Can you find that Special Someone on the Internet?

United States
February 19, 2007 8:31am CST
I've been with my husband now for 8 years. And we met in a Yahoo chat room almost 8 1/2 yrs. ago. I will hear people talking about internet relationships, and some of it is good and bad. I wasn't looking for a relationship in the chat room, it was a group of us that got together and pretty much talked about computers. We all decided to meet at some time in the future during a vacation. When I met my husband, we just sorta clicked and I came and visited him a few more times before deciding to move to Tennessee. I haven't regretted it at all. Alot of my friends thought I was crazy for marrying someone I met on the internet, but our relationship has lasted longer then most of theirs. Do you think it is possible for someone to meet their soulmate online? Have you had any online dating experiences?
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@ladyjava (1184)
• Malaysia
20 Feb 07
The answer to your question is a definite YES YES! I met my husband in a yahoo chat room as well. Casual chat turn to friendship chat and then to love chat. We meet at one of a gathering organised by a rooms starters. The rest, as they say, is history. We've been married now for 7 years and i still have the printed chat transcript with me!..
• United States
20 Feb 07
I'm starting to wonder why people pay these online dating services. It seems to me that more people have met in yahoo then anywhere else. I'm also shocked at the amount of response I've gotten. I don't feel so alone now, I figured I might get 2 or 3 responses that someone had found their special someone on the net. I was wrong! I'm just wondering if you guys might have met in the old Love Stinks rooms in yahoo?
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@ladyjava (1184)
• Malaysia
20 Feb 07
hehe...nope. we actually met in the malaysian room. it was one of those room skipping day.. we are definitely not alone in this arena. i have a friend who's married to an australian that she met in yahoo chat as well..another one just got married last week..and the list goes on..I also started a similar thread a while back if you want to check it out :) http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/680460.aspx
@chavezrmc (6095)
• Philippines
20 Feb 07
i know its not impossible to have met the one you love in the net but i guess its seldom to happen maybe 1 in a million. Congratulations!!! i believe you are really meant for each other. I have met someone here too we're too close but we both are married. I can say that he holds my secrets in life and maybe i am too in his. I guess my secrets are safe with someone i just met in the net who can really give me good advices. It seems to me that we are meant to meet here.
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@hfadzli (439)
• Malaysia
21 Feb 07
yup. anything is possible in this world. now i have one of my friend who meet this girl from internet. And they will get married somewhere in july. thats great.
• Philippines
20 Feb 07
i think some found they true love on the net, some got married and had a happy life, but i have known some that had a bad time in the net, some liars and cheaters,pretenders and scammers. so be careful...
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• United States
20 Feb 07
That is true, but I think we have the cheaters, pretenders, etc.s in the bars and other dating places too.
@pelya178 (693)
• United States
20 Feb 07
thats amazing. how far from him did u live at first? i met my girlfriend on the internet. we werent looking for love at all either. we were both in a chat room in a popular music artists website. n from then on we became online friends then spoke on the phone n text msgd and it became more than a friendship..we fell in love but we hadnt met in person ever. i live in the us...and she lives in australia. last summer for the first time after knowing eachother for 3 years i flew to australia and met and we fell even more in love . the funny thing is none of us were gay going into this relationship...but here we are..in love...and yea gay i guess...but i dont even acknowledge that part..becuz the love comes first. this relationship we have is so incredible. shes coming to visit me in about 3 months...and soon she will live with me for about 6-7 months and then we'll move to australia together.....the hardest part...is that our familes dont know about our romantic relationship. it would be alot easier if they did i guess. the distance kills us..but we're strong and support eachother. best of luck n many more loving years to u n ur husband
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• United States
20 Feb 07
We lived about 9-10 hrs. apart from each other. We chatted in the room with others, talked on the phone, etc. also. Good luck with your relationship!
@Bangalorean (1282)
• India
20 Feb 07
I was walking on the street oneday and happened to notice a beautiful lady. I just turned back to have a second glimpse and was awestuck, when I noticed even she had turned back to see me. After that we met like this twice and then smiled, then after few days exchanged numbers and chatted for hours and then later exchanged vows and thus i met my soulmate. Its not necessary that you find your soulmate online, it may happen anytime or anywhere. its all destined, so dont worry, it mat even happen here too. I have dated many on the net, but finally ended up a lady whom i met on the street one day. So all those into soulmate hunting?
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• India
20 Feb 07
all the best
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• Philippines
20 Feb 07
I believe that you can find that Special Someone on the Internet and anywhere else that you least expect. My bf and I actually met in an online game before (anyone familiar with Oz World) and we've been together for 3 years now. We didn't even date online but we did chat in yahoo. Then we decided to meet in person and ended up falling in love. I guess it doesn't matter where you meet but it's how you see that person as someone special and how you handle the relationship to keep it going.
• United States
20 Feb 07
It almost sounds like Yahoo has gotten more people together in their chat and gaming rooms then the dating sites have.
@koikoikoi (1246)
• United States
19 Feb 07
Well sure it's possible, it happened to you right? I got along good with this girl I met on the internet playing a game multiplayer that's worldwide. I haven't seen her in real life you know her face. She lives in Florida and I live in Compton, California.
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• United States
19 Feb 07
That is a pretty long ways away from each other. My husband lived in TN and I lived in OH, so it was about a 9 hr. drive. What gets me is when people are so shocked when they ask how you met. When you tell them online, they think that is crazy.
