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bsp77 posted...

I have seen a couple times where someone has said that they have had girlfriends (didn't say "online") and then also reveal that they have never kissed a girl. It's clearly not the same. It is like someone saying they have had a girlfriend before, only to find out it was in kindergarten and they just pushed each other over on the playground.

I wouldn't call it a solidly defined term to begin with. The way I figure, if you can say in public "I have a girlfriend" and she can say "I am their girlfriend" then you've got a girlfriend, and it doesn't need to be any more specific than that.

I know this sounds like I am making fun of it all, but I am not. There is nothing wrong with it, and sometimes it can lead to something in-person in time. But it IS different prior to actually meeting.

Yeah I don't think anyone was suggesting it's not different.

So yeah, I am arguing semantics and probably sounding really condescending in the process.

Maybe a little, but I'm just trying to explain it in terms of my own experience. It's less about kissing or sex or proximity as it is an intimacy between the two people involved. Being able to share things they wouldn't share with other friends.