Dating the Family

  Did it ever happen to you that you start dating someone, everything goes so well that you meet the family and you love them? So you add them as friends, you are suddently part of the family. Now you aren't just dating your sweetheart, you are dating his entire family and friends. 

  It's all so good until you break up and realize that you weren't the only one emotionally involved. And that now half of your friends list are quiet or doesnt know if or how to talk to you, and it all gets odd. 

  I was dating someone once that had a large family in Second Life, they were so nice! But then the inevitable happened: we broke up and I lost him and his amazing sisters. And I know it had to be that way, somehow we all knew very different versions of the person I was dating. 

  My friend Rick was married in Second Life and his wife got crazy: stalking him, not letting him talk with anyone, chasing him in every Roleplay he did. She was his shadow. So they got a divorce and he not only lost family and friends, but also saw them become his enemies! How odd...one day they loved him, the next day they blame him for breaking her heart, but none of them ever thought about his own heart. He had to close his account and start a new Second Life from zero. 

   Anyway, the point is always the same: how many people is emotionally involved in this relationship? 

M.