Is 2 weeks too soon to have fallen in love with someone?

@mlhuff12 (797)
United States
February 2, 2008 9:22pm CST
I have met an amazing guy online. We have been talking with each other online and exchanging e-mails every day for almost 2 weeks. He is currently in London, England and I am in the US. So we haven't met each other in person yet. He had told me that he loves me. Does anybody think that was too quick? My question to you all, when getting in a relationship. What was the quickest amount of time it took to tell the other that you loved them? Or any succes stories of finding love online?
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23 responses
• United States
3 Feb 08
Yes, it is too quick. If you were meeting each other every day in person and felt the same way, I would probably say it was too quick then too. There's no way on earth that you can know someone well enough to know for certain that you're in love with them in two weeks. When it comes to something as important as your heart, do yourself a favor and take your time. If this guy really does love you, he'll understand. I've done the online dating thing, but unsuccessfully and with great success. I met a couple of guys that seemed like they were perfect and even had one tell me that he loved me and it just wasn't right. I even had one guy try to con me out of money and he took a couple of months to get around to it. Of course, once I was on to him, everything changed. BE CAREFUL! The distance and the being in another country is worrysome in the extreme. You really don't know that this guy is where he claims he is. It's just hard to say what's going on until you meet in person. I know I'm repeating myself here, but seriously do yourself a favor and take your time. With something this important it will be worth it in the long run. I met a couple of frogs on my way to meeting a man that I truly love and we took it slow when we met (yes, it was online). We lived just 20 miles apart from each other and talked for two solid months before we met in person. It was worth the wait. I hope yours is too!
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@mlhuff12 (797)
• United States
3 Feb 08
You are right. I know I don't want to rush into things. I actually just got out of a marriage so I know I don't want to rush into things. And it is hard, almost impossible to know if this guy is for real and intentions are good. Especially since I have not met this person yet. But I will take your advice and take it slow. Thanx.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
3 Feb 08
You are asking for others opinion, be prepare for many. I am not saying that I am right, but...it is wayyyyy too soon for anyone to know that he is in love....very distance love... It may be temporary lure, not love....sorry, this is what I think... Be careful, you look like nice girl....:)
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• United States
3 Feb 08
Be very careful. Online a person can tell you anything and you don't know if it is right or wrong. Especially online two weeks is too fast to know if you love him or not. If I was online dating I would take the precaution of having him checked out. That might sound a tad extreme but you are talking about your life here. Better safe than sorry. Anyone can tell you anything about their life and that doesn't mean it is true. But don't only use your heart when you talk to this guy. Use your head also. It could safe you heartache in the long run.
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
3 Feb 08
Love is a one-way road to be travelled by by two, with hand in hand, to care, to share, to forgive, to love and to say silently"I'm always with u". Love is a silent language of hearts..Its not the matter of time u spend together but you people feel for each other..Sometimes a single day with that person can make you fell in love with that person ... Well there is one story of mine if u ever gonna believe that.. i met this girl online about almost 5 years back when i just cleard my secondary schooling.. we used to talk online every alternative evening..exchanged emails.. and later on began to talk on phone within a month.. we even exchanged our pics ..i wonder if she ever sent me her true pics.. And i felt very pleasant talking to her.. I used to send her cards on every occasion and we exchanged gifts on each other's b'day.. She even mentioned about me to her freinds and infact all of her friends knew about me.. i have even talked to some of her friends.. but we couldn't get to meet anytime..she was from jaipur(india) and i was studying at that time in some other city of India.. We used to talk for hours on phone.. some or the other thing happened that stopped us from meeting..it carried on for almost 2 years.. she has told her parents about me as a friend from jaipur itself ...but then somethign wrong happened with her..some guy misbehaved with her on phone and then she was banned from talking to boys.. so this triggered an end to our rlationship..it was almost after 8 months i tried to contact her .. but i wud hardly get to hear her voice.. it has been ov er 4 years now.. and i still try to contact her.. i last talked to her on her b'day in jan..and that too for a few minutes.. i keep trying but no response from her side.. Is this an end to our relationship? What do you say? what should i do?
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@myRose57 (153)
• Philippines
3 Feb 08
It seems the girl is not truly honest with you. If she wants to communicate with you she will do so. You have done your best to contact her but she seems not interested. Don't think of her too much, go on with your life.
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• India
11 Feb 08
Thanks for your advice and first of all believing me.. I know i should try to forget her but tell u seriously..its very difficult for me to do so.. everytime i have been away from her thoughts for a while.. some or the other incident happens which reminds me of her .. And i always used to think.. Atleast We could have met once before breaking out in this manner.. and i dont know what to do with all those gifts that she sent me and her pics that i have with me... Well trying me best to push her out of my mind...
@piatos03 (393)
• Philippines
3 Feb 08
Yes, it is really too quick. But it is possible for you to fall in love that fast. How it pans out is a whole different story. It's tough to have a long distance relationship online. There are too many things to think abut. First off, you two haven't met. What if he turns out to be someone different, or he could be pretending to be someone he's not to get to you. There could be ulterior motives involved. Second, if you do pursue a relationship with him, how is it going to work? Is he going there or are you going to him? When? And when you're away from each other, how do you know if he is being truly faithful? And what are the chances that you won't meet someone yourself? There are just too many things to think about when going into a relationship with someone who you met online. I think it's better if you two meet first before taking it into the next level. I have made the mistake of getting into an online relationship with someone before without meeting them. It didn't end up well. The fastest time I fell in love with someone was 10 days, I think. We met on a Friday, spent the whole day together just hanging out. On Sunday, we met up again, this time on a date. Everything went really fast in that relationship. It was so fast and intense, thus it ended up quickly too. We didn't last for more than 2 months. Think about all your options and about how you really feel. Is he worth the risk? Do you feel like you could trust this person enough? Is he even real?
