Can you really fall in love through chatting??????

Philippines
April 26, 2009 12:59pm CST
I know of some friends going online from one chatrooms to one dating site in search of their Mr. Right. Although there has been a lot of people who got married through these dating sites and chat rooms I'm still a bit skeptical and much more curious about people claiming that they feel in love through chatting, even before they get to see the guy/girl personally. I've always considered love as an intimate and complex feeling that involved more than just chatting. Maybe what they mistook for love is really attraction. How bout you? What is your opinion about this matter?
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
26 Apr 09
definitely. i have a friend who got married to a guy that she met on a chat line. the biggest issue with this is that she is here in canada and he is in the us and their governments dont seem to recognize the other person. its a huge pain. for the 2 years they have been married, they have been together for about 6 months.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
27 Apr 09
Well I can say I think this is true. I met my current fiance thru a chat line online. He lived 6 hrs away from me we talked for a few years n then finally decided to meet. We been together now for 6 years and still going strong. So yes I think it is possibly to fall in love through chatting. You just have to play it safe and actually know what you're getting into. There's alot of creepy people out there now a days...
• United States
27 Apr 09
My husband and I got to know each other from chatting . We chatted for a year before we actually met each other. We have been married now for 10 years and are happy and in love still . I also know of a few other couples who started out chatting and are very happy together . I didn't fall in love with my hubby till after we actually met . I think you can share alot of intamacy, thoughts and feelings through chat , but I don't know if you can honestly fall in love till after you really get together in person. And like somone else said , every one is different.
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
I'm happy for both of you and I guess from your experience we can say that it is possible but needs to be verified personally.
@bayernfan (1430)
• Canada
26 Apr 09
This isn't really an easy question to answer, but it certainly makes for a great discussion. Falling in love is a state of feeling. Not everyone experiences this in the same way. There is no right or wrong way to fall in love. Some people "fall in love" more easily than others do, and some "fall out of love" more quickly than others do too. There have been people who said that they fell in love online in a chat room. Is this any different from those who say that "it was love at first sight."? How can anyone measure these experiences or prove them true or false? Can anyone think or believe that they are in love with another person before meeting them or before enough time has been spent getting to truly know that person? Why not? There is a chance that after learning more about another person, you may find that you are not right for each other and part ways. There is also a chance that you are compatible and enter into a more serious relationship. All relationships must start somewhere. You must be careful when attempting to meet people online because it is more difficult to verify what is being said. You can still meet dishonest people in person. There is always risk involved when meeting people that you aren't previously familiar with and beginning a relationship. Have some people, who met and corresponded with each other online before they saw each other, connected and had a successful relationship? Sure. Does that mean that those people fell in love online? Not necessarily. Relationships ate a process.
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
very well said. I guess you're right. Love moves in ways we can never imagine or explain and every person has his/her own unique way when it comes to falling in love. And The only thing I can say is just to take extra care and precaution when meeting people online. Have a nice day.
@GAUCI123 (1042)
• Malta
28 Apr 09
Well I believe that online chatting is for fun and not to find reall love, there are people who married trough chatting however they met personally fell in love and than marry. I don't believe that by seeing a picture you want to spend all your life with that person. I know a friend that she was going to loose her marriage in chatting since she tought she fell in love with a person she met. However then she realized that she is making a mistake and she really loved her husband what she felt was the excitement of meeting a new person but not love.
@clorissa123 (4926)
• United States
26 Apr 09
If people told you that they felt in love through chatting, that is their fantasies. You can expect you knew that person through online chatting. It just not gonna work that way. People can tell you millions of things you can't find proof of. You got to meet that person, and been involve with that person to know how he/she is. That is the only way to work out.
@Wolfechu (1193)
• United States
27 Apr 09
Well, I met my wife on a MUD, which amounts to an online chat room. Sorry to bugger up your theory there, but there you go.
@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
26 Apr 09
Finding a chatmate sometimes is so risky. We all know that the people we meet there in the chatroom are not trustworthy they can lied all the time. My advice is before you marry a person that you meet online you should know his background and do some research about his identity. Now a days there are so many dating sites who are selling our Filipina to the foreigners. We can't blame them for doing this because they want a comfortable life so they want to marry a foreigner.
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
Yes its kind o sad about the plight of some of our women having to marry a foreigner just to get a better life. My only wish for them is that they be treated with kindness with their foreign husbands.
