Dear Rosie... Signed: The Great Dead Hero

Letters for your reading pleasure...

Dear Rosie,
There's been alot on my mind lately. I've enlisted into the military, and will be going off to do what needs to be done. Here lately I've been neglecting sl and those in it to handle rl consequences, eleations, disappointments, etc. Now that most of those have been handled I'm finding my attention returned back to sl. I have someone I truly do care deeply for on sl and she has been very understanding through all of this. I just can't help that feeling of abandoning her, and the sl friends I have made over the years (yes years). I will be gone eight weeks for boot camp, and my unit will probably become active shortly after that. (Iraq: "everyone gets a turn." -George Bush)How should I go about setting up the fact to these individuals that when I go I may not be comming back?
~The Great Dead Hero
Dear Great Dead Hero,
Wow. Sounds like you have alot going on and alot of pressures and worries on your mind. Unfortunately, sometimes SL has to take a backseat to RL demands. I'm sure that those close to you have been understanding while you take care of the things requiring your attention. You've made a decision regarding your future and the paths you will take in life... first off trust that being decisive will bring good learning things to your life. As for the people who are important to you in SL and in your RL, do what you can to make them a part of your decision-making and help them understand your reasons for making the choices that you make. Sometimes all it takes is asking someone to listen to where you are coming from and making the time to communicate what is on your mind. Don't underestimate the power of communication. It will go a long way to ensuring that those closest to you know that they are important and in your thoughts regardless of where you go and for how long you're gone. Good luck to you and know that you are in the hearts of your friends and loved ones when you go :)
~Rosie
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Dear Rosie,
I have a great sl girlfriend and I really enjoy spending time with her. Sometimes, though, she wants me to pick up the phone and call her. Don't get me wrong, I like her... I do like the person behind the av. Is it wrong, though, for me to not want to take things into real life and try to maintain a game-only relationship?
~Wondering Willy
Dear Willy,
Of course it's not wrong for you to want to do that. What's important is that you and she have discussed your expectations for the relationship so that you're on the same page. Does she expect for your relationship to move into real life? Just make sure you are open and honest about these things... don't be tellin' her just what she wants to hear. As for using the phone, try skype. It's less scary sometimes than the phone, but either can be done without it threatening the "in-game" onlyness of the relationship. Hope that helps :)
~Rosie
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Dear Rosie,
I'm a simple guy with simple expectations. All I'm looking for is a hawt girl who will give me just 3 minutes of quality time a night. Well, and she has to be willing to embellish to her friends and tell them that I gave her 3 HOURS of ecstasy. For that girl, the right one, I'd become her sugar daddy and keep her in a lifestyle where she'd have everything she wanted. Can you help?
~Staminally Challenged
Dear Challenged,
Have I got a girl for you! Her name is Dolly and she is very low maintenance... just blow her up and go! Better yet, she won't talk back! :P
~Rosie
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Dear Rosie,
Let me say THANK YOU! I wrote in before snubbing my nose at your advice... saying it was too much from the female perspective. Remember me? Well, at first I was annoyed and a little pissed at your reply. To think you would actually acuse a devoted reader and such a manly man as myself of being gay! But, thank you. How could you have read me so correctly? Correctly enough to know something about me that I didn't even know about myself! So, now I'm working on accepting my true self and dealing with the obstacles of my true sexual identity as I come to them. Thank you again! I'm now a Dear Rosie reader for life!
~Frowny McSnappersons
Dear Frowny,
Yayyy you! I am so happy that you were able to realize something about yourself as a result of your readership with my blog. It concerns me that I may have initially angered you with my reply, so I'm sorry if I did so. But all in all it sounds like a win-win situation! You go, you! And good luck on your road to further self-discovery!
~Rosie

Ok, that's all for now! Have fun :)