I agree with you both Warbaby and Tom, a while ago a bright sub said she objected to the term RL and suggested F2F which can be taken as either face to face or flesh to flesh.
There are those that meet only to play (Tops and bottoms) little exchange of themselves and not much of a comitment involved. To me that is fantasy and actually a lot less of life then on the internet between 2 people that care about each and live the life through tasks. Allowing the Dom to assist in the sub growth and the sub finding the joy of being controlled.
Russell