Did falling in love that way -- before meeting face-to-face -- help you come to deeper love than it may have been if you had first met in person?
2006-10-11 11:20:35 · 18 answers · asked by Bender 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
Sometimes in this lifetime, we met a special soul who fills our very essence to almost overflow..
I fell deep in love with someone without meeting him face to face.. I gave him my heart even before I had a glimpse of his face. What I felt for him and I believe what he felt for me is something beyond the physical.. metaphysical.. his soul lives within my heart and mine in him..
I long for the day when we finally would meet each other in person, that moment would be the fulfillment of our dream, but I will love him for always even if I never ever set my eyes on him.
2006-10-15 02:40:41 · answer #1 · answered by katrina_ponti 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with baby gurl.
Imagination is a powerful tool and we can sometimes over compensate and create this ideal person, sometimes not seeing what we should be seeing.
On the other hand- Its a great way to make a new friend. I think we can say we fall in love but we dont actually know that for sure. Because we have to put the pieces together when meeting a person. The voice the face the body the personality it all. Once the picture is complete only then can we truly say we are in love.
Until that time we can only fall in love with the IDEA of that person.
So can we fall in love online.. Yes we can. But you cannot know its for real until you meet that person.
2006-10-12 04:05:26 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Love 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I knew I was quite fond of the person I was talking to online... and even more so when we started talking over the phone. But I did not fall in love with him until we actually met face to face and were able to spend some quality time together. We now have a 4 months old son together and I really feel that he's my best friend as well as my husband.
I think you can start to develop feelings for a person online but that too many people have created an alternate lifestyle or personality on here. You really need to meet the person face to face and spend some time with them to find out who they really are.
2006-10-11 18:25:37 · answer #3 · answered by cgspitfire 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Having known each other online for a year meant that we became friends, which as I mentioned in another answer was my missing "secret ingredient" for a good relationship, but even while I had feelings for him, I knew that I couldn't really consider him a serious option until I'd met him face to face. I don't know if it's woman's intuition or what, but there's just something I "get" from people face-to-face that I cannot "get" over the internet.
Meeting him in person first wouldn't really have changed much. Well, except that my phone bill would probably have been much cheaper because it would've meant he was a local boy. =)
2006-10-11 18:24:33 · answer #4 · answered by Katie S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I met my last boyfriend of a on-line dating agency, we swapped emails and texts for a week than moved on to phone calls for a another week, I liked the guy but i was not in love with him.
We met after two weeks of talking and as soon as i saw him i felt comfortable because i knew a lot about him.
I did fall in love with him eventually.
I think that getting to know someone before you meet them helps when you do meet because you have all ready done the introductions and you know about information about that person.
The Internet is just a introduction tool the rest is up to you
Good luck
2006-10-12 04:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by blondegirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes we spoke online and over the phone for ages before we met. Made things a lot easier when we did eventually meet face to face. Now we are moving in together and could not be happier
2006-10-11 23:28:30 · answer #6 · answered by Jackie B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spending significant time emailing, IM'ing, talking before meeting face to face can actually be a detriment. A person tends to visualize an idealized man/woman in his/her head. The theory does not necessarily lead to the practical since we all tend to dream bigger than reality offers us.
Well Bender, I once wooed a woman via romantic text. Even so much that she was willing to drive 2 hours to my city and visit me. Ah, but what may take me a while to compose on the screen is not as well delivered by voice. But it was for the better as being overly romantic is not my style.
2006-10-12 09:45:33 · answer #7 · answered by Thundercat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes ... yes ... yes. You learn more about someone with out the distractions, pressures and awkwardness of the face to face. The most important things about a person is what is inside not outside, that's just the icing on the cake. ie you still like the cake even with out the icing.
2006-10-11 18:27:47 · answer #8 · answered by Whynotguy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The thing about falling in love with someone online is that you fall in love with what you think that person is going to be like ... basically you're almost thinking of you're ideal person ... being face-2-face with someone can reveal a totally different person - and the person doesn't always live up to your expectations.
2006-10-12 03:06:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, we haven't yet met in person, but I do think it's deeper this way, because we have shared many things that otherwise would have been very difficult to talk about, especially since we're both very shy.
2006-10-11 18:26:05 · answer #10 · answered by interpreters_are_hot 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