Work/School/Personal Life comes first, but try to be available to your friends both online and off.

Speaking from personal experience, I used to be online many hours a day, and was considered one of the most accessible people on the net according to those who knew me; I even had a private land line (in the prehistoric days before I acquired a cell phone) just in case people needed a shoulder to lean on.

Eventually, my real life social life suffered (not that I had much of one back in New York, anyway), but I learned the hard way that a balance should be struck: be online enough to answer people and not be a stranger, but don't spend all your time online to the point where you're not seeing people in the flesh and blood.

Right now, I'm online in the evenings and weekends because I live in the middle of the dessert and getting anywhere worthwhile takes me at least 30 to 60 minutes. ;-p

And yes, I know I'm answering survey questions from many months ago, but...

1> I'm having a bout of insomnia.
2> Your questions are actually engaging and thought-provoking...even the Epic Earth-Shattering Macaroni and Cheese Question...Hell, if I can put up a "YEAH?" survey, you're more than entitled to post a noodles and fake cheese question.

Anyhoo, keep pluggin' away, I'm outta here...

Scott
AKA Brother Abram

"I'm responding to you because unlike most Earthlings you're intelligent and are capable of holding my attention for more than 82 Glerfnorgs...that's 14 seconds in YOUR time..." - Whatever Audi Bismol, Deported Alien Crime Boss.

Why not? I mean, unless you're CRAMMED with work and you really dont want to bother xD