Congratulations! :)

One of my SL friends, Charlotte Levee, just got partnered.

In real life! :)

So....this is a post with a second personal indulgence in a week. She and her husband are off to the Indian Ocean for their honeymoon on Monday, but when she emailed me I could sense a tinge of sadness that her Dad wasn't present to give her away, having passed away a year or so ago. And, being a good SL player, Charlotte took the opportunity to be pictured in her wedding dress last week, and forwarded me some pix, just for 'a bit of fun'.

And that's what SL is about..fun. Charlotte and I may never meet in RL, but I consider her a pal when we're online, and we share some laughs and exchanges slurls and opinions. And it got me to thinking that there's a lot of happy people out there, some sad people, some grieving, some ecstatic people. So never forget that when dealing with others, even in this virtual world. There are real people behind the keyboard, with real feelings. And that's why we never, at SSL, condemn people's work. Real life's full of shit, SL is escapism, so why heap more shit on others? There's no need. I've said it before and I'll say it again: If you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all. That goes for the real world, and also for SL.

I'm in awe of those who design. Those who put the time and effort into giving us the stuff we use in SL. Those who use it to relax from the rigours of their own real lives. I admire their work and blog accordingly.

Today, SL player Charlotte is happy in her real life, and will drift through her SL on her return from honeymoon on a wave of lovely feelings. Be happy for her. Be happy that your own real life, no matter how shit it feels sometimes, involves the wealth to afford an indulgence like SL. Try not to stir it where it's not necessary. Your life's shit and you're going to take it out on others? Right! Try and remember that subsistence farmer in the Sudan or something and get your life into some sort of perspective.

Thrilled for ya, Charlie! Hope you don't mind a repost of the wedding dress pix, lol! (Note, Charlotte's husband is not an SL player, hence no groom in the pix)