Q: to Luigi re online relationships working

Submitted by Nora Wimberley (United States), Dec 16, 2008 at 22:44

"So what kind of things make you believe that any online relationship could work? "

WELL IT FORCES YOU TO COMMUNICATE, WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE HERE.

Meeting in real life, getting to know one another in real life, making a commitment based on the person you know in real life...

MEETING THEM DOES HELP, SINCE YOU DO NOT TRULEY KNOW THE PERSON TILL YOU DO.

I have been in an "online relationship" with a guy in the UK...it was nothing serious, but we both felt very much in love. But we were also very aware that WE DID NOT REALLY KNOW EACH OTHER. And, due to extenuating circumstances, we decided to stop having contact with each other. He is a kind, sweet man. But, we didn't really have a relationship that meant anything. A relationship is about actions not words

ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS TAKE CREATIVITY TOO. wHEN I FIND WE ARE TALKINGABOUT THE SAME THING EVERY DAY, SOMETIMES WE PLAY ONLINE GAMES AGAINST EACH OTHER, OR ONE TIME WE USED SATELLITES TO FIND EACH OTHERS HOUSES. Keeping it fresh is the challenge. I am sorry things did not work out for you. I know a lady that before marrying her moroccan husband, dated a man from the UK too, he came and she realized it was not going to work. But things were very different with her Moroccan.

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