Cyberspace can be a tricky place these days.  We all seem to be online for our own reasons. Everyone wearing a mask of one form or another. Have you ever gone online just to either change your mood or to release feeling you are having.  Hoping that maybe there are others out there sharing your feelings or may have words of inspiration?  I have really enjoyed the online experience I have had for the past almost 3 years.  I have learned so much about myself and about others. It is so not easy to trust people online until I actually meet them in person.  If you talk with me online first you will get a guarded but open Vix.

The biggest thing I have learned is that people hide behind the keyboard.  Beware if you are going online for dating especially.  In 3 years I have talked to a lot of people online and actually met maybe 50 in person, of which it is sad to me that less than 10 of them were as advertised on their profiles.  It is a mystery to me why people continue to lie about who they are at all but when the time comes that they agree to actually meet with a person why wouldn’t you be sure to send a current picture of yourself so that you are honest before these people are shocked in person and then left feeling lied to?

Some words of advice for those interacting online, whether it be a social media site or an actual dating site, be sure that you “know” who you are chatting with before sharing too much personal information.  There are some shady people online not just insecure ones. I talk to so many people the worry me so much cause they are sharing very private pictures and information with, well honestly, perfect strangers.  I can relate to wanting to believe these people and wanting to trust but from experience people LIE.  Sometimes they want to be truthful but they get caught up in the moment.  Maybe they see your profile and get so caught up in that they believe how could the person in the pictures they are seeing possibly accept them for who they are.  Being online can breed insecurity and dishonesty.