Comment on Secret. 12607 by DeviantArtSecret
I think all RPers have been through this situation. I think in the end, however, it really is you. The personality part at least. As long as you're not letting your persona date other people, it's fine by my book. Once you start dating people things will go bad really fast, because your gf/bf will get emotional attached to your persona and when (and if) they find out the truth, a lot of hurt and drama will occur. And you'll most likely lose them as a friend as well.
Sometimes lying about your age or even sex (When you're a female RPer, lots of creeps who want to cyber will find you) isn't a bad thing. Sometimes it's just protection. And if you need some escape gate to be the person you want to be, making a persona can be helpful too. I think it the end the truth will come out, anyway, and if everyone was just your friend, they'll still like you and not mind much. If they knew you well and you were very close, I'm sure they even suspected it at some point or another.
I know after I quit with my persona, being able to detect when someone was fake/living through a character got pretty obvious and began second nature. I never got mad at the new friends I made when they admitted the person they said they were wasn't actually them. But, that was probably more because I been in that position myself. (Geez, did I ramble. OTL)
Sometimes lying about your age or even sex (When you're a female RPer, lots of creeps who want to cyber will find you) isn't a bad thing. Sometimes it's just protection. And if you need some escape gate to be the person you want to be, making a persona can be helpful too. I think it the end the truth will come out, anyway, and if everyone was just your friend, they'll still like you and not mind much. If they knew you well and you were very close, I'm sure they even suspected it at some point or another.
I know after I quit with my persona, being able to detect when someone was fake/living through a character got pretty obvious and began second nature. I never got mad at the new friends I made when they admitted the person they said they were wasn't actually them. But, that was probably more because I been in that position myself. (Geez, did I ramble. OTL)