Happy endings? (No...not THAT kind)

[pasha79]

I've been lurking around the board for some time and there seem to be a lot of people here who are in relationships together (and friendships as well). The reason for my post is I've met a man on another website (a vanilla dating site) and we've been emailing/IM'ing/talking on the phone for a couple of months. We've gotten to a point where we talk about EVERYTHING. No topic has been off limits. He even knows about my fantasies of BDSM. We talked one night and it came out he has Dominant fantasies. We were both happy (and relieved) that on even this we "fit" together.

The thing is I've never felt this close to anyone I've ever been with (not even the man I was engaged to for a year). He lives across the country and we're trying to arrange to meet.

The problem is I've read all the horror stories that have happened after people meet. I've glutted myself on ALL the threads/stories of those who've met liars, cheats, thieves and losers when they expected a dreamboat. It's actually made me super paranoid about meeting him at all and thus bursting the bubble. But I have so many hard luck tales dancing in my head it's making me nuts. Now I think my perspective is totally out of whack. Sure I know to be cautious and careful but now is all I can think of is what I've read about when it all goes wrong. I want a well rounded opinion of what to hope for.

What I am asking is this:
Has an "online" beginning turned out well for anyone here? Have you met someone on the web and when you met they were all you hoped they'd be and more? Are there any "happy endings"?

If you have a story, I'd love to hear/read it. I don't want to let the fear of being a heart break statistic ruin the possibility of what might be the best thing that ever happened to me.

Thanks so much for reading and shedding any light on the positive side of things.

 

[catalina_francisco]

LOL, stick around here and you will hear about many a positive outcome. I will let others post their own success stories, but ours crossed the globe and after 4 months of talking online we finally met when he visited me in my country and we married 2 weeks later as soon as the law would allow, and I moved 16,000km to Europe to live soon after. We are coming up to our 3rd anniversary and couldn't be happier we made this choice....it just keeps getting better. Main thing is you keep your eyes open, look at things realistically, and listen to your heart....there is just as much chance of meeting a loser at the local bar, but people in general don't think that way because it is more traditional while internet is newer.

Catalina

 

[h_i_s]

Has an "online" beginning turned out well for anyone here?
Yes. On June 25, 2004 just hours after placing a personal ad i found the profile of a Man which looked quite promising.
Have you met someone on the web and when you met they were all you hoped they'd be and more? Yes, i did. June 26, 2004 (the very next day) i drove the 50 miles from my home to His to meet Him in person. He was everything that His profile claimed & a WHOLE LOT MORE.

Are there any "happy endings"?Yes, again. Less than a year after accepting His collar in exchange for my submission to Him, we married on April 25, 2005. There is no end to the happiness we share as Master and slave/Husband & wife ... we are currently living our "Happily Ever After".

 

[pasha79]

Thank you both for such fast replies. It helps.
The happy stories help me balance the scales.

 

[graceanne]

Their's this couple in my church, Clint and Kate, who met online. She lived on the east coast. They've been married for 7 years now, have two children, and as far as I can tell are still going strong.

 

[Bandit58]

I met Master Gil here at Lit in Sept 2002, started out as friends and about a year later became much more. I had absolutely no experience with BDSM but it had always been a fantasy of mine to be controlled. Kink wasn't even mentioned until we started getting closer and He told me all about it and encouraged me to ask any questions I wanted.

We met in r/l in November 2003. He lives in Sydney Australia and I come from a small farming community in New Zealand.......and we clicked so well together it's like we were made for each other. He has chronic health problems and I spent 3 weeks with Him learning all about what His life entails. In fact we'd only been together 3 days when we decided that I would move to Australia.

When I went back to NZ I sold up/packed and moved here to Him in January 2004. It's worked out wonderfully. I've never felt so loved and free to be what I am and to grow and learn. Sure we've had our down times mainly because of His health but we have managed to work through those and our love is strong and secure