@lia713 (32)
• Singapore
27 Apr 09
Yes it is possible. Just like love at first sight. There are lots of ways that you can feel that loves is presence. Though love in chatting does need a lot of judgement and care and went you eventually meet, is it really still there. Just don't rush to be in love to anyone you get to chat with. When u chat imagine u are deaf, imagine you are blind, search for the honesty ..sense for the feel of the heart not by appearance. My love start from chat too. Now I'am happily married with 2 lovely children.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
27 Apr 09
My fiance and I met through a friend, but it was still online. The friend was real life though, we just chatted online before meeting (my fiance and I). We fell in love, I think through chatting, I was a little reluctant, I didn't want to get hurt, but he was so charming, and I love him. He's everything. So yes, you can, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't always be sure to know the person first. My fiance and I, like I said, had a mutual friend.
@mjmlagat (3170)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
I'm a bit apprehensive of the idea of finding Mr. Right in the chatroom because I think, everyone can pretend to be what they're not inside this technology just to captivate others. The idea is for me do distant and less personal as to meeting the real man or woman for a lifetime relationship.
@frtwome (239)
• United States
27 Apr 09
I agree with you, I'm not much for meetting someone throgh chatting. But, I do have a female friend that met a man through chatting, they have been together about a year and half now. And are very happy, they have a lot in common. It has worked really well for her.
• United States
27 Apr 09
wow.. well I have about 3 experiences when it comes to this. I fell in love with a boy online when I was about 14. I met him through an art chatroom. I did not know what he looked like because back when I was 14 most webcams were expensive. But during this experience it's more about feeling emotional attatchment. It is very possible to fall in love with someone. You never know if they will be mr. right or not unless you try. It is also very hard to open yourself up to these people because of so many rapists and such online who use it for the wrong reasons. But I loved him for who he was. He was young like I, and had alot of the same intrests as me. And the connection stayed strong through us chatting just about everyday. I talked to him on the phone maybe three times for about an hour each. He was a sweet kid, but the long distance was hard to deal with on my part so I broke up with him.
• Ireland
27 Apr 09
Yes,i am also find that online chatting love is more and more popular,even most of them have been married each other through online understanding,i am also curious about this phenomenon,i think the reason of this is that with the popular use of the internet,and it becomes a common matter in modern time.I think if there exists true love between each other,this is a good way to know others.Best wishes!
@John4Christ (1597)
• India
27 Apr 09
Well the biggest disadvantage of chatting these days is that the real identity is very difficult to be revealed.....many are bots,many with just fake names and profiles....but i believe that it is not impossible.....i know of people who met online, fell in love, and are now happily married......these days it is very common....but i believe before trusting the person blindly it is better that you get to know about his/her background and only then go ahead.....once you know that person very well and are confident about it then maybe you can arrange for a meeting and go on from then......
@Q_Savvy (131)
• India
28 Apr 09
Well sometimes it just is an attraction and sometimes it's just a crush, but this doesn't mean that it can't be love because that's when you can really know how a person is without actually caring about how they look. You have to know the person for quite some to know that though, that applies both in real life and online. The thing is sometimes it can hurt so much and you can't even make it up to the person in a long distance relationship. But sometimes it can work out and when it does, that's the best moment of your life because it's like a dream come true, so just never lose hope because it indeed is possible to find true love online. :)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
I have many friends who found their husbands through chatting. They are fortunate to have good husbands. Personally, I have never considered finding my true love in the net and it was God who helped me find a husband for me.
@nobbsy123 (851)
• Australia
27 Apr 09
I have been a member of a few chat and dating sites on the internet. However I havn't ever fell in love before meeting anyone. Having said that I have met one or two nice ladies over the internet and only the second one i ever got with. The first looked nothing like her photo and more than likely wasn't her. I was abit skeptical meeting the one im with now. She has to be one of the nicest people ive ever met in my life and im glad i took the risk of meeting her. I wouldn't recommend sending messages to people without profile pictures because they could be hiding something. chris...
@kunizzul (1066)
• Malaysia
27 Apr 09
hye...i think for some cases, love through online chatting might have successful. but it still need for that couples to meet face to face to know each other better. love can come through many ways and sometime in the way that never expected. sometimes life is full of surprised and we never knew it before its happen.
@CMTS_87 (1339)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
I think so! For the simple reason that I am in love right now because of chatting! HAHA! Happy MyLotting!
@arkasen (748)
• India
27 Apr 09
If you talk about true love then I don't think that it is possible by chatting online or by joining some dating site. I think in chat you can make some friend. But love is more complex relation. I think to fall in love you need to see him/ her in real world. Then you need to spend some quality time. You have to know the person well. Then and then only you can fall in true love. I would consider online chat dating as infatuation only. They are not at all true love.
• Saudi Arabia
27 Apr 09
For me it depends to a person .People says that its their destiny to find a Girl/Guy through chatting,but i dont believe in destiny!haha . . Yeah its true to fall in love through chatting, because there are people who are very talented in chatting they got the taste of their chatmate. They using love words that can make our hearts to fall in love . .hmmm well im not good in giving opinion,but im sure you got my point. . till here GODbless!