Do internet relationships actually go anywhere?!?

Answer 1

We met online and have been happily married for three years.

Answer 2

Internet relationships can actually work out pretty well. I met and fell in love with my wife in an AOL trivia chat room ten years ago. We started IM'ing, then emailing, then phone calls. We learned so much about each other without ever seeing what the other person looked like. Once we met in person, it was a done deal. And the last ten years have been the happiest of my life.

My boss met his wife (of 6 years) online, as did one of my best friends.

I think the stigma that has been attached to Internet relationships is starting to fade. Back then, we didn't tell people how we met, because we didn't want to be judged. But now, everyone knows, and it's no big deal.

In my opinion, meeting someone online is no better or worse than meeting someone in a bar or nightclub. And I think it can be better, because you focus on getting to know the person first without the distraction of physical appearance. Sure, there are a lot of lying people out there that use to internet to pretend to be something they are not, but you can find people like that in any situation.

Answer 3

This happens very rarely. People often produce a persona online that isn't quite accurate to how they are in real life. Internet relationships do sometimes lead to successful real-life relationships, and even in some cases marriages! However that is the exception and not the rule. Most the time internet relationships create conditions in which each person makes the other person into something more "ideal" than they really. Plus, you never really know if a person is being honest with you, until you meet them. Which can be dangerous.

Answer 4

None that I've had as of yet but you need to clear up what you mean by "intenet relationship". Are you talking about people who meet online via a dating site or people who meet via some other online activity such as a chat room?

I have had several relationships from both avenues and all I can say is that they do not work though, to be brutally honest, that probably has more to do with me and the person and not the fact that the avenue through which we met was the internet.

So long as you are honest with each other from the begining then meeting someone online is no different the meeting someone at the laundromat, bar, supermarket or getting into an accident with them.

Best of luck and name the first kid after me.

Answer 5

Current wife and I have been married for 6 years. Yes, they go anywhere you have the courage to go with them.
I've met plenty of people from the net.
However; it's always good to make your first meeting at a safe place, ie, a restaurant, with people around, or some other public place.
Don't believe the naysayers, they've not had any success and don't really know whereof they speak.

Answer 6

I look at it this way. Relationships in general take work hun. Wether online or not. At least online, you are forced to talk to the other person. Of course, there are people who lie about themselves, but then again, even meeting at a bar or a store will pose the same risks. If both people are willing, commited, and determined to make it work, it will work out. I moved from minnesota to west virginia to be with my bf. We met in yahoo chat as well. Been together almost 6 months now.

Answer 7

Most relationships don't go anywhere, regardless of how you meet, but I don't see why the method by which you met someone would have much to do with the potential success of a relationship.

Answer 8

I've been married almost two years and we have a baby on the way. Couldn't be happier!

Just like with any relationship, though, there can be problems. There's no exact science on finding someone who will make you happy forever. Good luck!

Answer 9

They can. I've been with my husband 3 years & we've been married almost 1 year & a half. We met on Yahoo! personals. I think it's a good way to get to know someone, just talking for a while.

Answer 10

I think it just depends on the people , I have met a few people off the net, and well it didnt work out, but then i know of and have heard of others that have met, and are happily married.

Answer 11

Not that I reccomend them, nor I do I feel they are very safe, but they have been known to occationally work. I have a friend that is proof. She met some guy online, and then they ended up dating, and then she spent a good while with him in Mississippi, and supposedly they are getting married. However, I feel she was very lucky that he didn't kill her.