How old are you? 15

How often do you use the internet? At an hour or more each day (up to 13 hrs)

Do you talk to people online? If so, are you close to any of them? I talk to many people online and I'm close to most of them.

How do you normally communicate with people further away? Phone? Letters? E-mail? Through email or letters, but mainly the former.

Have you ever had a pen pal? How close were you to them? I've not had any pen-pals as of yet (but soon...within the week, we're setting it up currently)

Do you think relationships online can be as strong as real life relationships? Stronger? Please explain. I do believe they can be as strong, if not stronger. The reason I believe they could be stronger is because online you don't have the physical attraction, so you're usually attracted to the person for their personality.

Do you consciously take looks into account when meeting a person face to face for the first time? Do you think you might unconsciously? I don't consciously, but I think everyone does that unconsciously - it's human nature.

Would it make sense to you, then, that maybe meeting someone where you can't see them, would allow you to get to know that person better? Explain, either way. I think you get to know them better because online you talk - basically - distractions like physical appearance, etc...are taken out of the picture and you focus more on what the person is actually saying. Besides, since you can go out anywhere, you're most likely not doing much else ('cept more online/computer stuff) and therefore it's a one on one thing (not group-related like going to the mall, dinner, movies or a theme park).

Have you ever met in person, someone you first met online? If so, were they what you thought they would be? I have not because most people I meet online live quite a distance away from me and you simply cannot travel much when you're 15.

Would you like to express your thoughts on this subject? I already have pretty much and I currently cannot dredge up anything else to add to it. But, I'm whole-heartedly for online relationships.