do online relationships really work? would you ever meet up with the person?

Answer 1

A friend of mine met her fiance on a web site that they both frequently visited. That was about 2 years ago and now he has moved to our state and they are starting a life together. I think that they are a really good couple but as someone mentioned earlier BE SAFE! The first time she went to meet him she had her father go with her to meet him at the airport even though she is an adult. You can never be to cautious!

Answer 2

If you never met the person, I wouldnt consider that a relationship, maybe sort of a friendship.
It has happened with people meeting online and talking for a long time and then meeting in person and still getting along that way. Of course there are those stories where it doesnt work out. But I think that if you are safe about it and meet in a public place every time till you are comfortable its ok.
I have met a few guys offline before some were bad and some were good. You just have to see or feel waht would be good for you.

Answer 3

I think an online relationship can work because you get to know each other from the inside out. I'm would love to meet some of the people I've been chatting with online. I've made some really great friendships and even some have gone a little bit farther.

Answer 4

For me no. Meeting on line is ok, but do not take long before meeting face to face. I met over 15 or so men online and after meeting them no matter how well things sounded nothing worked. With the exception of one... we started talking on line friday night, talked on the phone saturday night, met sunday and married 8 months later. We learned more on that saturday night call than on line... what attracted me was he worked in the same industry I do. But it was never long distance and it was only about 2 days before we met from first contact. Always be cautious on long distance online relationships because of the untrue ones out there.

Answer 5

Yes, they can work if you meet the right person in a safe environment. You have to weed out a lot of frogs before you find your prince. I met my current bf of over 11 months on-line. He is very special to me and I wouldn't had an opportunity to meet him any other way. The Internet just expands your circle of choices.

Answer 6

Yes they do trust me that is how i meet my bf and we have been going out for over 5 months and when I met him in person I knew it was love at first sight. So yes they do work. Just be careful because the guy you are talking to could be a predator or pervert.

Answer 7

No...very few online relationships ever work...and they're very dangerous. When you do meet the person, they're usually not at all who you think they are.

Answer 8

I met my husband online 10 years ago. We met after talking at length for 10 months. He moved 2000 miles to live with me. It can work.

Answer 9

Yes they do and probably more often than you would think. Let's face it, people can lie to your face just as easily as they can on-line. I can't begin to tell you all the freaks, losers and crazies my friends and I have met and/or encountered in bars, work places, and a variety of other social events. With on-line dating you have the luxury of weeding out individuals that you absolutely have no interest in BEFORE you communicate with them.

Answer 10

I've got one going right now. What I like to do is see them add me on myspace, if you meet on some other site, just have them add you on myspace and make sure the people that are on their page live in their same town and are their age, that way you know they're real. Just try to be safe about it!