Online Dating

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Out of boredom, or whenever I can't find any more freelance writing or research jobs, I would spend hours "googling" the cyberworld for things that might interest me. On one occassion, I stumbled upon an online dating website. I remember some of my friends and officemates talking about it so I decided to register. At first, I didn't meet anyone even remotely interesting. I was even appalled with some rude and racist comments from a few really bigoted blokes. but although I did found some people who are witty and sensible enough, most of them are like "one-night-stand affairs." That was until I met this guy who seem to share so much in common with me. Despite our differences in cultural upbringing, we seem to just "click." We've been chatmates for eight months now and I've shared so many low and high moments with him and vice-versa. Yet despite of the months that we've been corresponding, chatting or even calling each other, there are times when it still feels surreal. Just recently, he asked me whether I'd like to be more than friends and whether he could come and visit me. It's weird but despite being excited at the prospect that I would finally see him in person, I am more apprehensive because it might turn out that what we really like about each other are just the ideas that we've created about each other... Experience tells me that I should be confronting what may be just an imaginary or even illogical fear, however more than anything, I really would like to keep our friendship and not spoil it should we discover that we are just that -- digital images in our minds.