<p>i don't think you can be closest friends with an internet friend, but what 'closest friends' means can be open to interpretation...</p>
<p>haha ok.</p>
<p>i suggest you call him.</p>
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<p>um, except for a short period of time in 2005-2006, all of my closest friends were internet friends. the amount of time put into me or [the other] is nothing short of amazing.</p>
<p>InquilineKea, calm down. You're overreacting. I doubt that he will commit suicide. </p>
<p>Communicate with him. Maybe he said something new.</p>
<p>yeah, thanks for the message. he's still alive and well. he was just extremely irritated at himself last night... and when you're extremely irritated you can say just about anything to your closest friend.</p>
<p>i've been in a similar situation before... it's hard to say what would be the best action to take. (especially if this happens again [because while most threats are non-genuine, some still can be, and the possibility of a few genuine ones is too high for me to consider]). I just don't know what i should do.. at least i hope he appreciates that i accept him for who he is and will try to always be here for him..</p>
<p>You should probably call the hotlines and tell them that it was a hoax since he's ok now.</p>
<p>yes i just called the hotlines - they said that they've probably given up on him by nowif the call was made last night (and i gave the operator his # again - operator said she can't match the # to anything) </p>
<p>the call is free, does anyone know if you have to pay if they actually PHYSICALLY do something after the call?</p>
<p>IK, I mean no offense, but if I am understanding you, you might want to discuss this friendship pattern with a therapist. I suppose I should MYOB, but it's almost as hard for me to ignore your posts as it would be to ignore you friends.</p>
<p>Hmmmm...maybe i should discuss that with MY therapist!</p>
<p>thanks Shrinkrap, I really appreciate what you've said. I don't know.. I think know what I can do and I know what's wrong with me, so at this point I just think that it's a matter of chance probability (that and most people have <= 2 close friends anyways) so I can only concentrate on what's more important to me right now. I'm just more worried about my friend since he now only wants to send occasional e-mails to me (even though I still want to interact with him daily).</p>
<p>(I'm of the belief that Internet friends can be closer than real life ones - at least for a timescale of a couple of years).</p>
<p>I was primarilly referring to the rescue thing, but the internet thing may be related...anyway, i think psych advice on the internet is very frustrating so I'll move on. Best wishes.</p>
<p>If this has happened with him before, he really needs a therapist. You could try telling him how upset you got etc and maybe it will motivate him to go see one.</p>
<p>People on the internet can be really good friends.</p>
<p>tell him not to become an hero.</p>
<p>told you i was hardcore</p>