Are SL relationships as good as they sound?

With more and more people becoming second life residents each month, more and more relationships are beginning, and ending. So, why do people have an SL relationship, do they last? and does it affect your RL? People in Second Life find it easier to find a partner or date than they do in Real life, however, getting the partner is the easy bit, keeping them, and making sure they are the perfect one is the catch. It is very rare in SL to have a relationship that lasts years. However there are a few which do, and that is great. I think alot of people do it for fun mainly, and to maybe, get the experience of what it is like. But...if i a relationship gets serious in-world, it can have a possible affect on your real life relationship. Im from the UK, and a couple of months ago, there was a couple who met on Second Life, and in the end, ditched there real life partners, to be together. From personal experience in second life, i have had a girlfriends who i really like, and get on with, and to only keep it in SL. But, i found that it is a dissapoitment when they dont come online. And you never see them. I know alot of people have suffered from that, and fee like they are being used. So, the question still remains, are Virtual Relationships a good thing or bad?

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