A missing online friend--back to journaling

The positive aspect of having an online friend, is that the friend can help sort out thoughts, help me muddle through problems, be a listener and be supportive.  Since my online friend is missing, I have decided to not become involved in making another online friend at this time.  Before I had this friend, I wrote in a journal.  The trouble with a journal is that it doesn't answer back!  I had two worries the entire time I was writing to my online friend.  The first, that the friend would stop writing, which actually if I'm honest happened in July, though I heard sporadically up until Thanksgiving. The second was that I would unintentionally offend my friend, and I would get a harsh reply back.  Perhaps it's a question of fitting.  I don't know that I actually fit into this friend's life.  Our lives are very different.  Take care my missing  friend.