Now I left second life in July and even though I have been back a few times I have never really gone back, if you know what I mean. I have gone to talk to friends and to get in touch with a few friends I have no other way to get in touch with. But I am not back on second life and never will be.

Now I was addicted to second life totally, I used to get up and log in before I ever fully woke up and spent most of my day on there. I have had some months to reflect on the impact Second life had on my life and the impact wasnt good.

Now I have got in touch with a few people on second life and asked the question was I such a bad person when I was on there. The results has me in tears most of the time. I wasnt the person I thought I was and hearing it hurts. I know deep down that I didnt mean to be like I was and as someone said to me today. We all dragged our personal lives into second life and your personal life was so full of drama. Then I have the other side of the coin when someone else tells me, that I was always nice to them, if they had a hassle it was never a problem for me and I would try and help no matter what other things I had going on.

SO who was this person known as FLEUR. Was she the bitch or nice person?

I know the majority of people left at the shelter now I wouldn’t spit on if they caught fire, and most certainly dont think it is a newbie friendly place it once was at all. In fact the last time I was there recently it was the most unfriendly place on second life I have been too. Yes there was some nice people there but the friendly feel of the place was gone. I know that it is not on the list of places to send newbies for help anymore, a little birdy told me that. Pity when I first got there it was a hive of niceness and I think I kept going back because it was so friendly. Actually I was talking to a newbie there last time and they said they wouldnt come back there because it was so unfriendly. I said give it a chance it was not always like this and their reply was yes it is.

Now I saw a show on TV the other day about Second life and I commented a lot of the places they showed were places I had been, but thinking back I remember second life as a mostly barren place. OKAY I have met a lot of nice people and I have made a few great friends there. GAGTFL or the other Ray is still in touch with me and of cause Free my best friend and son, then there is Wynter who is expecting soon and we talk a bit, there is Dave29 who is a local so to speak and of cause there is Bud who is a great friend. What would I do without SuperQuiets emails to make me smile, and of cause there is Alan and his wonderful gf Laura whom I talk to heaps. There is Bob who mm hasnt replied to my last email must go send him new one and of cause Gentle who gets in touch now and then. Most have left secondlife like myself but we have remained friends. Oh and we cant forget the great singers I know from second life that are still in my life Mel Cheeky and SRV4U. Thanks for being my facebook friends and thanks for the great love and support you give me every day through your music.

So overall what is my opinion on second life, try it and find out for yourself of cause but dont expect it to be what you have read about in books or magazines and go into it with an open mind and remember most of the people are damaged goods and dont expect to be treated like you would in the real world. After all most forget there is a real person behind the screen.

For me I regret hearing about second life but dont regret the great friends I have thanks to secondlife.

Life is an experience we get what we want from it but sometimes we get what we dont need also!