SecondSecrets
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I feel like a failure. I have a popular fashion blog and powerful friends but my RL is bringing me down. 2 kids and a husband. SL is better.
Other Autumn 🍂
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having "powerful friends" in SL is about as important in life as sitting at the "cool kids" table in the second grade.
as some piont in my life id most happily give up SL without batting an eyelid for that
count your blessings not your failings 
im sorry but i can not stand people who say things like that, count yourself lucky some people don't get to have that in their lives,
Creamface
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we all get a bit down with our RL sometimes because we cannot just 'log off' when things get too much,
but make the most of your RL and the people who are in it because no one is here for ever, SL is simply a fake world
stop being selfish and start appreciating what you have
wow, Second Life "fame" and "power" mean nothing whatsoever in the real world. SL is fun, but RL is much more important at the end of the
day. You SL powerful friends will not be the ones loving and caring for you when you are old.
And those Second Life powerful people you know? For all you know in RL they live in their Mum's basement and work at 7/11 or McDonalds.
Renee Harvy
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I'm scratching my head... I thought that was the point of the post. She knows she has a lot to be thnakful for, but prefers SL, and thus,
Renee Harvy
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she is a failure
VoidWillis!
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I have 2kids and a bf and they are living proof that I might fail at things that don't matter, but the things that do, I don't
Renee Harvy
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or maybe I'm just projecting 
Except SL isn't better
Except SL isn't better
Other Autumn 🍂
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I didn't really get it that way ReneeF because she said "RL is bringing me down." 
No she said SL is better than her RL which is bringing her down.
most of you dont get the fact that you can have the ideal family and not feel happy. Just because this person has kids and a husband doesnt
mean she is entitled to be happy about her life and sitiuation as a whole. There's nothing worse than feeling like you are stuck in a rut or
like you are or have more importance to online strangers than im your rl. I'm sorry OP that you feel sad and I hug you.
I understand that, I just think she is feeling that the SL stuff is more important or somehow better than real stuff. And it's a fun thing
but it's not reality. But I am sorry if she is not happy with her RL, because that is much more important than any fleeting and false pixel
fame.
SL is part of RL, really. Use an' enjoy them altogether. Each one can be a nice break from th' other.
I think for a lot of people, SL is better than RL. It doesn't mean you're a failure, it just means something in RL isn't making you happy
and SL is an escape.
Beyoncé Enjoyer
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If you're not happy with your RL, you have to ask yourself why that is.
Beyoncé Enjoyer
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And maybe something that you've learned or discovered about yourself in SL can be applied to your RL to improve it.
this person must have a teenager. Ugh, i tell you what I hear ya, RL can totally drag you down, but soon the kids will grow up
Who the hell puts SL before their family? Ugh.
and parenting gets a tad easier and RL gets a little better. *hugs* if you ever want a shoulder to bitch on, i'm around. and you are NOT
NOT A failure