Monday, 05 July 2010 11:15
I have been on Sl for 8 month. In my 8 months I have seen some real drama.
There are people in this game that are married in real life and pursue realtionships with Avatars in the game. For example, a woman that is married in real life dates an avatar in the game, marries him and has children. Now is that cheating? You are having virtual sex with an avatar, who by the way is controlled by a real life person. There are real emotions involved here. Spending time with someone online day in and day out you begin to get close.
Ok, now you are involved in a relationship on SL and you are married in RL. Does anyone see the complication? I have been online when an avatar's RL partner finds out about the SL partner and it gets pretty ugly. RL marriages have broken up over this game. Real people have been the victim of Domestic violence over this game.
Second life is game and is meant to be Fun. The purpose of this game is to have a second life and for some a happier life, but when the second life causes more misery to you First life that is not good and that is not what the game was created to do. Many time you meet an avatar that is completely nuts and has a miserable RL and in turn want to bring that into SL. My advice to anyone who runs into an avatar like that is to "BLOCK" them. They are not worth you being miserable and not enjoying the game.
So I am not saying don't have relationships in Sl. What I am saying is be responsible and try not to hurt anyone's emotionally in Sl or Rl. Have fun and enjoy your Second Life.
