>> Lastly, please inform me if taking the latitude to ask these types of questions is appropriate for the context of this posting site.<<
Yes, Lanss, your post is welcome. That lonely feeling you described is interesting. It's possible that for some people the limitations of cyber-relationships (lack of visual/auditory cues) makes it feel unfulfilling. This might not be true for everyone. It's probably a good idea to think about individual differences in how people feel satisfied or not by online relationships. People with schizoid personality dynamics, for example, might like it just fine.