Shadow, have you met any of us in RL? If so, introduce them to your parents if you can - let them see that online people are ordinary, decent people, and let them make up their minds for themselves...
Unfortunately, no. I live in the absolute middle of nowhere when it comes to hanging out with people online (Alabama, along the Gulf Coast). One day, though. I'm moving up North (somewhere) for grad school, and I am going to be taking so many trips to meet all of my online folks (and FOLCs, if and when the opportunity presents itself).
