Saturday, May 19, 2007
Reflections
From the bathroom across the landing I watch her as she types away. Her fingers flying over the keyboard as if they are in a race for fastest typist in the world. In between lines she lifts up her head to read reactions from the other side of the monitor. A wide grin on her face, laughing out loud every now and then. “If he could only see how happy he makes you” I think while I observe this one way conversation. With all our mod cons, getting to know each other seems to be no longer down to secret dates in the park or sneaking a kiss in the schools bike shed. We bare our souls in front of a 15 inch screen. Facial expressions have been replaced by emoticons. Saddened by my own thoughts I turn away from the smiling child that doesn’t seem to know how much better it is to have this conversation while sitting opposite the other person, holding hands and seeing your own laughter reflect in his eyes.
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9 comments:
you are so right. sometimes it can't be helped. i have long distance relationships that i treasure and the best we can do is let the phone and computer substitute for warm eyes and soft hugs. i wish it were otherwise, that's for sure.
as for your daughter, the rule in our house was any boy who made it to even kinda-date status had to come for dinner and sit down with our family. i think my spunky daughter secretly approved of that rule.
:)
Ah..KJ, Im afraid that the young girl in this house has a mind of her own. She wont bring him here untill she is good and ready to introduce him. The fact that he studies in a different city makes it even harder.
i understand, marloes. my daughter did it her way too. sometimes i feared she would turn out to be the most self absorbed person on the planet. and sometimes her judgement seemed just awful. but now that she's older, i can see the values from home within her.
how old is this girl of yours, marloes? hang in!!!
Amber is 20 going on 40 sometimes. So totally not like her mother at that age. She makes my heart want to burst with pride.
wow, reality check and what will the future bring in this new digital world?
Beautiful post.
Thank you Brow of calm. I'm allready getting texted messages online through twitter and that is mind boggling enough for now.
You are a terrific writer Marloes. I want to write like you.
can't. stop. commenting. on. every. post. I. read.
I have been wondering about this a lot lately. Not in relation to romance as my kids haven't quite reached that age yet, but in relation to my own friendships I am making via the internet.
How wonderful it is to be meeting new people and baring souls as it were with them, but oh, how much richer it would be to do it face to face.
So beautiful, this sentiment.
@ Ces, thank you
@ Jenn, don't you find that on the net it is so much easier to find people that have similar interests and that you have a lot in common with? From the way people react we can already decide if they are someone we would love to meet..or not, if the case may be
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