Online Relationships...

I would totally use a paid online dating service if I was single. My cousin met her wonderful and successful husband online, I think it takes some of the guess work out of meeting some one compatible - you can do everything online now, why not date!

i think the "you met him online, you don't know who he *really* is" is ridiculous! because anyone can be so certain that the guy they met at the park, grocery store, bar, church is who they say they are. people can lie if the want to and how you meet them has no bearing on it in any way!

that said i met my husband online. married 2 years come may. together 5 come june.

well online dating is very dangereous... because many things can go wrong... have you heard of the match.com lady who got stabbed by a man she broke up with.. also that show catfish shows that people are not always what they seem to be...

BUT on the bright side i have met someone online once and we partied and drank together and he ended up dating my close friend because i set them up!!! so meeting someone online can be ok sometimes!!!! lol.. you can actually meet really nice people online and its a bit more exciting because you get to know the personality first lol....

I was out to dinner with my friend tonight and we got onto the topic of my boyfriend, of 6 months and someone overheard us talking and got involved in our conversation and it came out that my boyfriend and I met online. To which I was immediately told "You shouldn't broadcast that" later after this person had to-my-knowledge exited the conversation me and my friend were talking about her helping me and my boyfriend move into our apartment. To which this person starts laughing and saying things like "really you dont even know him you met online" and "hide your valuables he'll rob you blind" and kept laughing about it.

I got to thinking. Is it really so bad that the guy I'm seeing and moving in with is a person, who lives only 20 minutes from me, that I wouldn't of met if I hadn't been on a dating website? I mean, before his family met me even he lied and said that we met "at the mall" So should I really be trying to cover-up how we met?

For me it isn't a big deal that we met online as the majority of my relationships and dates happened with somebody that I met off of myyearbook/meetme so its my normal. But is online dating seriously that looked down upon?

Whats your opinion of online dating? Is it something that you have done or would ever consider? If you have done it how did it work out?

I met my boyfriend online and things have been going great. Known each other for three months and things couldn't be better.

I wouldn't move in with someone that quickly though, I personally would wait until we had known each other a year.

Who cares what other people think, all that matters is that you met them and they make you happy!

I met my fiance online we are getting married in October. I think personally you know someone better when chatting online. Knowing someone inside and out (we used to chat on the phone for hrs on end) before meeting them is better than getting drunk in a pub or something! My partner moved into my house 5 months after we met and we have never looked back, best decision ever! When you find that one, it doesn't matter how you met!

I've used online before and in my experience I find people lie an awful lot and can hide behind who they wish they were not who they are. Which kind of sucks when you meet them in person and it feels like you've never met them before.

But if you find someone online , I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

I met my boyfreind online (actually Chemistry.com) and I don't do the online thing typically because yes, I have had some bad experiences where when I actually got to know the person, they were not at all how they described in value or lifestyle.

This last time, it was on a whim to sign up, and I wanted to try to go ahead meet someone in a healthier way where I could get to know someones values before meeting them/connect on deeper levels. I felt I knew what I was looking for, and would watch for the "red flags" and ask a lot of questions before meeting this time. You are in control online, you can direct the conversations, and say "good-bye" at anytime with a click of a button if it doesn't sit right in your core.

So, with that said, yes, I have had bad experiences, and no, you don't really know someone until you get to know them in person, but clearly you HAVE done that. You have nothing to be ashamed of.

I would never have met my boyfriend if we didn't meet online, and he really is the best relationship I have ever had. I'm glad I gave it another go. I feel that he and I got to know eachother on a much more personal level then if we met at a bar or something (which I don't do).

Clearly that person that entered in your conversation either has no experience with today's dating world, has been in thier relationship forever, has no relationship at all, or is just plain miserable in thier current relationship, either way, the individual did not understand your situation, and that is exactly what it is......Your Situation.

So, always follow your truth, and your heart, you have the answers you need within.

Good luck!

When you meet someone online you connect emotionally with each other. When you finally meet face to face the connection is strong. I think too many relationships start out with physical attraction.

Whats wrong with meeting online? Most of us spend a large portion of our time on the internet nowadays, either for work or social/leisure. I have met many people online. It's not 1998 where it is more of a creepy/foreign concept. It's integrated in our every day lives. I thank God every day I met my boyfriend because he is absolutely perfect for me, and we met online because we were both interested in expanding outside our social circles. We've been together well over a year now

Your friend needs to get a clue and stop being so insensitive. I am very sorry she treated you that way and belittled your relationship. Please talk to her about it!

Nothing to be ashamed of, it is quite popular nowadays. I have several friends and cousins who are happily married with a guy they met online.

Been in multiple online relationships. Same success and failure rate overall as non-online relationships, in my case.

My husband and I met online ( Match.com ). We lived not even 5 miles from each other, worked next door to each other for 10 years, he got his hair cut in the salon I worked at by the girl I shared a station with, but we never met and likely wouldn't have without the online dating. We met in 2009, moved in together 2010, married in 2011, and still going strong in 2013. I would pay little attention to others who are critizing the how in your meeting. Honestly it's no better nor worse than meeting in any different avenue.

I met my wife at work, but I told her if we hadn't met, I'd probably have tried the online route. Worries about unsafe or dishonest people can happen offline just as easily.

The last serious relationship prior to my wife, we used to joke/lie that we met online. We were embarrassed we met at the gym.

Nothing to be ashamed of, it is quite popular nowadays. I have several friends and cousins who are happily married with a guy they met online.

Not to derail...

But holy crap you look like iCarly.

SO MUCH!

If I was single I suppose I could find some common threads of interest that might make me consider visiting someone further away than normally. I've met tons of people online over the years. Some of them were even dressed.