I have this friend, Austin, whom I’ve never met. He lives over 5,000 miles away. We met online almost exactly a year ago. We’ve kept in touch primarily through Kik and Chatous.

If you’ve read a few of our previous posts, you’ll know that I enjoy talking to strangers online.

I’m not 100% certain why online strangers give me a thrill. I think part of it is that they somehow validate my own self-worth. The number one reason is most likely because I’m bored and I crave attention.

It takes a while to find someone interesting to talk to. Someone worth wasting my time with. But when I find that guy (because girls irritate me), I always fall a little bit in love. And then, as soon as the conversation is over, it’s gone.

Even with all these online strangers, I tend to kill the friendship quickly. I generally don’t bother with putting in the effort to keep in touch. I’m like the one-night stand of online friendships.

Austin is the only internet friend who’s friendship I’ve committed to. Mostly on his part, though. He always initiates the conversations and I go with it. It hasn’t naturally faded out yet.

I don’t know where I was going with this post. I just wanted to talk about my infatuation with online relationships.