Why do you stay here?

[HansSky]

I've been here for a little over a year now, and I've begun to develop an "internet life", if you will. For the past couple of weeks, I've been trying to figure out why I am on the damned computer so much. I've realized that it's because I have developed friends over the internet, and I rather enjoy going to these forums. I hate to say it...but we are a family. Much like a sports team could be a family, or a band could be a cult, whatever. This is just more in a nerdish kind of way, I guess.(This also goes back to The Q's topic about us being a Clique)

But I've also tried to figure out WHY I come here. I know I have friends on here, but is that enough to keep me on the PC and away from RL all of the time?

And that's when it hit me. That's what I'm trying to do. Get away from RL. I have a life outside of the internet, but I've grown annoyed with it. I don't know if it is the same for you, but there is an incredible amount of DRAMA. I hate it, I don't understand why we can't deal with each without purposely causing stress.

Also, like many of you, I've developed my own 'clique', in real life. And I have begun to dislike almost everybody in that(ok, let's just say it), THE BAND. I love my friends outside of band, but society refuses to let me stay out of my (cult)clique. Everybody(save two) that I have gotten to become friends with(in the band, mind you), are so immature, and just annoying in general. There are other things going on in my personal life, but I really don't want to disclose this information.

Ever since the beginning of this school year, I've realized that I literally can't WAIT to go to college. Meet new people. And I've realized that that is exactly what I want. To meet new people. And that is exactly why I stay on the computer all the time. To meet new people-and to stay away from the old.

EDIT: Heh...I forgot to even ask what I was going to ask. Why do you stay here? Is it the dame reason as mine? Or are you just bored all of the time, and really have nothing else to do?

Educate me.