22. WHEN STRANGERS CLICK

this film interviews 5 different people who talk about the relationships they experienced via the internet.   kim thinks she's only interested in someone who lives near her, but ends up meeting and marrying a man from prague.  the second story is a guy who grew up in montana; ryan, the gay son of christian parents who is amazed to find that there is a whole world of people like him out there. dave discusses the many women he met and dated before falling in love with and marrying.  oh, a side note....he's only 5 feet tall.  4th was beth, just turned 30 and depressed where her life was.  andy was a 47yo divorced father of 3.  an unlikely couple, to be sure, but now married with 2 children.  the final story was the one where i actually heard about something i'd never known about.  bara lives on an a relatively isolated island in sweden.  depressed about losing his job and his company, he turned to the internet and a site called second life....a person can make an avatar of themself and live and love in the virtual world.  in this world, he owned a successful bar, played guitar and met fans.  one of them was a love connection with the avatar of a woman from park hill, mo.  in an odd twist, his virtual person got a real life recording contract, which brought him to new york, thus allowing him to meet the real life woman in missouri.  there is an odd twist with this one!  so......second life.........you apparently can do anything you want on here, including sex?  the stories were interesting enough; the people compelling in how they shared their stories.  does it make me want to try to find love on the internet?..................no    but, i'm glad it works for so many.  it seems it takes someone willing to take a leap of faith in many instances.