Technology= Friends?

I know that technology has come a long way from previous years, but I didn't realize how far it has come exactly until today. One of my friends had mentioned to me her troubles with her boyfriend and her relationship, and didn't know what to do about it. Before getting my advice, she gets on the computer, goes to Google, and looks up how to deal with a troubling relationship. I thought that that was a little absurd. Situations that we use to ask family members or friends, we are asking the computer. I was in shock that she would even begin to believe that the computer could help her relationship. Things like friendships and relationships I feel like we have to deal with personally and not through technology. Writing to a computer is not going to mend a broken heart or bring together a friendship. With all this said, she of course had things to say about it. While talking to me, she expressed her knowledge of a computer not being able to fix her relationship but help. She stated how people like her get on the computer for advice and some even write their experiences on the computer to help others. This I do agree on. Yes, I do believe that people write things that they've learned or experienced on the computer but I don't agree that situations close to the heart, should be dealt with by technology. Through this situation, I began to contemplate. I thought to myself, how our relationships we build with others are becoming affected. Its almost like computers are our friends. We go to them for information, count on them to be there every second of everyday, and miss them when were not near them. Which leads me to the question, who needs friends when you have technology?