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
19 Feb 07
I congratulate anyone who can do it and make it work out for them. I think you have all the uncertainty and doubt that everyone has in a normal relationship, but the fact that it had its genesis in cyberville must make it all the more problematic. However, you and your husband are living testemony that it does work, so i guess the answer has to be a big yes blessed be
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• Portugal
19 Feb 07
I think I wouldn't be satisfied if my girlfriend was met in the Internet. I think it's better if you know her in real life. If you are not lucky, try Internet. Peace Halozer.
• Canada
19 Feb 07
Yes, I do think you can find someone special online. I never participated in any online dating sites or anything like that but I met my husband through a random instant message (he sent one to me) in 2001. Like you, I wasn't looking for a relationship and we actually fought the idea for a long time because we lived far apart. We got along so well and shared so many of the same interests, goals, etc. Over time, we took vacations together ... and we spent a mint in long distance, I'll tell ya! LOL After a couple of years, he moved to be with me and the girls. We celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary in January of this year.
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• United States
19 Feb 07
Congratulations! I never tried the dating sites either. I wasn't really looking to find that on the internet anyhow. I was mostly just trying to figure out how to use my computer. LOL Got me more then I bargained for! We spent alot on long distance also.
@hfadzli (439)
• Malaysia
20 Feb 07
Yes. i believed so baecause my wife best friend also met her husband in chat room and they got married only after 2 months known each other.
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@merkava (1225)
• Philippines
19 Feb 07
Why not? I found my girlfriend on the cover of a popular womans magazine. The world is full of surprises. Take some chances but don't be stupid as to going on a date with a total stranger you met in the net. Bring along company just to be safe. Life is too short, you can be searching for that special someone for a long time before you realize it that they were in the places you'd least likely look at.
• United States
19 Feb 07
Safety is a must! I was lucky enough to be working in a law enforcement facility, so I had some extra ways to check. Also, we were meeting as a group, so that takes some of the pressure off too. I can remember when my parents had friends who had met and married, via the CB radio club. I don't think that is any different.
• Canada
19 Feb 07
I too am a believer. I met my husband to be online almost 4 years ago. We got together three years ago, and I moved a third of the way around the world to be with him. Every one of my friends had nothing but bad things to say about him. They didn't understand why I had to be the one that moved out to be with him instead of it being the other way round (he was going through Film School at the time). Now, three years later, they don't talk to me anymore. They didn't think it would work out and that I'd come home with the proverbial tail between the legs thing going on, and they could berate me for being stupid. However, three years later, here I am and as happy as I've ver been. We have just set our Wedding date for the 12th of April next year and I absolutely cannot WAIT. He is the best thing that ever happened to me, I truly do believe we were just meant to be together. Love works in mysterious ways. You never know when or where it will happen, but when it does, prepare to be swept off your feet!
• United States
20 Feb 07
Congratulations! I was very surprised at how many people have connected thru the internet. I was beginning to feel like me and my husband were the only ones out there.
@nashelsky (124)
• Singapore
19 Feb 07
if you two met by chance in the internet and finally get married, then probably that is what they called fate. but personally, i do not believe such thing can work out. there are just too many lies when people just read whatever you typed. face to face is the only way to know the other party.
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• United States
19 Feb 07
I agree, we didn't even talk about dating. After I met him was when we decided to start dating. Luckily I had alot of vacation time built up at work!
@tatzkie (644)
• Philippines
19 Feb 07
Internet is just another venue. Love moves in mysterious ways and finds the heart that can love in return, whereever, whenever. Possible.
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• Philippines
20 Feb 07
Reminds me of a line in a song "... love comes from the most unexpected places..." If the person is meant for you, it doesn't matter where you meet. Fate will always find its way for both of you to be at the same place and the same time.
@sarah22 (3979)
• United States
20 Feb 07
some people will. i have a friend who did. thats great that things worked out for you.
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@cabergren (1181)
• United States
20 Feb 07
I also met my husband on the internet. I met him through Match.com. We emailed for about 4 weeks and when we finally I think I fell in love with him that very night. We were married less than a year later. When it is right you just know it. No matter what other people think. We have been together for 5 years and we are very happy. So not all internet experiences are bad. Some are turn out really great.
• United States
20 Feb 07
Yes it is posiable to find that special someone on the internet. Even thou you make go through alot of weirdo's on the internet there are also alot of good people, and if you got to know them good enough I do believe you could get a long term relationship together and go on for life. But on the other hand there way be a con man out there to get you too so that's what you have to watch on a internet relationship.
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@mrsbrian (1949)
• United States
20 Feb 07
i to found my husband on the internet thru chat in a game room. we talked for many months before we decided to meet, we lived a few states apart. we met several times and a year or so after we met i moved to his state and two years later we married, together 4 years now, i believe it was fate that we met.
• Philippines
20 Feb 07
well i did meet my special someone here too. but it was IRC chatting not on YM, but we do use YM now to communicate. well i did have some past relationship that didnt work. but right now i can truly say that she is the one. well for others who are still looking for love on the net, well anythings possible if you do look for love. just like gypsylady did.
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@fk2001 (6)
20 Feb 07
Most definitely. My Aunt and Uncle met through AOL, got married, and now have two children. I'd like to think love knows no boundaries. As for myself, I haven't found that special person on the Internet or anywhere for that matter...yet. I'm hopeless, lol.
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