Danica Sparta Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 How many other members are married in RL, but find themselves still single in SL? Is your Single status in SL by choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Your use of the word 'still' is interesting. I would suggest there may be married folk out there who really wish to remain single in SL. I will never partner in SL. It is not necessary and seems to be the kiss of death for most that do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defaultuser Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I'm married in RL. I don't find myself "still" single. I prefer it that way. I do know many married in RL people choose to have relationships in SL. Which may be fine for them, but I'm not interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethany Bowenford Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Married in RL, 'partnered' in SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanas Criss Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Extraordinarily happily married in RL, but partnered in SL to a totally talented builder friend of mine who I’d worked with for a couple of years… He was having a horrible time with some of his more dramatic SL ‘partnerships’ and on an out of the blue whim he ‘partnered’ me and I accepted because I knew him well and truly wasn’t looking for any serious partnership so I figured it was fantastic cover… plus I figured there was some degree of humor to it. Well, the funny part of this, but I don’t know if it’s still true because I didn’t bother to check, was way back then it cost like L$25 to ‘un-partner’ yourselves so I told him he’d have to pay for that since he got me into it for only L$10 at that time. So just like RL it’s apparently more expensive to split than connect… really? I still laugh at that… and now more than a year later we’re still partners because I’m sure not paying to fix his relationship problems… oh dear, still laughing… it’s a running joke amongst close SL friends. Bets are out as to who’ll pay for the annulment… but persistence is my middle name… sooooo… no single SL life for me in any future I can imagine. (SL Prenuptials anyone?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerie Inshan Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 The opposite: single in RL and happily "married" in SL for over 2 years and a half! (some might think I compensate my RL loneliness in SL... They are not completely wrong). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danica Sparta Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Perhaps my use of the word "still" is being taken in the wrong way. I simply mean, whether by choice or not that you're avatar is single. I can appreciate both sides to this and honestly am just curious how others feel on the matter. I didn't start this thread to put down one choice or the other. But I sense a bit of hostility in a few of the responses. Simply put, everyone is entitled to their own opinion/choice and I respect it either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Dilweg Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I met my RL wife in Second Life, And Happily taken in Sl with my RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Rothschild Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 While there are many midlife crising spouses who use SL as a means to escape reality (as a friend of mine called Daria once succinctly described their motivation: "ohgodpleaseloveme!!! ignore the c-section scar I'm a young pretty girl deep within please love me I'm not old yet ignore the kids in the background on mic just love me take me away!"), I think you'll find that the opposite is a lot more common (meaning lonely, ageing geeks / nerds / losers in RL who frequently partner and unpartner in SL). But even more common are geeks, nerds, crazies and weirdos who don't manage to (and, as a coping strategy, often tell themselves that they don't want to) find a partner in either world, and generally suck at social interaction of any kind. And of course there is a number of people who really don't see the point of getting partnered in SL, or otherwise engaging in romantic relationships with little polygon dolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Under which category do you fall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Rothschild Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Randall Ahren wrote: Under which category do you fall? I keep telling myself that it's the last category. Which is probably a coping strategy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOXOMOXOA Ansar Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Daria? I seem to recall someone named Daria, but it seems like perhaps a dream or some cloudy memory of a person who enjoyed poking her finger in my eye over the most ridiculous **bleep**...like my spelling, or inability to form a logical **bleep**ing paragraph....maybe this is all in my imaginations , though and I remain a ghetto thug with a chip on her shoulder and an overwhelming desire to overthrow the United States gubbermint by any means (preferably violent) necessary...so look out Uncle Sammy. you sack of monkey excrements .I got your ass in my crosshairs affectionately, Moxie hope I ain't too far off topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Souther Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I'm not married in any life, and I like it that way! lol been there, done that, have the legal bills to prove it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie Bowman Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Happy and maried in RL and SL! Woot! Peace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 In SL I have been partnered to the same person since the day I was created. In RL I have been married for 17 wonderful years. And 3 kind of crappy years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parvati Luna Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I'm very happily partnered in RL with two kids. In SL, I'm a free agent. My partner's not really into the virtual world at all ("playing space invaders", he calls it, which will give you an idea of our age group ) he knows all about my SL exploits and is remarkably cool about it all - which just makes me love him all the more really I guess I'm just a lucky girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manda Mosswood Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Engaged in RL but single in SL. SL is just a game so no I don't think it would be wrong if I met someone and ended up marrying them in SL. I keep my RL & SL seperate some people take SL WAY to seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyMann Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 My RL wife and I are both in SL together, so it works well for us. It gives us a chance to do fun things we would never do in real life. Many folks are surprised to find out that the two avitars they see are controlled by two people sitting at the same table on laptops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty Wheelwright Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Married in RL. Love to be partnered to the right person in SL.....but still waiting. Good to make new friends to talk to things about ...someone who may relate to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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