Love is not a Game!!!!

[rubah]

I met with my e-girlfriend just this weekend to go to prom together, and we're planning on having her come here this summer for two weeks. I don't see the problem.

http://snowy-day.net/pictures/pr0m/hsubah.jpg

[Markus. D]

one of my longest friend met a girl online and they started dating.

and they still are, thing is though, they live in the same neighborhood.

[Peegee]

I agree.

Personally I think > 200 km is too much. In fact I have problems thinking of 150 km apart.

The closer the better. Of course this automatically limits the women/men you choose/limit yourself access to.

But dating somebody on the other side of the continent seems a tad bizarre imo. That's def insane ;p

[Moon Rabbits]

Hsu, you look alot like my friend Jeremy...and it's actually creepy how alike you look in that picture that rubah posted...

anyway On topic.

It is a little bit of wishful thinking that anything over say two or three towns away could work in the long run, and in another country is definitely a dream that probably won't ever be realized.

The whole online dating scene isn't my thing personally because I have no problem asking girls out (once I get to know them...I'm not usually one to ask girls I've only met a few days before like 3/4 of my school does).

However, I had an experience where I met someone through the internet, but it was a bit different. Why? Because I knew one person in real life, they introduced me to someone over the internet that they knew in real life, we talked, then met, a few months later we dated for a bit, then we went our seperate ways. We did live in the same town, and we met through a mutual friend...so I guess it is totally different from the situation that is being discussed e.e"

[Roto13]

There are plenty of people in the real world who are worth getting to know. I've met people online for dates, but I was never in a relationship with anyone I didn't see on a regular basis. And the dates always took place in the real world.

[Madame Adequate]

There are plenty of people in the real world who are worth getting to know. I've met people online for dates, but I was never in a relationship with anyone I didn't see on a regular basis. And the dates always took place in the real world.

I don't get it.

Are you not real?

Am I not real?

Is there any fundamental difference in who we are because we interact through keyboards, monitors, and phone lines, rather than through face-to-face interaction?

If I stick my head out the window, how I am suddenly in 'the real world'? How is that any more valid than saying something online?

I'm not going to deny, internet relationships are a hard thing to maintain, and most don't work out. That doesn't make them invalid, anymore than the fact that a lot of 'real life' relationships don't work out makes them invalid.

Edit: I was in a long-distance (As in transcontinental) relationship for over two years, and most of those were happy times.

[Moon Rabbits]

I'm not saying it's impossible, and I'm not saying those on the internet are less 'real'.

If you meet someone on the internet/through the internet, and you like eachother, try and make it work..

I'm just sayin' its not my cuppa tea.

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

Love may not be a game, but Life sure is. A cereal too.

[nik0tine]

I like that you like to argue niko!

What about webcam?
If people know for sure who they are, isn't it okay?

Not really. There is something about being in physical contact with someone that seperates the two. An online relationship is fine so long as people actually visit each other in person on at least a semi regular basis. (and have plan to make the whole distance thing a non issue in the future.)

[Dignified Pauper]

i think Blue has a great point. I agree with almost all of it, though people who meet online and meet in person later and fall in love once they meet are fine in my book.

[Quina]

I love you Blue.

[nik0tine]

i think Blue has a great point. I agree with almost all of it, though people who meet online and meet in person later and fall in love once they meet are fine in my book.

[Yuffie514]

love works in its own ways, and it can't be constituted by any means such as age, height, or race, et-cetera, et-cetera, but itself.

they could find other means to communicate such as live webcam, telephone and it can all be possible if they are willing to meet up soon.

[black orb]

>>> Personally I dont like to chat with people and stuff but I dont see a problem with online relationships..

Who cares anyways, people should mind their own damn business..

[Yuna-Lenne]

I used to disagree with Blue's idea but now, I think I can see a lot of sense in it. There are those who never intend to meet the person, who don't even want to wait a couple of years but go on trying to make the other think that maybe they can (at least till they start liking someone else).
Internet relationships can hurt a person a lot more than one may think, especially when, straight after breaking up, the guy starts to fancy the girls friend and then she gets hurt, says something which hurts him, though she never meant to hurt him, and he decides to cut her out of his life forever.