Is seeing, believing???

i went through a few blogs of my acquaintances...
a friend questioned me on my stance of not chatting with strangers...
i spoke to a friend on phone...

different scenes. very unconnected.
but they all have the same underlying theme...

av u ever wondered what is the difference between talking to a person face-to-face, on phone or for the matter chatting with them!!!
i av always found a huge difference..

lets take it scene wise...

1. The blog
I ws surprised when i read the blogs of these people whom i know though not very well. know in the sense that i see them almost everyday. when i read their posts, my entire perception changed. lets say i am confused between what is real and what is surreal.what or who do i believe..
they person i see or the person i read...
when you meet a person..speak to him/her.. you form a perception... now i don't know who the real person is.. one that is portrayed in front of us..or the person who pours out feelings in the most beautiful/soulful manner...

2. i av a policy.. i dnt indulge in msgr chatting with people whom i dnt know personally... nor do i ever accept friend requests from people i av never seen, nver met.
why is dis so???
coz i think that people can assume personalities that they are not... talk in a manner that they wont assume in reality... try to be someone they are not... and moreover simple statements maybe misunderstood for the simple reason that the tone of saying it was misinterpreted. if i know a person personally i know how he/she puts things or certain pet words... no harm done..
now again comes the question of the seen v/v the unseen... internet romances gone kaput... why..because expectations don't measure up... cause chatting is not the same as living.... we make promises that we wouldn't otherwise had we been face-to-face...

3. a phone conversation.
i am a mixture of conflicting personalities.. a proper GEMINI to put it simply.
there is a friend of mine with whom i can speak to on phone so freely but when face-to-face i clam up. i just cant hold a conversation. i get an uncomfortable feeling that makes me want people around the two of us..
then there are people i am so close to...when face-to-face we just can't keep shut... we av so much to talk about but so little time... but on phone we just can't hold a conversation... conversation topic's run dry... then we are like -> what else- what else.. a sorry state indeed...

well i analyzed the latter situation.. that is maybe because of the fact that when face-to-face our respective energies drive us... that which, when apart doesn't work.. i am scared what if the relationship does not work if we av distances between us.. i mean just because we can't converse on phone properly what if our friendship looses its vitality..we loose touch...

The underlying fact is seeing is believing but how true is it...
(incomplete... too sleepy)