[Mallika]

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out!

I second the above users. The reality is, there's only so much we know about Internet "friends". You haven't met him before, and it is highly possible that his real-life personality could be really different from his online personality. But since you had established a sort of friendship with him, you can drop a short message saying that you didn't intend to ignore him for 6 days, but that you were busy with something.

If he doesn't reply, you can move on. There is no ill consequence to moving on, because it's not like you know him in person and have to meet him on a regular basis. If he does reply, I'd still advise you to practise caution when you interact with him. I'm not saying that he definitely has some malicious intent, but in reality, we can never tell who's on the other side of the screen. There are so many young people who became friends which people who were seemingly their age, but turned out to be scammers or perverts. I'd advise you not to find online friends. If your usual friends are busy, perhaps you might want to make some new friends by joining some new hobby clubs (e.g. sports clubs, book clubs) etc., or even making friends with some new people in your neighbourhood. Otherwise, you can just find an activity that occupies your time productively and keeps you engaged e.g. dancing, working on a blog, scrapbooking, etc. Over the years, I've realised that one of the best things in life is to be comfortable in our own company - there will be times in our life whereby our friends might not always be available for us, so it's important that we learn to enjoy our own independence and not get too reliant on other people to keep us engaged in something.

Take care!