Monday, April 16, 2007
Reading for this week
So...I just finished reading the article that was assigned to us and the first thought that comes to my mind is interesting. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I first began reading the article, but I definitely was not expecting anything like it was. I am interested to know exactly how long her online relationship with Rob lasted because I don’t believe the article ever really mentioned it. The author went into a lot more detail than I expected. I was not expecting their relationship to become such a sexual and intimate one. I think that that was crossing the line BIG TIME. If the guy needed someone to talk to, he should have grabbed one of his buddies or kept it friendly with someone online. I don’t think that the author should have taken the relationship to the level she did knowing he was married. I found it interesting that she became emotionally attached to Rob and was basically having an online affair with him but continued to give him advice on how to fix his marriage. First, she gave Rob something to think about his marriage and how he can make it better. Then, she got upset when he decreased his amount of mailing, and then she told him her feelings to encourage him to think about her. I feel like she was being two-faced and hypocritical. I understand that she has a disability, but I don’t think that she needs to be spending so much time online. I think it would be physically and mentally healthier for her to spend less time online. Although, the article never went into detail of how severe her disability was other then the idea of her PC being voice activated incase she couldn’t type??? The concept of her disability was a little confusing to me. In all, I believe that online affairs are just as bad as real life in-person affairs. Although they never actually engaged in physical sexual activity, the author and Rob basically had a sexual relationship, replacing physical sex with cyber-sex. To be honest, I’m not a very good person to talk about online relationships and meeting strangers online because I just find it weird and un-natural. I know CMC is becoming a much bigger part of our everyday lives, but the ideas of online relationships and cyber-sex just really creeps me out. Meeting people online can be nice to make new friends and share common interests, but I just don’t understand how people get so into it and form intimate relationships!? It’s interesting that the internet has become a way for relationships and marriages to begin and a major cause for why relationships and marriages are ending.
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2 comments:
I agree with you Leah, online affairs are the same as in person affairs although they are not having sexual contact. I also agree that it unnatural! It makes me sad that Sue continued with her affair knowing that he was married. I also agree that she should have done something other than play on the computer all the time, there are other things you can do while being disabled.
Leah, I think your first thought was mine as well. I really didn't know what to think about the whole thing. I felt uneasy most of the time reading the article, but I couldn't pinpoint one certain thing that caused me to feel that way. I also would like to more about the relationship between the two of them like how long it had been going on, what her disability was, etc. I think it's hard to analyze what was going through Sue's head and why without some of that knowledge. Regardless, what they did was wrong and a little crazy, but we all make mistakes, right?
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