As everyone else has echoed, this is a tricky situation. It can be difficult to avoid the obvious pitfalls of meeting someone new and meshing well with them; Look at the sheer number of failed Eternal Bonds in game because folks confused compatible friendship with True Love and ran headlong into things that didn't have any real staying power.
It's entirely possible you've found a very good friend. It's possible you just found an Internet Person who you get along with in these circumstances. It's possible you've met your FUTURE HUSBANDWIFE WHOAMG WATCH OUT. Really, though, it's not possible to tell these things with any modicum of speed.
If your character gets along with their character, see how things develop without an agenda. It can be easy to get all starry-eyed and start thinking of tailed and horned little babeez but the further you build up expectations the harder it can be if things don't go that way.
This can be repeated for OOC interactions: If you enjoy spending time chatting with someone, continue to do so, but don't feel obligated to think it's love or romance; Somethings we just like hanging out with people.
To tell a tangentially-related story: A friend of mine from some games past was in our guild and he had the bad habit of mistaking any sort of positive female contact as romance. If he liked hanging out with someone, it was because he clearly ushered romantic feelings for them. If they said or did anything nice for him, it was clearly them sending signals. He ended up creeping out every female in our guild because he'd get mad at them for messing with him, simply because he was unable to discern friendship from relationship. Everyone knows That Guy, and it is important to never, ever be That Guy.
I guess to sum up, my advice would be DON'T RUSH. Let things grow naturally, if they grow at all, and just see where things go.
It's entirely possible you've found a very good friend. It's possible you just found an Internet Person who you get along with in these circumstances. It's possible you've met your FUTURE HUSBANDWIFE WHOAMG WATCH OUT. Really, though, it's not possible to tell these things with any modicum of speed.
If your character gets along with their character, see how things develop without an agenda. It can be easy to get all starry-eyed and start thinking of tailed and horned little babeez but the further you build up expectations the harder it can be if things don't go that way.
This can be repeated for OOC interactions: If you enjoy spending time chatting with someone, continue to do so, but don't feel obligated to think it's love or romance; Somethings we just like hanging out with people.
To tell a tangentially-related story: A friend of mine from some games past was in our guild and he had the bad habit of mistaking any sort of positive female contact as romance. If he liked hanging out with someone, it was because he clearly ushered romantic feelings for them. If they said or did anything nice for him, it was clearly them sending signals. He ended up creeping out every female in our guild because he'd get mad at them for messing with him, simply because he was unable to discern friendship from relationship. Everyone knows That Guy, and it is important to never, ever be That Guy.
I guess to sum up, my advice would be DON'T RUSH. Let things grow naturally, if they grow at all, and just see where things go.
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