In a world of perfect people, no one was more perfect than Caroline. Her profile says she has been in Second Life for 7 years. It looked like she had it all: her beautiful house she decorated so well, her amazing skill to roleplay, her flawless avatar. Until one day she decided to cross the line of roleplay to actually date someone she considered special.
"We are just seeing where this all get us... we are open to possibilities, living the moment" she told me, and it was her own way of saying "I'm in love".
A few months after, drama started. "He is married in Real Life. And even if we keep SL and RL separated I cant stop thinking about him in my daily RL" Then, "He doesnt want to get married in Second Life because he thinks that would get him too involved".
Can you date someone who is never going to marry you? But most of all...Can you even date someone who is so opened to possibilities but is already married to someone else?
Caroline didnt log in Second Life for a while now. She was devastated. She tried moving on but he wouldnt let her go, because he was in love too...but not enough to make her his wife, at least in that perfect Second Life they created together.
Like any Real Life breakup, she needed time to heal the heart the decided to open to someone she believed would never hurt her in a virtual world.
It turns out..."The virtual and the physical are distinct yet connected, and what makes this connection possible is that both the virtual and the physical are real" (cit. "Coming of Age in Second Life: an Antrophologist explores the Virtually Human").
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