Long Distance Relationships via The Web
By Kitsuneyasha
@Kitsuneyasha (12)
United States
4 responses
@Akueen (1)
• United States
20 Jan 07
I think its just like a regular relation ship, you deal with the same kind of things... I think Online is actually alot harder and can be more painfull from what ive expirienced. Thats why I know longer do them... I stick with the uhh Non-Online ones. _
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@mzbubblie (3839)
• United States
18 Jan 07
I don't judge anyone, to each his or her own if they choose to do that. I love affection and I love to be able to go out with them. Now a days with things going on, perverts, crazy people, and a past that you probably never know if you just talk via the web. Can you really love on the pc, or is it a imagnary love you wish would happen. I don't know either way I couldn't do it and I commend someone who could...
@zavebe (122)
• United States
7 Feb 07
Im 20 now, and when I was about 15 I met my fiance online in some chatroom. We've dated pretty solid since there (one big break up, because I started college and wanted freedom. it didnt work though, i wanted him back ;) )
I think people who think so poorly of online relationships aren't very educated. And those who DO become victim of online scams and whatnot aren't very bright. I mean, if you run into a chatroom going "Sum1 b my bf" chances are that wont work out in the long run. But if you run across someone in a place you regularly visit (Forums, certain chatrooms, online games, that sort of thing) it's almost the same as if you met them at school or at your favorite hangout. And in real life, if you hop on over to the bar and flirt with the first person you see, chances are that may end up bad.
Some people just don't understand the community that can develop online. And with that community, close interpersonal relationships can develop. And they can be very difficult, because when you log off for the night, you're forced to sleep alone. Or, if you're too young for that, you have to go to school and miss out on a lot of social things you may of enjoyed otherwise. (Because a lot of people who do internet relationships tend to be more loyal, I think.)
Anyways, I'm getting married soon to a guy I met online when I was 15. We didn't meet in person until I was 17ish. And now he's in the Marines, coming home from Iraq in a matter of days, actually. ^.^
So if you're in one, and you worry, try not to. Those worries make more complications than it's worth. It can certainly work.