2006-10-13 09:37:21 · 32 answers · asked by sidekickLX! 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
I met my husband online, through an email list for scholars of a certain period of literature. We've been knowing each other since 1994, and have been married very happily since 1998.
I got online in 1992 and immdiately started talking to people. Most have faded away through the years; a few I've had arguments with. Most people, though, DO fade away but I think it's very possible to have pleasant conversations and a form of friendship with people online.
Over the years, I've met over 20 people face to face. It's nice to chat, have lunch, and put a face to a name. Not all of these have turned into friendships that survive til now, but they were all fun then, and it was nice to sit, eat and talk.
Just this past summer I met a very dear friend when I traveled to Ireland. He and I had been talking for three years! We're still in touch and have every reason to tink that we'll be in touch for years to come.
I have known of many people who have had platonic or romantic relationships. Like any long-distance relationship, not all work out, but enough do that I'm convinced this is the wave of the future. It's very possible to go to sites where you have a lot in common and immediately have a shared passion or more than just one shared passion.
Cheers, K
2006-10-13 09:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by Kate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read the many different opinions that you've gotten so far, but for me I have to say that I do not believe in internet relationships. I need to do it the old fashioned way, so I can see his eyes and read his body language, and check out his family and backround in person as oppose to taking his word for it, in the case of you both living in separate cities and states and even countries. After sitting in chatrooms and chatting with several different men over a period of 7years, some from my area and some from other countries, I was never comfortable with the idea so I wouldn't let them get but so close to me, until I finally met my fiance' on my job. We dated and met each others family in person, and a year later we are still madly in love and have decided to move in together. Good Luck and BE CAREFUL!
2006-10-13 09:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by Honeygirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not really, I honestly believe it's a way for people to be honest and hide behind a computer screen. Sure there's a few that may find soulmates their true loves this way, but most end up hurting someone. Who's to say a single person doesn't end up friends or falling for someone who's married. People lie and people cry, they go hand in hand.
2006-10-13 09:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by valentina c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! The Internet is fun, but also very scary, just imagine this, I'm sure you read the news papers, watch the news, and hear about a man/woman who kills a woman/man and his/her baby, slaughters them, burn them, hang them, rape them then cuts their throats, just think, that man can be on the other side of your Internet connection talking like a pro, talking like a priest/nun, and you have no clue!
Be careful and aware of what u do and say to people on the net.
2006-10-13 09:47:49 · answer #4 · answered by ducky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its amusing and fun. I can be anyone I wish. I'm a hunk, I'm a vixon, you name it. Point being made - its fun to talk to others through the net, but there are a lot of phonies out there also. If you really want to learn about someone then it is best to see them in person over a long period of time.
2006-10-13 09:49:01 · answer #5 · answered by sloop_sailor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not unless your going through a site like E-harmony, where you'll actually get to meet the person or something, other than that, there's no point to sustaining a relationship entirely online.
2006-10-13 09:41:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i believe internet relationships can work just like anything you do you just be careful because there are crazy people out here in the real world and cyber space just choose who you speak with wisely get to know them before you start to disclose your personal information and just basically use your better judgement...
2006-10-13 09:44:25 · answer #7 · answered by P.G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as long as you know the person on the other end of the relationship, for instance, a friend that moved to another city or something like that.
2006-10-13 09:40:51 · answer #8 · answered by Martha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If i do no longer then maybe I shouldn't answer the question. If I do then the respond is for specific. it quite is between the few varieties of relationship the place you may locate your private fantasies with yet somebody else without being accountable of adultery or fornication..or perhaps emotions of guilt. it quite is the reason i like speaking to you.
2016-10-19 08:30:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relationship?No. You can exchange opinions, wievs, ideas, news, chat with sb, but that is not a real relation.
But I believe that if people who met in the net then meet for real and fall into each other - that is possible! And happens quite often. But, as I said, net is not enough...
2006-10-13 09:40:21 · answer #10 · answered by Lady G. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