Internet relationships

[Patricia]

As I told everyone when I introduced myself in the meeting forum my husband (of over2yrs) and I actually met online, just in a normal old chatroom, not on a dating site or romance room or anything. As I said in that posting he is from England and we are currently going through the end stages of the immigration nightmare. I would love to hear from others who have or are going through a similar thing. I would also happily give advice with regards to what we have learnt along the way. Have a great day everyone...:D

Patricia

[Clearbrite]

I also meet my husband Chris online in '98,from RSVP.We got married in 2000,and our daughter will be 2 tomorrow!
Luckily he is Australian,im not sure i could have coped with a long distance relationship!*L*But good luck with immigration though,im sure you'll both be so relieved when it's all over!!
Lucky that we meet too,because that very day that i had an email from him,i was just about to close my account with RSVP as i had only really been on there to use the chatroom!
Luck?Fate?I dont know..and not questioning it. It was so great to be able to know him(and him me)from the 'inside' first before having to worry about the physical.
Were were 'together'from that very first email..just knew we had a connection i guess.
This October will be our 5th year wedding anniversary,and life couldn't be better :)

[Naomi]

Some evenings, DH and I will sit in the lounge room each surfing the net on our respective wireless lap tops. Does this count as an internet relationship? LMAO

[Naomi]

I think the internet really just provides another source for people to meet other people (whether that be relationships or even friendships).

I didn't meet my partner online, but I have met a number of people in forums and then met up IRL - I think it's great because without the internet I wouldn't have this extra circle of friends and acquaintances. I'm not a naturally outgoing person and this way I got to know people a bit before actually meeting them, which I found took the pressure off a bit, if that makes sense? I don't know if it's the same for a relationship?

[Leigh]

The internet is a great way to meet people. Wether it be a partner, or just great friends. People used to think I was weird when you said you were going to meet someone you had met online. They thought they must all be freaks and weirdo (one did turn out to be) They just don't know what they are missing.

I used to use ICQ to talk to anyone, but I seemed to only get the guys wanted to show me "pictures" :faint: Not that I was looking for anything.

I think it would be a great way to meet someone special. Can concentrate on getting to know each other, without all the other stuff getting in the way.

[Jewly]

Over the years I have met a lot of people off the net, both male and female and as long as you are careful, I don't think there is anything wrong with meeting people off the net.

I had a very close male friend in Amsterdam for over 1.5 years, a few years back, and he finally told me that he had feelings for me. As I had feelings for him too, we decided to internet 'date' and we were together for another 1.5 yrs.

Even though he was over there, and I was over here, we were a very big part of each other's lives and we knew so much about one another. We finally met in person over here, and it was wonderful and there were no surprises. I also travelled over there as well and spent a month in Amsterdam with him and I was considering moving over there, but in the end I decided not to for a lot of different reasons but it certainly would have been a great experience had I gone.

[Lil_Ems]

Yeah I have looked for people to chat with and make friends on the net but they all want something other than friendship. I have no female friends so thats why i joined this to see if o could find a friend to become really close too.. Its been over i year since i had a face to face convo with a female friend... I miss having friends but i guess you get that when u leave school.

[Patricia]

This is a great place to find a friend Em, if you ever need to talk just drop me a line. I love a chat and even though I am an old woman (39) I would love to be another of your "online" friends.

Keep smiling :)


Patricia

[MissieK]

LMAO DH & I also chat on MSN, often when we're in the same room!!!

I have made some wonderful friends online :) Mostly through forums like this one.

Melissa

[Monty]

Em, don't worry you have lots of friends online here - of all ages, which I think is the greatest thing. When I was in my last year of h/s in 99 our little group promised we would stay in touch.. Well my best friend ran off after a year never to be heard from again, about 4 of us kept up seeing each other and then slowly drifted apart. So now one of our friends that is getting married is having one of us as her bridesmaide, and the rest of us... I don't even think we've been invited to the wedding... Well too bad for them, if they can't be bothered that's their loss.. You will always find a friend here online ;)