Relationships... online?

[Flamezdudes]

Have you either met someone online, for example over facebook/msn and ever got in a relationship with then? If so, how did it turn out and what is everyone's opinion on them and even relationship sites. Just wondering on the general opinion of these things.

 

[Duskwaith]

Currently in the middle of one.

Its extreme circumstances but we have met up and stuff because of what happened.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

I think it's a terrible thing to do, but that comes from personal experience.

 

[Insanum]

Never met anyone other than a friend online. I dont see "online only" relationships as proper relationships. For it to be a relationship there has to be actual physical attraction, and its far too easy to obtain a different identity online.

EDIT:

After a debate with Silent Lycoris, I'll copy and paste my expand on my above comments:

"If there is no Physical contact between the two parties, it isnt a "Relationship", It's a friendship with the illusion of intimacy" [/I]

 

[Susan Arendt]

Met him in person first, developed the relationship online, married him. So, it went pretty well, I think.

 

[Dags90]

I've formed relationships with people I've met online, though I've never started a relationship online.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

I know someone who did and they have been going out for around two and half years now I think and they are still going strong.

 

[Dragonforce525]

Bad idea, who they are online and who they are in real life are two different things, online you're never talking with the actual person, just who they'd like to be.

 

[Spinozaad]

Met my girlfriend online. But she (used to) live nearby before I went off to college. September she'll be off to a different college, so the relationship might become more 'digital'.

Although I doubt that will happen, because I don't believe in 'distance and digital' relationships.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I've never been in a relationship with somebody I didn't meet in person, but I was in a relationship with somebody who I had met at an acting convention who lived a good 180 miles away, carried out through texting, phone calls and online conversation. That's not exactly the same, but similar.

 

[Girl With One Eye]

I met my ex girlfriend online, but we only saw each other in person after that and didn't keep the relationship online. It was normal just like any other relationship to me.

 

[Spygon]

i have been in a relationship with a girl for six months i have only met once we talk a crazy amount every day and we love each other to bits.Its hard due to her being in another country but i have never met anybody like her as we so much in common.

 

[teisjm]

Never, I've never met people on facebook or other sites who i didn't know from RL.
I've never used dating sites.
And all my relationships have been with girls i met IRL, then we've texed and talked over the internet afterwards along with seeing each other IRL.

Ofc you could extend relationship beyond romantic/sexual, and use it more generally so it included peopel i've never met but played online games with, then yes a few.

 

[Colour Scientist]

I got talking to a guy who lives about an hour away at a gig, we traded msns but didn't talk on that for about a year. After six months of talking online daily we met up and were together for a year and a half. A genuine, in person relationship, not an online one btw. I don't think we ever chatted online after that

I don't count it as a real relationship if there is a slim chance of two people ever meeting regularly. If you have someone to confide in online that's great but it can never be a functioning, real-life, romantic relationship.

 

[Azure Sky]

Never met anyone other than a friend online. I dont see "online only" relationships as proper relationships. For it to be a relationship there has to be actual physical attraction, and its far too easy to obtain a different identity online.

There is an increasing amount of people that find an attractive personality to be more important then Physical, so the above is a little old.

As for my input.
Have I been in one before? Yes.
Did it go very far? No, not really.
Do I regret it? If I had my time over again I would have done the same thing, so no I don't. =3

 

[Marter]

I never have, but I wouldn't have any objection to doing so.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

I have had a few, but it's only because I am socially awkward in Real life...

 

[Spygon]

I don't count it as a real relationship if there is a slim chance of two people ever meeting regularly. If you have someone to confide in online that's great but it can never be a functioning, real-life, romantic relationship.

I would have said the same last year but this year since i met this girl i have had one of the most happy love filled intense relationships of my life.

 

[dragontiers]

I don't know if it is what you are looking for, but I met my wife on Yahoo! Personals. We met about 7 years ago, and have been happily married for the past 2 years. Of course it helped that after we met on-line, we found out we had mutual friends, thus making it easier and less risky for us to meet in person.

I think meeting people on the internet is like meeting people in life. Some you will like, some you will hate, and the potential is there for a relationship to develop. But always be safe. Take time to get to know them on-line before meeting in person, and if you do meet in person, do so in a public place like a park or restaurant. Again, take the time to get to know them in a public setting before going anywhere private. And always let someone know where you will be. Follow your head and it can be a safe and fun experience. /PSA