Have you ever met up with someone from the internet and if so what were your initial feelings towards this ?

Question

What I 'd like to find out here is how many people have met their partners over the internet ? Did you just decide to meet up over email ? Did you text each other or did you spend hours each night chatting on the phone before meeting up ?
When you met the person were they as you expected / imagined ?

Answer 1

I met my husband on an internet dating site nearly 3 years ago. We emailed a couple of times and exchanged photos. We met up quickly because I think its best just to meet and if you don't hit it off then you don't have to see each other anymore rather than exchanging phone calls/emails for ages and then find, when you finally meet, that you aren't compatible. What's the point in dragging it out? My husband and I met and knew instantly that we were right for each other - we didn't stop talking for hours!!! He moved in with me just a month after we met, we got engaged 10 months after we met and were married 10 months after that! We have been very happily married now for 13 months. I think you shouldn't expect or imagine what the other person is like otherwise you are setting yourself up for disappointment. It is best to take the other person as they are and not with any pre-conceived ideas. I know I have married my soulmate and so does he.

Answer 2

I always thought it was pretty tragic to meet someone over the internet. My opinion has totally changed now as i met my boyfriend through Yahoo. I was terrified of meeting up, what if he was hideous/boring/a murderer but actually he was better in person than his pictures and we had loads to talk about. He gets more handsome every day. We text, emailed and chatted on the phone before we met which i would definitely recommend. Don't just go on emails, they can be deceptive, you will know when it is right to meet so don't rush into anything.

Answer 3

I have no idea how many ppl have met but yes i sure did meet my man over the internet. That too in a chat room, v chated for a while , a few days later exchanged phone numbers, v then talked regularly over the fone n chat, then he took the iniciative to come n meet me, since v were not in the same town ... well we met n hit it off ...the internet is the best thing for me ...for u c thatz how i met my mr right....
While on the chat itself he seemed a nice person , someone i cld trust, n relate to , extrememly understanding n comprimising , but i thought this is what he is over the net n things wld not b the same once v met, n right i was things were better, he was a nicer person than i gave him credit for.
U just got to have the gutt feeling, u will know instantly if the other erson is right for u or not, for me it worked that way, it came right from my heart i felt it from the very first day that he was my man , n it worked out that way too....hope it works for u too if u want to ask me anything else do not hesitate.. my e mail id is [e-mail]

Answer 4

Certainly have

Met via a dating site friendsreunited or dating direct or udate are good ones.

But i find an email converstion gets you a start on finding out if the person is right and then you HAVE to move to the meeting stage to see if there is a "spark".

I had to tell myself that it was like going out for a drink with a friend and a couple of hours with one person is hardly going to kill you , even if on meeting they are not quite what you imagined.

When you meet someone it is odd because some are better soem are worse than a plain picture will give you. Its a lot of trial and error.

I do remember meeting a lady who was too over dating sited if you get what i mean. She seemed to have had loads and loads of meetings and i think was always looking for some sort of perfection in her mind.

Give it a go - I am 48 and found a wonderful wonderful lady through this method and previously had wondered how on earth i would ever meet the right sort of person.

Good luck

Answer 5

I have. I chatted to a girl for about two weeks then we went for a few dates. It was a good idea sa we had stuff to talk about instead of being all awkward and wondering what to say. Never worked out though, but hey! You don't know unless you try.

I personally think it's best to chat for a few weeks and then maybe go on a date. If you chat well for a couple of weeks then why not meet in person? No time like the present!!

Answer 6

I have met up with a man off the internet, first we e-mailed then we talked on the phone. Then one night we met in a public place, I knew as soon as I saw him, he was everything I had expected and imagined and more. I have known him a year now. He is a very good friend. I am glad I met him.

Answer 7

I met my husband on the internet in 1999. We were on PowWow , which I don't think exist anymore, it was kind of like ICQ, it was like just profiles and IMing kind of place, and anyhow he IMed me, I answered.............the rest is history:-)
We talked on the phone endlessly from the first night, some were quite the phone call, and six months later he flew from Massachusetts to CO to meet me. He went back home to his job, but we knew we were meant to be together. He came back in January. We got married in Dec.
I know many people who have met their mates online.
It is no different in one aspect than meeting people off line. There on a couple of differences I really like, one is that you really get to know the real person inside a lot easier and a lot more thoroughly when every thing is not immediately physical and also when you are online you definitely have the ability to meet people and more of them than you ever would off line. How would I have met my knight when I lived here and he lived there elsewise.
:-)

Answer 8

My wife and I met on the internet. We started emailing texting and then chats we finally decided to meet up and it was wonderful that's why we are now married (one year on the 16th July)

Answer 9

i met my current bf through the internet, at first i wasn't looking for anyone to meet up with jus wanted to chat online. but then we started to email one another like 8 times a day then i gave my number 2 months after chatting online.and chatted like for 2 hours over the phone everyday and we started to really like one another,
he did mention about meeting up but i wasn't sure he said it was ok if i didn't want to. but a few weeks later i thought i really want to see what he's like in person. i went with my gut feelings and trusted my instincts amd meet up with him, outside my college where everyone was around and about. and i have to say since the first day i meet him i've been the happiest girl ever!!!
he makes me feel so good about myself and he looked soo much better than his pic that he showed me (which was a plus)
i'm 18 and he's 23 but we get on sooo well and we've been together for 8 months now. whats makes it more cool is our birthdays are the same days :-)
if ur planning on meeting on someone from online, jus go with what ur heart says, and if u meet someone make sure it's somewhere ppl are about eg city centre
hope that answers ur question :-)

Answer 10

True story! A guy in England met a Thai girl on the net. She talked him into coming to Thailand to visit with her. She met him at the airport, took him to a hotel and laid him. Turns out she was 16 y.o. and her daddy is a top general in the Thai Army.

Daddy found out about this. He and some of his army buddies had a "visit" with the English fellow. They offered him a choice, marry the girl or else. And "else" was not good.

So he did marry her and now he teaches school over here with us. I am an American teaching school in Thailand.

So the moral of the story is BE CAREFUL!!!!