I just don't know if I'm ready to open my heart up like that again, to let somebody else in.
I look back at all the good times we had together and then I think of all the future things we were supposed to do and it makes me cry that we will never get to do them.
I can't go through that again, I can't risk having another one break my heart again.
Normal IM is the way forward if you cannot risk having your heart broken into pieces. It can never be taken away from you. It's an eternal companionship as long as the game that allows it to breath stills stands.
Hardcore IM is a relationship that you must accept will one day come to an unexpected end. All Hardcore IM'ers accept this, and continue everyday wondering, "is it our last day?". It's not for the light-hearted that's for sure! While some Hardcore are confident that it's forever because they are the masters, the universe has other plans for them. Look at how many IMers have fallen unexpectedly and lost everything they had. Horrifying!
I'm not even ready to make that sort of commitment, normal or hardcore.
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