends from school, and seeing each other daily , expressing emotions face to face is so different from communicating online.
When distance seperated us , chatting or texting each other online , got really boring with time, less vibe, we were being busy facing physical challenges and carried away with alot of physical issues, and it began with forgeting to reply Whatsapp messages for days and went further weeks.

I believe physical presence really fosters friendship more than online communication does , hanging out together, going to classes together, sharing experiences and memories, having mutual friends , visiting the gym together and sharing feelings, fighting and many more activities, these are all great part of friendship, you can't get online.
I use to think it's uneasy to just communicate with a complete stranger daily or because I felt the friendship won't go further than chatting daily.
Chatting constantly won't give you the opportunity to read emotions and thought, but face to face friendship, gives you the opportunity to read and study a person.

I have only had more face to face friends, and when distance comes between us, sustaining our friendship by chatting online haven't been so easy for me, but then distance shouldn't be a barrier to friendship , for the fact that we ones shared memories and many other things is enough to keep our friendship going regardless of distance and also online friendships could be the beginning of something great.

Earlier today I had a brief and amazing conversation with @hopestylist and @chefqueen, I got to realize that I have been communicating consistently with alot of amazing persons on The City Of Neoxian discord server and these are people I haven't seen face to face, just online, but then I created the time to keep communicating daily, and it have been really amazing, educative and fun, and meeting them face to face wouldn't have been different , it would even be more amazing.
I just learnt that , it's very possible to keep up with friends online, it's all about choice, prioritizing communication with them and being open to learn and meet new people.
It's about creating the time for friends online, even when you can't see each other face to face or distance seperated you both.
Online friendships and face to face friendship can be amazing it's all about communicating, connecting , understanding differences and respecting boundaries.

Thanks for reading ♥️

Vanilla 💗