To Nora re online relationships

Submitted by KarenG (United States), Dec 21, 2008 at 17:57

Nora,

I'm not sure why you are yelling at me. My UK friend and I have financial and life restrictions in getting together in real life. He would have to drop everything he has built, his career and his home, to come to me and start a new life and he's not prepared to do that. I can't go there because I have kids. We are highly compatible but timing is bad. We have the same sense of humor, always something new to discuss, heck, we discussed and shared everything--we didn't resort to online games to keep a relationship going.....

You didn't address the real concern though. You are bringing a man you hardly know into your house with your children. My UK friend and I discussed him coming here and no doubt he would have to get his own place here until we got to know each other better and see if things worked out.

So. I hope things work out for you.

KarenG

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