When reading the cyberlove 101 story I noticed many similarities between it and the case study. First, being that both Tina and Alexis were lonely and looking for someone to talk to when they initiated their online relationships. Tina was recently divorced and felt uncomfortable talking to her family about her situation which led her to look for an outlet for her thoughts--the internet. "It was a tremendous relief to have an arena where I could finally talk without any hesitation and be listened to."
I thought it was interesting that at first El Maestro seemed to be too persistant, causing Tina to ignore his messages, until she felt she couldn't ignore them anymore. I think if I were in that situation I probably would have brushed the annoying creeper off, but clearly she was impressed with his determination to talk to her. I'm sure she loved the attention he was giving her as well. Which is another similarity between Tina and Alexis, they craved the attention El Maestro and Craig was giving them. In both sitautions the couples talked frequently about goals, dreams, ambitions, their lives and basically whatever they wanted to, for hours everyday.
One major difference is that Tina decided to reveal her love for El Maestro over the internet before even meeting this man. Soon after she traveled to the US to meet the man of her dreams and he turned out to be exactly who she thought he was. Another difference is that Tina was honest with her friends and family about how she met El Maestro. I have noticed a trend between Alexis's story and others, that many people are too ashamed to admit to their closest friends and family that they met their partner on the internet, which can be attributed to the harsh stigma attached to online relationships.
And of course both stories have a happy ending...and who doesn't love happy endings?
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