I am pretty much the same way. I'm in homeschool and I spend all of my time on my computer. I have about 5 friends, who I don't see all that often, and they are all interested in computers. Unfortunately, my parents don't think that I should even talk to people on the net. My dad's paranoid and he says that if he ever even catches me in a chat room, he's going to take my computer away. I haven't yet asked him how he is going to do that, since it is MY computer. He's another one of those parents who think that anybody who you haven't met is only trying to hurt you. My mom doesn't care if I talk to people on the net, but she says I'm a "chat addict" which I think is a stupid thing to say. If I spend all my free time talking to people physically, instead of over the net, does that make me a talk addict? What's the difference between talking to someone physically and talking to them over the net? One of my friends who lives down the street from me contacts me on AIM occasionally. I'm pretty sure that if my dad walked in while I was talking to him, even if I proved that the person I was talking to was a friend who lived a couple blocks away, he would get mad at me. I wish he would understand that most people are not insane axe murderers who want to kill me or give me a virus.