Online relationships

@calvin222 (1606)
India
January 16, 2007 12:26pm CST
Would you like to have a torrid online affair in the anonymity of the net, where you are never going to meet the other person? Would you like to be able to have an online affair where you can speak of your deepest most secret desires and have someone respond to them making it interactive? Do you consider it to be infidelity to have an online affair, where you will never meet the other anonymous virtual entity? I sometimes think it could be such a wonderful relationship where you could say what you want, speak your most bizzare desires, maybe even indulge in them virtually, without the common human emotions interfereing! maybe a sophisticated programme which behaves and interacts like a real person would be such a big hit?! am i weird or am i speaking the hidden desires of countless people.
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98 responses
• United States
16 Jan 07
I have had an online relationship. Where I've never met the person. I've also had an online relationship where I have met the person. I met my fiance via net. I met him when he joined my forum ( www.lissaslair.clicdev.com ) about 2 yrs ago. We met there and became friends. We fell in love and met in real life a little bit over a year later. And on our 2nd anniversary of knowing each other we will be married. I have shared everything with him. I share my desires, my life. I've had the "affair" thing online, I must say though that real life with a person is much more rewarding and satisifying! I'm having the time of my life. And if it weren't for the internet I wouldn't have ever met him.
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• United States
16 Jan 07
Ty! To you too as well! Congrats! My fiance is quite wonderful as well. I couldn't have picked a better man or designed one had god given me the ability, then I find in him. He's amazing!
• Japan
16 Jan 07
exactly the same for me met my current boyfriend thru a online game we started talking and never stopped .we stay online and use mics and webcams open 24/7 with each,send each other boxes of gifts for each others families and he is moving in with me after 1 year of distance dateing that we just had our 1st anniversary last week.we also are thinking of marriage maybe around second year anniversary.good luck with yours and mine too, he is the most wonderful person.
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• Germany
17 Jan 07
Online relationship only matter when you meet your partner in real and try to make a true relationship. Unless that it would be a funny thing to share ur feelings, secrets with a person you have never met or seen. A true relation really matter as I see many people meeting through it. But its never bad to try your luck this way.
@mnflower (1299)
• United States
16 Jan 07
Calvin I think what you are saying here is happening all over the internet...But there is one thing that people seem not to realise and that is you can only keep the human emotions out of it for so long and yes I do believe that it is infidelity to have an online affair if you are married or involved with someone else, and I am saying this for I met my husband on the internet in a so called no human emotions relationship..we started chatting and telling each other our deepest thoughts and feelings and realized that we wanted to be together and that the computer and webcam wasn't giving us the connection that we really needed. we have now been together for 6 years and enjoy each other just as much as we did when we met on the web...If you think you can keep you human feelings out of it then you are just doing it for a game...And to me secret desires are your feelings and shouldn;t be treated as a game and if you meet someone that can enhance those secret desires are you sure you could keep it going without wanting to personally meet this person....????
@cuddiluk (1523)
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
Really? We both have the same story. I met my husband in the internet too. I don't know maybe this is our serendipity. I chatted for the first time to my hubby. Followed by a call and then we've met at certain place. There our friendship started. At first, I don't like him but I have this feeling that I can't explain. He's easy to get along with. His really cool and that made me comfortable taking my time to him. Then, relationship developed. Until We get married. Love can be learn. To me its hard to believe that until now thinking of it that I trusted a strange person coming from the internet. But if you destined to be. You can stop it!
• Israel
17 Jan 07
Agreed .
• Jamaica
17 Jan 07
Yes, internet relationships do work. My Sis has been married for five years now with someone she met over the internet. He even looks like her daughter from a previous marriage and loves her just as if she were his own daughter. Internet relationships are fine. It's a great place to meet so many different types of people that it's inevitable that it would be the beginning stage for many successful relationships, if that's what the participants choose. An internet affair that goes nowhere other than the computer screen serves many purposes too but would not provide what most people choose to have in a long-term, human romantic love relationship. Thanks for sharing and for your question!
• Nigeria
16 Jan 07
think every situation is unique and you have to use your own judgment and not rush anything, if it was meant to be it will be. And true, seeing in person is a more comfortable environment. No one can answer a question like this for you. If both people are honest with each other and they like what they know about each other, then it has to take its course from there. No one can answer for you. Only you. Take it slow and get to know each other and see where it takes you....... Don't be afraid but be honest with yourself... If both people are being honest then in a sense it is no different than meeting in another way.. Actually, conversation that is raw and honest is the best way to get to know what someone is all about. Again use this as a tool to help, but you are the one to decide.... I hope the very best for you....... P.S. " Remember the word, RAW, and make sure you lay it out of who you are.... " Everything is a risk........ It's a risk to get on a plane, it's a risk to go to a huge public gathering, it's a risk to take a different job, it's a risk to get on a freeway, have surgery, I could go on and on but I know you get my point.....
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@sidddd (857)
• India
17 Jan 07
yeah i got it and even please when you write a discussion please make it a little small .So that everyone can read and find a problem with your solution.Hope you got my point.
@calvin222 (1606)
• India
17 Jan 07
I have had numerous relationships. and ultimately most of them turn sour. in an online relationship its all win no loose. in response to the second response about brevity- well, you gotta say what you gotta say!
@hazeter (670)
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
it is hard to have online relationship but nowadays it is common already. The most important in online relationship is trust and there must be love with each other. That is the key to have a relationship online become successful.
