Who would fall in love with someone they only know over the Internet?

Question

..And then travel to go and "be" with them? Do you think things are as they hoped when they get to meet the other person in real life?

Answer 1

a loser?

Answer 2

I met my fiance online. We talked for nine months before meeting. It's been an up and down 4 years, but I have been to Japan six times to see her. She has been to see me in California 4 times. We will be married next Spring with her moving here to live. Things were better than I hoped when I met her. We were very honest with one another about who and what we were/are and that made it better. Pictures we sent were real. The jobs we had were real. I feel lucky to have found her, but to have found her via the internet is even more amazing.

We have never run out of things to talk about. We always have something to talk about. We still talk online or offline everyday. We often talk online for three, four, five hours at a time. There is no boredom between us. Not all online loves are fiction.

Also, we weren't looking for a relationship. We were just looking for someone to chat with via email. I was working two jobs and didn't have time for my female friends/dating. She was looking for someone to talk to in English to help her learn more. Over time it just went from a friendship to something more. No one was desperate or hard up or anything else. Things happen in life in ways you just can't control sometimes. Before I met her, I would have thought it impossible to meet someone online and fall in love and have that person be a real person. When I started online it was a long time ago and the majority of the people online were male (like 85%), so I put it in my mind early on that everybody online was a man, so you can't find someone to date online, because they are all guys. Sorry for writing so much.

Answer 3

I dont believe the internet is for such emotions. It's like a fairy tale story. One can only hope to know someone in person.
Without actually meeting, there is no way to ensure what this person is saying is all truth. It's too easy to deceive someone on the internet. And for that reason one should be very cautious before making any kind of committmant to anyone via the internet.

Answer 4

Well unfortunately doing the "getting to know someone" over the internet can be difficult just due to not being able to know if they are being truly honest. Usually, when talking online, people tend to be more like themself but may exaggerate about their appearance , so depending on your need for ultimate attraction as opposed to true love it could be the partner of your life or not. So I would say it would be someone who wants more out of love as opposed to attraction (although there will be some attraction or you would have never bothered to meet them.) I think alot of times a person that may not appear very attractive becomes very attractive once you know them truly in heart and mind. As well as being with someone for a long period of time , if things go bad that person actually may be very hot but because of their personality they become less attractive to you.

Answer 5

I don't think there's a simple answer to this. Just like 'real life' relationships, some will work, some won't. There's plenty of proof of that just in the few answers given here. And you're just as likely to meet a psycho in 'real life' as you are in the cyberworld.. believe me, I know! I'm definitely not a loser, I'm intelligent and gorgeous (and modest), and if I got chatting to someone on the net and there was a mutual attraction then yes, I'd give it a go. And I'd be as cautious as I am about relationships in real life.

Answer 6

sometimes you can learn more from a person - when you write to them then if you meet them - when you do meet the after dating on the Internet all your secrets are out and I thing even if the person is not that good looking or it a sort of person you would not have choose in a pub, because you have been communicating over the net you build you own picture of that person and that is what you see

Answer 7

Things always look good on paper. Its in meeting and getting to the person that was behind the screen, thats important. You always hear stories of young girls running off, because the meet someone online. Where`s the parents in all this? I have seen so many young girls just on yahoo answers looking for love..If you are meeting someone you meet via online..should be left up to those who are over teh age of 18..atleast then you are well aware of the dangers.

Answer 8

you would be surpised who falls in love, i don't think people go on the net looking for love (some do), its something that just happens. and there is nothing wrong with going to go see that person, but i would start off with a web-cam, then after like a year, when u figure out if the person crazy or not, u should make a trip. and there is nothing wrong with waiting like 2 or 3 years before meeting someone off the net. got to be careful nowadays, got loons out there :D

Answer 9

yes it has and can happen and most of the times work out usually the other person is whom they say when they meet up sometimes it can be opposite,falling in love over the net is very real and gives people the opportunity to fall in love with the actuall person then when they meet if there goo dlooking its a bonus and thyings get even better

Answer 10

Internet relationship is hard. One may feel there is a lot of things to chat about. but gradually this will change and well ... u will fantasize abt this person and how he/she looks like, and u will be full of expectations and sweetness. The day will come whereby u will arrange to meet up and u might find he/she is not what u expects. suddenly, there is nothing to talk abt, and u can't wait to get out of this stifling place. all your expectations will go down the drain and u will suffer a bitter disappointment. it is a sad fate.

Answer 11

Someone I know is having an "online relationship" with a guy from Australia. They talk every single day on the phone and she says she loves him. There is talk of them meeting up in the next 6 months or so.