Internet relationship poll

[Vivacia]

I think it depends on the people involved.

My relationship is a net relationship. It was very fast (not as fast as your cousin though.)

Personally I think that net relationships follow the same sort of pattern as R/L ones - you meet, become friends and then fall in love as you get to know them... at least that is how it was for me.

 

[leelee29]

Well....I'm on the other side of the coin. My dh cheated on me through the net. He met a woman in a chatroom. They hit it off. She began calling the house while I was at work. They sent each other letters often....and all the while I had no clue. That is untill he left a letter out that had meant to go into the trash. He may have not cheated physically, but he cheated with his heart. And deep down I know that if she hadn't been in a different country....he would have left me for her. Of course, then they would have to deal with her husband as well. I was very, very hurt. At the time...we had been married 7 years. Fortunatly(or unfortunatly...depending on how you look at it) , he decided to stay with me, and broke off all contact with her. With that being said....******* relationships are fine as long as the two aren't attached to anyone. But people can and do get hurt over internet relationships, and it hurts just as bad as it does IRL. Sorry to ramble...I'm not very good at putting my thought down on paper...so to speak.

 

[Angel]

You are so right. It is easier to be bold, brazen and untruthful on the net.

I think it is also easier to be bold, honest and the real YOU more so online than in real life in many situations.

When I met BK online a long time ago I was determined not to get into a 'stupid internet relationship'. I pushed him away and got into a relationship with someone I met IRL that was HORRIBLE, mostly because I only got in it to prove to myself that RL was better than online bullshit. Over a year later I gave in and we were together.

Although it didn't last, for many reasons I'm forever grateful for having given in and gone through with it. He's a great person, and I know that all relationships don't have the guarantee that they will last forever, but the time I did have with him was more than worth it.

I was pissed off for awhile, but shit happens no matter where you meet your significant other.

If it works, it works.

Love is Love was my answer. If you love somebody, you know it and thats all you really need to know to move forward - regardless of how you meet. I don't think I could personally marry someone within a day of meeting them but I think you have to follow your heart.

Just listen to your brain when you do it.

 

[Calamity Jane]

I don't think there's ever a guarantee that anyone you meet is going to be the right person for you.

My great-aunt met a man on a train in California when she was 20 years old. 11 hours later, they got married. Until the day he died (60 some years later), they were the happiest people I knew.

 

[lobito]

I think some of you freakin' Canucks are crazy!

Relationships however the two people meet, can go right or wrong in "real life" or from over the net. It's impossible for someone who has never found that someone over the net, to say whether it's a good thing or not.