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[MewSkitty]

I let the friend of mine read this topic and she seems to understand me better. After reading your replies I kinda know how she feels. I don't want to make her feel unsafe, but I fond it hard to believe in a fear I don't have myself. The only way I could understand how she feels is if something bad happened to me online and I doubt that'll happen. I just got to learn that things can't always go my way.

 

EDIT: After talking for a little while we both agreed on maybe her getting a PO Box. It would keep her safe while allowing us to send mail back and forth. Now all I have to do is pray that her town has a PO Box.....

[iamteddybearfeelmecuddle]

it's ok absolute empathy is not something that many people have perfected. you're making progress, thats always a good thing.

[MewSkitty]

If she dose get a PO Box and I get to send her letter's, it's going to feel odd becasue I don't even know her name. o.o

[annie24]

Or, like DN said, she can always send you letters, but she doesn't put her address in the "return address" area.

 

Most places have PO boxes...

 

I also like Tyler's advice - you can sign up for some kind of "pen pal" buddy program.

[Tropigal30]

Sounds like you need to go get some help from a professional on this one ... you'll push people away and you won't have the friends to write to.

 

But a solution in this instance is to scan your handwritten letter and email it to her. She can do the same for you if she wants.

 

I wouldn't give my address to anyone I met on the internet until I'd met them in person and trusted them incredibly ... months after we first met.

[MewSkitty]

I think we came to a compramise with the PO Box thing. I need to email her to ask if she got one yet. I have a PO Box, but I still just give out my street address. I don't want to have to go through the trouble of remembering the PO Box address.