I can’t act this way in real life
A lot of the benefit here stems from the anonymity. It frees you to do or be anything you want to, and to be more aggressive more sexy more bad more exciting more of whatever you want. We all need or crave that freedom in some ways.
We do the right thing in life, we try to be respectable and we care about what other people think of us. We have to live with our choices in real life. In here you can experiment and be much crazier and freer than you ever would be in real life.
It’s not that we are hiding things about who we are really, we all just want to control who we are and our life a little bit more or do things a little bit differently in here. Nobody shows everything exactly as real life in here. You don’t have to and aren’t expected to 100%. But on the other hand don’t go so far that you lose credibility by having to make bigger and bigger stories.
You need enough reality to be able to relate and connect with your life here and to stay consistent. Over time people will see little things about you that lineup and make sense and make them more comfortable and feel closer, or they’ll see things that make them leery and nervous and pull back a little.
These are real people, and even more importantly these are your friends, and you have to remember and respect that. Don’t do anything to them that you wouldn’t want someone to do to you.
Don’t let the anonymity and excuse to abuse your friends. If you value your friendships, don’t make bigger and bigger stories or more and more crazy things. Sometimes lies or stories or exaggerations tend to grow and grow. It may seem exciting and fun at first but you are literally hurting the most important thing you have in here. That’s your credibility, the faith people have in you, and your relationships. That’s all you really have here, so don’t trade that for an exciting story that fizzles.
It’s great when it feels real, but just because it’s not real doesn’t mean you feel it any less. 
These are real people and if you stay on track things will get better and better and better, but if you start to get off track and out of balance you will crash very painfully too.
Things grow more quickly but are more fragile in imvu than real life too. It’s not meant to last like real life is. It’s got more of the live fast and die young experience and attitude. Think of it like a movie. The closer you stay to reality, and what you know, the more believable it will be and the stronger and more lasting it will be.
One eye closed
You need to be open and looking for love but you also need to trust and not look to deep too. That may be easier for me to say being married and not looking for real life potential than it is for single people. But without a little faith you can really drive yourself crazy here.
It’s easy to share things here but it’s also easy to hide things too. We all put our best foot forward in here just like we would on a date. In real life you can’t pretend to be something you’re not like you can in here, but that’s part of the fun of it too. Nobody is as beautiful in real life, and you almost have to assume in one sense that nobody is really quite like they project themselves.
This isn’t reality so you also have to learn to enjoy the fantasy a little. It’s nice to picture it as reality but remember, it’s more than just a game but it’s less than and NOT reality. So don’t look to deep into deep into other people’s real lives. Have a little faith and give people the benefit of the doubt. You will enjoy it much more if you keep this in mind and see for what it is.
Temptation around every corner
There is temptation everywhere here and even if you don’t look for it, it’ll still find you. If you’re aiming toward a RL relationship it may be a good idea to stick to a commitment similar to what you would want in RL. But if you’re not aiming toward a RL relationship, it may be smarter to enjoy the imvu-ness and commit to put your partner first but not commit to avoid all contact. Requiring your partner to avoid the constant temptation may not really be as beneficial here as it would be in RL and it’s much harder to do in this wacky land of temptation.
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