Romantic Relationship with Someone You Met on the Internet???

• Romantic Relationship with Someone You Met on the Internet??? probe1957 Posted : 11/16/2006 3:05:00 PM In the long marriage thread, a couple of people made reference to either being in a relationship or having been in a relationship with someone they met on the internet.  I wonder, how common is that?  Have you ever gotten romantically involved with someone you met on the net?  How did it work out?  Any surprises like, did they misrepresent themselves?  Would you recommend the internet as a source for someone looking for dating/romantic material?  Anything about it you want to share with the class will be fine. LIKE 46 REPLIES 635 VIEWS LAST POST FUZZY_DOGS_MOM Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• SaraD Posted : 11/16/2006 4:23:09 PM My husband and I met on the Internet in August of 1995. We got married December 3, 1997. We have been married almost 9 years and have 4 boys, 3 cats and 2 dogs. As for whether I would recommend the Internet as a way to meet someone, I have mixed feelings on that one. For us, it worked but it also was when the Internet was just beginning. Now the Internet is more easy to come by and can be a more dangerous place than it once was. I think it would depend on the situation. --Sara 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• probe1957 Posted : 11/16/2006 4:28:59 PM Do you tell people you met on the internet, Sara? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• cyclefiend2000 Posted : 11/16/2006 4:34:07 PM my wife and i met on the internet. been married since 4/20/02. yes we do tell people. [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 11/16/2006 4:36:11 PM My husband and I chatted online in Yahoo!'s first such rooms. We met F2F for the first time in March of 1998...I flew in to Texas from California.   We'd said I love you prior to that over the phone and online of course. We chatted a bit short of a year but at first we were in a group of friends and were "just buds". I even went on a date with another one of our group...lol. He's the one that said "DUH...you guys like each other...so do something about it"..bless him! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 11/16/2006 4:41:00 PM Oh and I went on a couple of dates with guys I met online as well...one of which turned into a most enjoyable and brief fling with a simply adorable Irishman...that was my last piece of strange...lol.   Yeah, DH knows about it...lol. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• probe1957 Posted : 11/16/2006 4:41:16 PM ORIGINAL: cyclefiend2000 yes we do tell people. []   Well, ignoring for a minute what we idoggers think of you Brad, do people think you're weird when you tell them?  [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• SaraD Posted : 11/16/2006 4:44:46 PM ORIGINAL: probe1957 Do you tell people you met on the internet, Sara? Yes, I tell people that we met on the Internet. What I do not always tell is exactly how we met in person. --Sara 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• probe1957 Posted : 11/16/2006 4:44:52 PM So, what happened with the charming Irishman, Gina? And do you and DH tell people you met on the net? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• probe1957 Posted : 11/16/2006 4:46:32 PM ORIGINAL: SaraD  What I do not always tell is exactly how we met in person.   Why?  Were you naked and drunk at the time?  [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• cyclefiend2000 Posted : 11/16/2006 4:55:24 PM ORIGINAL: probe1957 Well, ignoring for a minute what we idoggers think of you Brad, do people think you're weird when you tell them?  [] some do. i think it is becoming more common though. truthfully, i thought it was weird at first too. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 11/16/2006 5:02:20 PM Oh it was all about sex Billy. He had an accent and a handsome face, and I love Guinness...what else does a person need? A few booty calls to him while he was in town and when he left town for Ireland we emailed a few times and that was that. I got just what I wanted out of him and no more. []   As to your other ?   Yes we tell folks we met online. It's hardly a surprise to anyone anymore...but they DO assume we met thru eHarmony.com or somesuch. We have to correct them and tell them NO...we did it the old fashioned way...we went out and chatted to a roomful of strangers and found one another [].   My family aside from my Mom thought I was nuts and so did his family...lol. Those were funny times... 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• probe1957 Posted : 11/16/2006 5:28:09 PM ORIGINAL: cyclefiend2000 some do. i think it is becoming more common though. truthfully, i thought it was weird at first too.   My wife and I met on the internet.  We are still too weirded out by it to tell people.  We say we met at a dance class, which is a big stretch of a white lie.  I guess, at some level, our thinking is, what kind of loser do you have to be to turn to the internet to meet someone?  [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• probe1957 Posted : 11/16/2006 5:32:30 PM ORIGINAL: rwbeagles Oh it was all about sex Billy.   There is a word for girls like that.  What is it?  Hmmmmm?  [][] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Mark Posted : 11/16/2006 5:33:29 PM ORIGINAL: probe1957  what kind of loser do you have to be to turn to the internet to meet someone?  [] Well.i met you herre billy,i dont know who the bigger loser is yet..lol 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login