"Goo goo, ga ga....mommy, my diapers are poopy...will you change them now?"
What is this, the world's first talking baby? Nooooo nothing so weird as that, just a Second Life ® baby. Yaaaawn, life as usual in Second Life ® where the weirdest occurrences for RL life are the common every-day fare. But, really, having babies in Second Life ®. Isn't that just the weirdest thing you ever heard of? Having a BABY in sl?
I am a bit jaded. I remember a time when I first heard that avies were having SEX IN Second Life ®. That was the siren call that first brought me here to this crazy world. I was reading the newspaper one morning over breakfast and read about it. I was shocked. I couldn't wait to get to my computer and look into it. And boy did I ever find out all about That! Before long I was caught up in the SL sex world, learning how to flirt and "hook up." Life was gooooood!
So as I became immersed in Second Life ®, the idea of avies having sex here no longer seemed weird. THEN I heard something REALLY shocking....avies were falling in love. WHAT? Avies in LOVE? It sounded like a cheap movie, "Drs. In Love." Annnnnnd I looked into that too...and as they say, "if you hang around a slippery slope long enough, sooner or later you will slide down." And I slid long and hard. Yes, avies fall in love here. And it is wonderful. Truly. Why is it that the experience of falling for someone in sl is so intense? I don't really know though I am sure Dr. Freud would just love to analyze it. But for some reason the Second Life ® experience plugs right into the pleasure/pain centers of our brains. It is amazing how real the sex can seem and even more amazing how real the love can feel....and how painful the separation can feel too. But I very quickly became one of the true believers in SL matchmaking.
But then I heard of something REALLY amazing: avies were LIVING TOGETHER!!! What? Renting homes Buying homes? Moving in together? Cartoon play-dolls moving in to the same home? Isn't that kinda weird? Yeah, definitely. Weirder still are the homes that have everything a home in RL has. Like a kitchen. And toilets. WTF? Having a bed I can understand because we need the animations they offer so that our sl sex looks real. But why would anyone in sl need a kitchen? Or a toilet? I don't know about you, but the bathroom is not a prime spot for me to get my hubba hubba going. But soon I became used to this weird idea of avies living together. And now I do it too.
But then I heard of something Really amazing: avie couples were buying land to build custom homes.
Land? Who in their right mind would want to buy fake land? And you never REALLY own it, now do you? I mean the "mortgage" is never really paid off, you just keep making payments to the Lindens for the rest of your life. I suppose though, in one sense you could look at it like this: You pay for the Land one time to purchase it, and then you pay taxes on it every month for the rest of your life...just like in real life. So I became used to that idea. And now I'm doing that too.
But then I heard of something REALLY incredibly amazing: avie couples were getting MARRIED!!! What? Married in a cartoon playworld? Wow I KNEW I would never do THAT. lol. It hasn't happened to me yet, but I am sure it will...and I look forward to it. [Editor Marco's note, DONE, Dec 2008!]
But BABIES? Having a BABY IN Second Life ®? Now that is just toooooo weird....not me! Never! No Way Jose! I'll Nevah Do That!
"Waaaaaa....daddy.....mommy says it is YOUR turn to change my poopy diapers....Daddddddyyyyyyy??????? Oh shit!
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