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Virtual world, real emotions: Relationships in Second Life.

Second Life is an online society where people live a second life. They can be who ever they want, and meet who ever they want. Well in the article I was reading, I learned that there are many people who take their relationships farther than just Second Life. For example Nina Allam and Sean Barbary who were married in Second Life finally met in person. They both lived in England, Allam in London and Barbary in Cornwall. After they met the decided to move in together 3 weeks later, and a few weeks after that they were engaged in their real life. This would not be the first case in which Second Life as started relationships.

I am not exactly sure how I feel about this. One side, it's great that single people have a place to meet, and also people have a place to reinvent themselves. In another way it could be kinda creepy because you won't always know who you are talking to. Personally I would feel unsafe if I was actually trying to meet someone to start a serious relationship with.

The first time I heard of second life was on an episode of True Life on MTV. The episode dealt with different people who all used the internet as a way to live their life and be happy. One of the people on the show was a girl in her twenties who lived in San Francisco. She used Second Life as a way to put her music out in the world becuase she was to shy to preform live in front of real people. Eventually she got over her fear and preformed live. This is something I can see Second Life being good for, people just having safe fun and chatting, but to date? Im not so sure.

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