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
16 Jan 07
I find it weird to express my intimate feelings to a person whom I don’t know, whom I have never heard her/his voice, whom I don't know if I can trust or not. I am not in favour of starting an intimate relationship with a person whom you are never going to meet. It only leads to heart aches.
@calvin222 (1606)
• India
17 Jan 07
yes sbbcackk, my thoughts entirely. the pleasure of anonymity are unlimited.
• Ecuador
16 Jan 07
a lot of people feel exactly the opposite... they feel more comfortable talking about their deep secrets with people they don't know, because it takes away the pressure of what they may think of you. I think that's the main reason why people go to psychiatrists, confess to priests or even talk to the bartender about their problems.
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@cliks4fun (166)
• India
17 Jan 07
Online relations are somewhat better than the personal(direct) relations. That will helpful to avoid the illegal relationship with others. But it should have some limits. first the other person should reliable to tell all our personals. then there is no problem to share our personal with the person online as a good friend..
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• United States
16 Jan 07
I see no point to an online relationship, if you don't make concrete plans to meet at some point. Computer screens can only fulfill your "desires" for so long. Eventually it's all going to feel lifeless and cold, and you'll realize it's time to move on.
@calvin222 (1606)
• India
17 Jan 07
sbbcackk i so agree with you.
• Ecuador
16 Jan 07
I think that's partly the point. Every fantasy is just that... you can have fun with it, and then move on without having hurt anyone in the process
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• India
17 Jan 07
Hi friend, in true sense this would not happen that programming logic could be able to give responces as of the human brain can. To do with relationships there are too many examples of relationships ever existed of marriages through net relationships. So to say getting related to a person through any means doesn't matter to the relationship, but it could make a little bit difficult.
@llwilkins (384)
• United States
17 Jan 07
i think haveing an affair online is crazy b/c the person could be psycho and you would be putting your marriage on the line for this???????? Please
@secret4u (105)
• Pakistan
17 Jan 07
is the online relations are true.
@rein2410 (809)
• Australia
16 Jan 07
haha.. maybe its just for fun. Its not for real. Its not gonna be a serious relationship
@calvin222 (1606)
• India
17 Jan 07
hey thats the best part of it isnt it? we have enough serious relationships outside the virtual world.
• United States
17 Jan 07
This one hit a nerve with me. My brother's life was turned upside down last April because his wife decided to have an affair with some dude she meet on the internet. She didn't just stop there... she actully went to Canada to meet him on a few different occations. My brother will never be the same, he is broken. In all since of the term. Ya, you might be able to be open and speak your most deepest desires, but wouldn't you want to be with someone who is there to listen and hold you while you speak them. One who can help you act out or fullfill those desires... If my desire is to have someone dress up with a hard hat, tool belt and work boots and be a naughty dirty construction worker... I want it to be my husband who can be there to do that for me. This one's a personal one for me... I think your deepest thoughts should be shared with the one you love.
• India
17 Jan 07
online relation is not a safe and trusted one...
@michan (212)
• Philippines
26 Feb 07
I'm dating a guy online for some time now and we talk about anything and everything, even the deepest darkest secrets I have never been able to talk about with anyone. We talk (voice chat - gtalk) everyday, almost every available time we could talk. from the moment we wake up until we sleep, during sleep too! We sleep together on voice chat. I listen to him snore and he listens to me talk n my sleep. We talk until i have to go to school or he has to go somewhere. we eat together, play online games together, laugh together, cry together, and so on. Even if we can't be together physically, we can still be together and do things together.
@avs189 (1030)
• India
17 Jan 07
It really depends upon the individual ....for a peson who likes to live lonely and enjoy the serenity and peace ,for him such relsnhips are of gr8 importance...also for persons who are mentally frustrated for them its very important that they should express their opinions or feelings...to some other people or othr members but who cannot talk with their own family members...its really awesome and pleasure to express ur feelings to someone who doesnt know ,atleast u have assurity u wont feel pain when ur being hurt by him..since physically he is not wit u....
@allen123 (76)
• United States
17 Jan 07
maybe not wierd but it wouldnt cross my mind! it would be strange too see though.
@soorimd (300)
• India
17 Jan 07
you are right in the heart of heart everyone is insecure and is not sure the response one will get and the humiliation he has to undergo if his idea or proposal is rejected and at the same time craves to express ones hearts desire to a common friend who gives a patient hearing and encourages,cajoles,boostsup ones mood and pat him everytime he needs.this is the only media where u never feel lost and can express ur honest feelings without getting exposed or feeling guilty.long live online affairs
• India
17 Jan 07
no i don think so online relatioships really work, sometimes iot maybe succesful but mostly its not,its jus ends up in a night of lust or fun nothin else,dats all most of online relationships leads tooo...
@elixer (253)
• India
17 Jan 07
my inner heart would never agree to have an online affair because i consider its a form of infidelity to have an online affair. this is what my heart says to me but iam not against people who have this because some feel its relieves from stress and pressure. some people cannot share their problems with their friends and family as they think it might lead to some embarassment or something but u can share with people you cant see because u wont be meeting them elsewhere and wont have to feel embarassed. so this is what i feel. every person have their own views on this. some might find it wonderful, on the contrary some may find it wierd.
• United States
17 Jan 07
I was involved in an internet relationship, but we met. I don't think I could become involved with someone that I'd never see. It's a little obsurd to me. I'm still with the person I met online. We only met online. Within two weeks we had met in person. I don't think that there's anything wrong with them, but I couldn't ever have a strickly online relationship.