“I wake up in the morning, Think I have been
dreaming”, a line that I think is appropriate from my handbook of poems,
written by me. The virtual world is an escape for some and a life for others.
But it is a dream for all of us. How
many of us wake up smiling, thinking about the other wonderful life we have? Few among us walk the virtual worlds
holding hands and partnered for a long time. One year of virtual relationship
is considered a long time in world. This time I walked through the worlds to
search for such couples who have made it more than a year. For most of us, we
lose the spark as the days pass by. And few still continue through their ups
and downs holding each other’s hands. So what is it that keeps the spark
alive?
Most of the time I ask a few questions, but
this time my question was generic, i.e., only one for all the three couples I
met. “What are the things you do
together to be still bonded in love?” Instead of a question answer format,
this time, I observed the couples. It is said that a picture speaks louder than
words, I have tried to make a collage from their snapshots, consisting of
activities they have been doing together over the past few years.
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| Image Credits: Valeria and Nestor Feiri’ Facebook photographs |
Valeria
and Nestor Feiri
Valeria and Nestor Feiri have been together
since 2009. The first time I saw the pictures of this couple was in a Facebook
group “The world of Zooby’s”. Since then, I have always noticed the strong bond
that they share.
Valeria says, “Our relationship is based on
honesty, dialogue, trust and respect for the other part. It’s a kind of mix,
close friendship and love. We have a lot of things in common and for the other
side, we complement each other. We have good communication. We know our likes
and dislikes and how could the other react and sometimes I know what he’s going
to say even before he does. When we have a problem, we try solving it by
talking to each other. We try to do things that amuse us and have a good time.
We try to get new experiences or new goals that we can enjoy together to avoid
falling into the routine, enriching our experiences together.”
As I said, a picture speaks louder than
words. One may see that it is true that they love to do things together. They
are seen to be roleplaying the characters of “Avatar”, the movie; celebrating
Christmas together as Santa; having fun with friends and having two babies
(Zooby’s) to complete their family. They love to have candle light dinners,
dance with each other at elegant balls and also have a home with kids, pets and
a farm.
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| Image Credits: Bianca and Walter Gedenspire’ Facebook photographs |
Bianca
and Walter Gedenspire
Bianca and Walter Gedenspire have been going
strong and will complete two years in coming December. I was introduced to
Bianca by Shamas Maximus for an article I had to write on arts. Since, then she
has been a good friend and I had admired the relationship, she shares with Walter.
Bianca laughs and says, “Never thought I
would be asked advice on this. We are busy all the time. We both have our own
interests and combined. I think consistency is our key. Every morning Walter
sends me a little private note to wake up with. Every night we always tuck each
other in. So, I guess, starting the day together with a little note and always
ending together. We very rarely miss this. Only natural disasters have stopped
it once or twice”, she laughs and says, “We have never argued. Walter has a few
friends that are not fond of me. I have a few that feel the same of him. We do
not stop the other from having those friendships. I think it is important in
the beginning setting ground rules of what you expect from the relationship.
What you are willing to give as well. For example, I will not pose with another
model. Walter poses only for me”. She pauses a while and then says, “I can
honestly say every time I see him log on I still get butterflies.”
In the picture above, one can see that they
both like to be in each other’s arms all the time. It does not matter what
activities they do, you will always see them together. For SL11B, I had asked
Bianca to help me click a few snapshots among other photographers to prepare
the SL11B Guide, she came with Walter. They play sports, role play or visit any
event together. She says, “If we are not
working on shoots, we are event hopping. There is always so much going on in
SL, we have a hard time fitting it all in. We have SL property in Paris,
Berlin, Mainland next to East Gallery and a little plot of land we work on. We
always have projects. One night when it was slow we even tried making hats.
Shopping, Oh my God! the
shopping. Our favourite thing is to support our friends and family in SL, be it
designers, artists and dancers. We do not judge and enjoy all the good we see
in people we meet.”
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/bianca.xavorin https://www.facebook.com/walter.gedenspire
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GedenspireGallery
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| Image Credits: Kennice and Christian Carlsson’ profile and Facebook photographs |
Kennice
and Chiristian Carlsson
Kennice and Christian are completing their
four year relationship in coming February, the 4th.
They are owners
and founding members of The Torch:
Entertainment Guide. I have been working for them since last year. They are
one of the coolest employers. They have achieved much together. The Torch:
Entertainment Guide was voted to be one of the top five for the UK Blog Awards
last year. They are a team of eleven members currently and are the supporters
of Relay for Life. They have a team called the Ryukyu Torch Warriors. At weekly
meetings, we would all talk about the week ahead. There are also times at the
meeting when Kennice would be giggling and Chirstian would be like hush hush.
When asked of the activities they do
together, Kennice says, “Play games like Forsaken world, work on The Torch and
just hang out together. We met at The Shelter in Second Life. We also like to
go to the Isle of Dee, to role play. It is a medieval role playing sim. We love
to hang out with each other. We work on projects together and it helps that we
were friends first”. The collage formed out of the pictures taken from their
profiles in Second Life, also suggests the same. She says, “Have fun, do not
worry about the future. Just enjoy now”.
Apart from the magazine work, they also have
babies and a family. Like Kennice said, they like to hang out with friends.
One of my real life friends said, “Life just
goes on, Love is there as it was when we first met.” If there was a spark, it
would still be there. We just have to find the things we love to do together.
And most importantly, have a family and friends, as they complete us in every
world.
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