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writes: One of my best friends (and who I thought of as a potential g/f) has become obsessed with talkin on msn! She's on it pretty much every night and usually talks to about 10 different people at the same time which hardly constitutes as a proper conversation with any of them! Thing is she seems obsessed with it and won't come out, if you call her, she has her phone next to the computer and still types when you talk and gives you minimal attention, won't come out cos of "who shes missing talking to" on msn - its really affecting our friendship and i don't know what to do. Talking to her about it doesn't seem to have much effect as she doesn't understand the obsession/problem. Shes 17. Thanks
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reader, Toria +, writes (28 September 2006):
 You mention she's started a new college therefore she is making new friends and it is all new and exciting.
Just wait for the hype to settle down and for her to get herself settled with her new surroundings and people and hopefully you'll be fine.
Good luck :o)
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reader, anonymous, writes (28 September 2006): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionIm the original poster - thanks for the answers so far, yes we used to talk on msn a lot too, but back then she didn't talk to many other people so we could hold a decent conversation for hours, but since starting a new college, she has added a lot more msn contacts and is just totally obsessed with talking and its not like she doesnt see most of them every day anyway. I kind of feel upset cos what we had was a really good friendship and i think its fading a bit, she would probably say it wasn't but that's only because she doesn't understand how addictive her msn addiction has become.
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reader, kayjay +, writes (28 September 2006):
 sounds to me like she might have a online love!
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reader, CherryVanilli  +, writes (28 September 2006):
 You could try talkin to her on MSN for a while & getting really close to her through it, until she gets used to chatting with u daily, then stop going online...then she would have to leave the net world and go to the real world to find u
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reader, Toria +, writes (28 September 2006):
I would try talking to her again telling her how you feel she is giving more attention to people online than the real friendships she has built up, if this doesn't make a difference then you need to carry on with your life and other friends you have got and wait for her to realise this on her own as we don't always see the problem when pointed out by others it is only when we realise ourselves.
The thing is with the internet is we all go through stages where we are constantly online and just enjoy the whole thing but with everything it gets boring.
Hope this helps :o)
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