meat life with Fray life. To me, the two are completely incomparable. My love interest is a completely different story than Adam Morgan. I'd trust my love interest with my life and the life of my child. I'd never even met Adam Morgan, and I'll wager you never did either.
I'm seeing the word "trust" pop up here in this thread. What does that word mean to you? Would you have "trusted" your children into Adam Morgan's care for an evening or a weekend? Would you have let him housesit for you? Petsit? I'm guessing not. So what exactly did you "trust" him with?
There are some posters I've grown fond of here over the years. Hell, for a while, I considered tempo a Fray-friend. If I were to find out that they had completely fabricated the persona that I befriended, of course it would bother me. I'd be disappointed and probably angry (as I was when I realized who tempo really was). For a time. But it wouldn't change the fact that during our time here, I had real (from my perspective) discussions with them that I enjoyed and in which I learned something about myself. I don't see that as "wasted" time.
What I would consider "wasted" is the energy necessary to maintain a hatred for someone I never really knew.