Let's be real, part II

Since I wrote the first of these posts I've had some lovely responses (quite a few of them coming through Intent.com) with sensitive insights into how easy it can be to slip into an on-line persona, or indeed any kind of persona. I am immensely grateful for the honesty and wisdom so many of you have expressed and for the vulnerability that allowed me to feel what you meant. One woman wrote movingly about how she had tried to be amusing and witty on-line in order to keep the attention of a romant