Is it possible that you can get emotionally attached to a person despite of having no physical social contact?

Question

And worse you don't even know the real identity of that person (we're talking about chatlines, blog sites etc). I think I may have lost my marbles. I would like to think so, but i know I got a good grip of my self and mind.

Answer 1

I think that falling in-love with someone via chatroom, blogs, etc... in which case you don't really know that person is actually the most truest form of love. Just hear me out: love is about personality, right? What's on the inside. But many times we fall in love with someone because of their face or body... sometimes we don't even realize their personality sucks or we have nothing in common with them simply because we are so in-love with their genes. When you fall for someone online you are falling for their brain, personality, etc... and not so much because of their physical look (something that is truly only skin deep).

Answer 2

Definetly, after having been separated from my ex several months, I met a guy at the airport whom I had talked to only 30 minutes...we really liked each other, exchanged e-mails, and then, never having seen him again, became really attached to each other for about 6 months, e-mailing, talking on the phone sometimes (he lived in Europe). He became my emotional support, and I did not stop until I 'physically' met someone, fell in love, and decided to stop the on-line 'relationship'...I guess, not having physicilly met a person at all could be just as possible!!!

Answer 3

YYYYYYYYYYYep.

You know, I met a girl online who I found I had so much in common with, it's maddening. Really, we like the same things, we even look a bit alike, we think alike and apparently talk alike. Some of my friends suspect that SHE is really ME but under a different name. I mean, they say you have a twin somewhere and apparently I do.

me and her talk about everything and have become quite close and eventually want to meet. It's like I've found a best friend.

And here I thought I was crazy. If I am, then I guess you are too.

Answer 4

Yes, it is possible but it is not a good idea. In blogs and chats, the truth is deliberately manipulated. Ir order to love (get emotionally attached to someone) you have to know her/him in real life: people is what they do, words are carried away with the wind.

And you don't really realize what kind of person is your significant other until you live with her/him.

Answer 5

For a romantic relationship? No.
You are in love with your idea of who they are. The depth and dimension of what makes a personality is too complex to share online, although it sometimes feels as if you have all the information.
If the connection feels good, you may have found the right person, but maintain some reserve until after you meet them and see how they deal with tipping, bossy folks and broken machinery!
I have met several people online and fell in love with one. It took me about 6 months to realize that my fantasy of who he was is what I fell for. He wasn't nearly the prize he and I thought he was!

Answer 6

Yes. I have a few friends that I know only online, and I look forward to messages from them.

I have a very good friend who moved to Seattle from Greece, and we've been email pen-pals for almost a decade. I hope to go to Seattle soon to meet him.

Answer 7

i think it is possible. one of the fireman that was lost 9/11 was on a reality show and though we had never met him some of the things he said while on the show made such an impact that we felt the loss as if we had really known him.

Answer 8

yes its possible...i've been talking to the same group of women for about 5 years now and they are all close friends. you can tell them things you can't tell other ppl because you know they aren't judging you. i did meet one of them in person two years ago, and it was a great experience!

Answer 9

Yes!