May 30 2007
Virtual friends
I have never beleived in “virtual” friends, talking or chatting to people whom I have never seen. Probably because I have a decent number of friends I already struggle to keep in touch with as I have been really busy with work. Partially because I never felt comfortable sharing my personal side to anybody I have not met. Most likely because I am terrible when it comes to putting my thoughts in writing, be it a work email, or casual writing.
Funny thing is our business model(H and me own a software business) is completely virtual. I have not met a single client of ours personally, all communication is via email/skype. I am comfortable with that part of the “virtual” world, but when it comes to friends and sharing my personal side, I am a different person. Until now… 
After quitting my job and being a stay at home mom/working from home mom for the past 2 years, I have started feeling lonely. H is the “thinker” kind. He can sit quitely gazing at the sky for 2 hours. It freaks me out at times as I am the “talkative” kind. Initial years of marriage, I would think he is disturbed or stressed. Later, when I got to know him “better”, realized thats his way of bringing his creative aatma to life. Out of my bounds. I consider myself a number-crunching person, zero on creativity.
Some of the friends I used to hang out with have either moved out of state or busy with kids, just dont have that much time anymore. This includes me as well. Last 2 years, though I have been working from home, managed to maintain the discipline of work hours/ chat hours/ outgoing hours etc. That took a toll on keeping up with friends. At 35 weeks into the pregnancy, doc advised to go on bed rest. I had officially declared maternity leave and routed all my emails to H’s account.
Last couple of weeks, its been me, my laptop and the couch. Feels I have all the time in the world, hence the umpty number of posts
I must admit it is very relaxing to write and read. Kudos to all you bloggers who somehow find time to blog inspite of working/taking care of kids. I am going to try and continue doing this after baby is born. Only time will tell.
I am enjoying this virtual communication and sharing thoughts with people I have not seen and probably wont see my entire life.
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Hey rd – quick comment – gotto go now. Wrote a long comment on your May 23 post. 35 weeks – cool. Your due date is close to mine for the second child. Good luck!
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Just saw ur comment. I stopped working at 35 weeks as doc advised to go on bed rest. Am actually due same time as you
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