I take these relationships VERY seriously. These "cyber-friendships" are the only friendships I have. Yes, writing is more cumbersome than actually speaking, but for me, writing what I am feeling is easier to do than express myself in words. You can tell that be listening to me on any Hearme, where just by listening to me speak you can hear the quaver in my voice. I am a nervous and shy person in public, and don't respond well to people, UNLESS I know them very well. In my classes, I'm very taciturn, but at my work study job, my supervisor/colleague Dr.Brown work remarkably well together. It's like talking to your aunt or something. We talk about everything from our childhoods to preferences of bottled water. I'm sure that if I met any of you 'Catters that I have spent so much of my time with, that it would be much the same. So, I have learned my lessons in the past here, and would to anything to preserve these 'cyber-relationships"...we may meet one day, and who know what'll happen then? We may be even BETTER friends thanks to the meeting.

--Mbo