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My friend Beth from college married her net sweetheart... a guy from Finland, named Olli.
They talked for a year online...then phone...and for the second year he came over once or twice. Then for the third year she went over there. She went to go live in Finland for awhile after her graduation... and the next year they moved back to Michigan and got married (I was in their wedding party *yay!*).
BUT... after two years Olli started to have an online affair with another girl from California. They got divorced a couple years ago now.. ah well...
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Yes, there together now, and i'm proud to say, that started to show while they were ignoring the rest of us at my post prom party. It was so cute, they maintained for almost a month that they didn't have an interest in eachother...
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I just (today) met someone that I first met online, if that makes any sense. She's smart and pretty. I hope it works out; she did seem interested. Posts: 10645 | Registered: Jul 2004
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There have been four failed Hatrack relationships that I can think of off-hand. In most cases, one of the people involved seems to stop regularly posting to the board; I don't know if there's some conscious "who gets custody of Hatrack" decision made or not.
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Icky , you're the second person I talked to who claims credit for that. You guys need to share or something.
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quote: I tend to be rather touchy feelly in relationships (just ask raia, who once slapped me for kissing her on top of the head in the school cafeteria), so this whole not physically being near is driving me up a wall.
Yes, he does tend to be rather touchy-feely, I have noticed that as well... he also tends to not listen when you tell him you're uncomfortable with that in public.
*slaps Stryker again*
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quote: It was so cute, they maintained for almost a month that they didn't have an interest in eachother...
We did NOT! We started going out less than a WEEK after prom!
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Actually, though I would normally laugh at Internet relationships, I've fallen rather madly for a woman I met over it. As in, long-term. I'm going to Ohio to be with her sometime in the next three months, but it started over this -- and as a result, I'm having trouble with the mockery I'd usually have for long-distance online relationships.
I will say, though, all those in this situation should thank god for webcams and Skype. It's an amazing age we live in.
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BlackFox and I met through Hatrack a little under three years ago. We were very close friends for a good six months or so at first but, as of next month, we'll have been together as a couple for two years.
So, yes, online relationships can work, and often wonderfully when they do. I think a large part of that is because the distance forces you to emphasize communication early on, and a mutual emphasis of trust and honesty and character comes with that. Online relationships, like any other relationship, can also fail, and perhaps they do so more frequently because of the extra difficulties they come with but...
::grins:: It's far more than worth it.
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I don't think I'd like it much if she was a regular here at Hatrack. Not that I'd be embarrased for her to see my posts here (or any other online activity, for that matter). And I wouldn't mind reading what she has to say. It's just...I don't know. It would be like two different relationships.
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I love it when Cor posts here (we met IRL, though). I wish she posted more often, but Hatrack would cut into her SIMs time, and we can't have that, of course.
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Kama, Leo doesn't seem to be contradicting my claim.
(Who else is taking credit? Frisco or John? I will share credit with John, if he's claiming it. )
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