Wow!!

United States
April 23, 2007 8:02pm CST
Well, I guess I owe a lot of people an apology! I met someone last night (early this morning) on line and he is amazing! I never believed that you could really meet someone on the internet and have an instant connection but it has happened! When I heard about people saying that they met somone online I always thought, "Right. How can you feel any kind of a connection with somone using e-mails and instant messengers?" Well, I am now a believer and I apologize to each and every one of you!
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
24 Apr 07
I've had that happen several times, meeting someone online and feeling a strong connection to them even through emails and messangers. I must admit, of all of them I've met though only one developed into anything. That one we actually ended up engaged to be married but Praise the Lord a month before the wedding I found out he was still communicating with other women online even then. I broke off the engagement and haven't talked to him since - I figured if he was doing it then he would do it after our marriage and didn't feel that was right. I'm not talking inoccent friends stuff - he was acting like a single man looking for 'women'. Just go slow and be careful - people can be anything online but there is no comparision to real life.
• United States
24 Apr 07
I have actually belonged to this site for about 10 years and met him by accident. I was only going into the instant messenger so that my profile would once again come to the top of the list and it would get more hits. No one was messaging me, so I picked a name at random and started chatting. We instantly hit it off. In 10 years, this has never happened. I did meet one guy that I really thought I liked but within minutes, I discovered that he was actually married -- newly married in fact! And he had the nerve to say, " that isn't going to be a problem, is it?" Geez!! But I hear what you are saying. It will actually be very easy for me to take it slow as he doesn't live anywhere near me! Thanks for the advice and the response!
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
24 Apr 07
OH my I wonder if his new wife would have a problem with it :( I'm guessing yes, a big problem. This was really funny, several years back a lady who lived in the same town as me were on a singles site and this guy was doing copy/paste letters to all the women. He explained his wife was ill and she encouraged him to meet women because she didn't want him to be alone. We flipped a coin and I 'won/lost' and I made a date with him in a town half way between him and us. I didn't show up for the date but this friend and I sat in the parking lot watching and got his license plate number off his car when he left. LOL - she worked for the Department of Motor Vehicle and on Monday looked up his number, got his name and address. He had lied about where he lived and when we called information and called his wife. She was not fine with it and actually got the information about the singles site and signed up herself. Don't you know he was shocked when she messaged him on the site and had the information about our "date" the week before right down to what he was wearing and all. BUSTED!
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• United States
26 Apr 07
That is TOO funny!! I really admire you for that! I wish I had done somthing similar but I just told him that there was NO WAY I was goning to do that to another woman and that was that. You are truly and inspiration!
@w1z111 (985)
• United States
24 Apr 07
Yowch! This is a tough one! And a bit "risky", too, no? I'm not saying it's impossible to meet great folks (anywhere!)...just that it is difficult (if not impossible!) to really get to know much about someone just thru online methods. As they say..."it really is a jungle out there!" "CAUTION" is the byword............keep your 'antenna' up!! Good luck!
• United States
24 Apr 07
LOL! Caution is the byword even if you are meeting someone face-to-face! Anyone can be a creep or a weirdo and I have met my share! But this time feels really different. I hope I am not being duped. I am taking a leap of faith here. (Something extremely unusual for me). Thanks for the well wishes and I will be careful!
@Stiletto (4579)
24 Apr 07
Well that's great that you think you've met someone special online - I hope it works out for you. However, just be careful and keep your feet on the ground. It IS possible to feel an instant connection with someone but remember a lot of people online are very good at initiating that sort of response from others.
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• United States
24 Apr 07
I plan to be careful. I have met a few flakes online and I know that some people seem to think that being on the computer gives you a license to lie. I didn't get that from him but I have been fooled before. I am being cautious!
@luay673 (153)
• United Arab Emirates
24 Apr 07
i, myself believe the same thing as you do. Coz most of the chatters are just fooling around. but of course not all of them. still, you have to be careful and to fall quickly.
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• United States
24 Apr 07
I agree. Some people are on the internet soley because they CAN be anonymous. And ordinarily, I am VERY suspicious, but this time feel different. I intend to be cautious, but I am still elated!