Anyone else find that zoom chats have made you question some of your friendships?

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I don't know why but it seems to throw up the niggles that I normally ignore or just don't actually notice and ENLARGE them. In my weekly female friends chat (4 of us) one friend totally monopolises every single time to offload about her life. I get that she needs too, and face to face I'm happy to, it feels less onerous somehow. But others of us may have issues too and dont get a word in. Another lot I sometimes chat with include husbands...one of the men is so right wing it is horrible. I love my friend but cant stand her husband because of his views. Face to face it seems watered down or less obvious somehow. So what is it about online interactions that show things in such stark relief? Or am I just being a bloody misery and shit friend??

Zoom is not for everyone- not really a fan either. Could you dodge the next one? Claim a headache or something?
Yanbu to be annoyed by a right wing arsehole, your poor friend.

It's an artificial set up and some people aren't therefore able to pick up normal social queues that someone else might want to talk or that the people you are speaking to might feel uncomfortable with your views.
I have found that some normally very chatty people are now quieter and vice versa. One friend who would meet up with us every week has been noticeably absent, with the poorest of excuses! Someone actually said she may not find such a warm welcome when she next logs on.
Just figure it's the technology and that things will go back once you can meet up in person.

I found that if we were chatting in person there would be a couple of conversations going on between different people. Online that can't happen. If you're not too involved in one chat you can't break off and chat to one of the others separately.