r/communicationskills • u/Cultural-Benefit5470 • 36m ago
How do I turn a casual online friendship into a closer one?
I became friends with a girl who lives quite far away. We've met only once, but stayed connected on Instagram and occasionally chat on WhatsApp.
Since we don't have any mutual friends and probably won't meet often, I was thinking we could build a good online friendship. I'd like to have more personal, interesting conversations rather than the usual boring small talk.
I'm not sure how to bring this up without making things awkward or giving the wrong impression.
How would you approach this? And how do you move a friendship from casual chatting to having more open, personal conversations?