How do you fall in love with an avatar and the idea of a person? How do you fall in love on Y/A? I am not trying to be judgmental. I have seen this several times in the little bit of time I have been here. I just want to know....
2007-06-18 09:07:54 · 32 answers · asked by Owl Eye 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Let's see... this is a good question, but I have a couple points to consider before I go on with my answer: In real life do we not sometimes fall for looks and the *idea* of a person? Sometimes people are in love with what they WANT a person to be, not with the person as they are. That is falling for an idea as well (definitely NOT limited to this medium).
To a certain extent I think we always fall in love with the idea of a person.
Effective communication is not limited to an oral medium - some people communicate beautifully on paper (even be it electronic paper!) Perhaps this form of communication necessitates people to communicate more deeply than we often do in real life.
*grin* Keep in mind that the communication may be deeper... but I also think that there are more places to hide on here than in real life. A lot of people misrepresent themselves. That happens in real life as well (let's be realistic) but the means of finding the untruth are very different.
And just for the record... I have not experienced this. Just a guess!
2007-06-18 11:53:58 · answer #1 · answered by Mikisew 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is possible. Absolutely possible! Because I have seen it happen and result in stable and loving marriages. This has happened to 3 people I know, and they are all still married. One of the couples has 2 children, and they've been married for 7 years now. And you know what? They knew each other online only for 6 weeks before he proposed to her. Sounds crazy? Well, it happens. That just shows that it IS possible to fall in love online without seeing each other's picture. Love is not an attraction to the person's physical appearance. Love is an attraction and devotion to a person's character.
2016-05-18 23:13:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it any different than people using online dating? I have friends that do online dating and "fall in love" with someone they've been exchanging e-mails with before they ever meet them.
I think it's just an excuse to jump right into the sack.
Personally, I think falling hard for someone before you've met them just might ensure a more sound relationship.
Too many people meet, have great sex and think that makes them the perfect couple. People don't think long term. Stress, illness, or something else comes along and sex goes right out the window.
End of relationship.
If you're good at talking nothing can stop you.
2007-06-18 10:10:54 · answer #3 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how can someone fall in love with a movie-star or a rock-star... someone they've never seen or spoken to in real life? and that may even be all a physical lust... and shallow!
if you have to ask, then you are not enlightened. people fall in love by getting to know each other and they do that through communicating whether that be emails, IM, phone... and they can exchange photos and the technology is there for webcams... and people can develop lasting relationships and then make plans to spend their lives together... how hard is that to comprehend? i've been dating a woman from the UK that i met here... and i have seen and spoken to her in real life; she flew to the states and we spent some time together. we've been together for about... four months. is it unrealistic? not at all. not to us. and not to the many others that get involved with people in this manner. it's only distance.
2007-06-18 09:21:22 · answer #4 · answered by James 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When people fall in love online with no personal contact they're probably just shaping indications of the other person into what they want them to be, then falling in love with that image. Sorry, but if you love someone you have only seen the typing of, you're setting yourself up for disappointment if you ever meet them in person. (Not to say that can't work out, but you don't love for real until you love in person.) Good luck.
2007-06-18 09:11:52 · answer #5 · answered by David W 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Through text, you can see the inside of a person rather than being stuck on the outside. If love is reliant on outward appearance then it's not love, it's lust and it won't last. When you speak to somone without physical lust, then you can get to know her/him better and on a deeper level. That's how you can fall in love online.
2007-06-18 09:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by Cinnibuns 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, i dont know about that, but I do believe you can fall in love with someone over the internet. I know because I have done it and am now involved with a wonderful man. I guess it just depends on the person.
2007-06-18 09:11:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is only so far you can go with someone without having met them.... I can't love someone whos eyes I have never been able to look into... so much can change when you meet someone in person.. we have all seen the threads on that...
2007-06-18 09:11:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not real love, it's just some weird obsession with a person's own ideas of who or what someone else is. They're just in love with that idea, not the actual person.
2007-06-18 09:11:14 · answer #9 · answered by funnygrrl19 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think you can truly fall in love...but that doesn't mean you can't be friends with someone and have a lot of fun talking to them! I do know you can have amazing chemistry with someone without ever meeting them in person...so who knows?! ;o)
2007-06-18 09:12:59 · answer #10 · answered by F-1 says KISS IT! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