@mlhuff12 (797)
• United States
3 Feb 08
You are right, being that I have not met this person in real life this guy could be a completely different person, or not being truthful. I will proceed though...with caution of course.
@arkansos (545)
• India
26 Dec 08
she's right. Its pretty quick. Remember that this guy has the privilledge of the whole internet at his disposal. And he gets a few seconds to prepare his answer. k he may is not a terrorist but he may definitely be a fake(not necessary). He could be something else in real life. Meet him before you decide. Then u'll know what he is really like. If things dun worry, remember: there are millions of good guys on the planet
@elfkitty (30)
• China
3 Feb 08
of course not.i fallen in love with my boyfriend the first time i met him.i think he's my Mr.Right,and we have already been together for half a year.
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@somu007 (51)
• India
4 Feb 08
tes it is really very quick from him.you dont know each other and it is not very easy to understand people these days .i think it a sort of infatuation that he is having.so give it some time....dont take a hurried decision and first of all know that person and let him know you....best of luck!!!
@mlhuff12 (797)
• United States
4 Feb 08
I think that you are right. It might be an infatuation, but I will let it go it's course and see where it goes.
@Vivianh (331)
• China
3 Feb 08
Yes,it's too quick to love i think.Maybe after u meet each other then u can find if each other is the one.About this guy,wish u good luck..
• United States
4 Feb 08
it could happen..i got a pen pal in 1981 and we wrote for four years..exchanged a lot of letters and cards and pictures..we met in 1985 and married in Tokyo, Japan..and been married for 22 years..but i do not say this is the perfect relationship...but what is? my son went with a very nice young lady for five years and nine months and seen her almost everyday and a lot of nights...but the marriage did not last one year..as he found another women on the internet..it happens..and my daughter has had some lemons for husbands too... my first marriage was a bad mistake..but i supported my children until they were of age...and in 1985 i remarried but i don't regret doing this as it worked out... I have heard many stories and not all of them are good but what in life is guarateed? I told a friend to take a chance as he never could get a lady to stay with..so he found a women from Thailand and she came to America just before 911 and they seem to be happily married and he thanked me for telling hime.."Tom, what have you got to lose if you just meet this lady?" well he did and it worked out.. i know of only one couple in twenty that failed..maybe this is not a scientific survey...but it beats the national odds on marriage... the main thing is the maturity of the couple and the values you both share...good luck..everyone should have someone in their life...that is the way i was raised.
• United States
4 Feb 08
opps..almost forgot..please take your time...i first had to meet my wife's friend and employers and some family..and they all said the same thing about my wife..so i did not jump into a fast quickie marriage...so take more time to get to know him..
@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
5 Mar 08
I don't think so. falling in-love has no definite time to wait. It just happen naturally. It seemed to be a natural happening that you don't know when to happen.
• United States
4 Feb 08
Yes!! I am with my fiance for almost 4 years now, and we met online. We were talking online for 6 months and then on New Years eve, we decided to make it official and meet. I am from Florida and he is from Wisconsin. When he left to go home, I thought I'd die from missing him, but 1 month later he left everything behind in Wisconsin and joined me in Florida. We are now engaged and we have a 2 year old daughter. If it feels right, go for it! Love has no limits. I feel like when you meet someone online, you do not connect physically, but you connect mentally and emotionally... and to me, that is very important. Good luck to you.
@mlhuff12 (797)
• United States
4 Feb 08
I agree that that is the most important part in a relationship. Connecting mentally and emotionally. And we have connected in that way, in a way I have never with anyone else. 6 months is a long time to wait to meet a person. But if necessary I think I will wait that long. Thanks For Your response.
• United States
4 Feb 08
When I said "yes!!" I meant, online dating is successful. I hope I didn't confuse you. But to answer your question, love has no linits. If you feel it and it feels right, then I don't think it's too quick. But I would keep chatting online and see how you feel 6 months later. If it feels even better, then go for it!
@jhl930 (3601)
• United States
3 Feb 08
I don't really know what to tell you about this guy because usually it's the guy in the relationship that has a big problem using the "L" word! Most guys wont use that word first and especially in the first two weeks...but who knows maybe he is the kind that falls hard and fast...I have actually heard of people who find other people online and have a long successful relationship....I think that you could actually find someone online that you could fall in love with but it really takes time and be careful because people arent always who they seem to be!
@mlhuff12 (797)
• United States
3 Feb 08
Thanks for your comment. I do appreciate all of the comments really. But for this discussiong the positive ones i like the best. I think that it could definately work...but I will be careful. But I must not be afraid to take some risks. After all we are talking about love.
• United States
3 Feb 08
Way too soon, girlie. You've never met him, it's been two weeks... eh. Not going well for you. My current boyfriend of a year and a half I've know for 4 years. We were not going after each other that 4 years, but when it came down to the end. He started having feelings for me, eased the idea into conversation and it went from there. That was probably a month before we started dating. Finding love online is rough, you can't just take what someone says and believe it all. They are online and have this invisible barrier that allows them to make themselves be who they want. Not to say this man is horrible. But you don't know the little things. The stuff you could only learn by spending quality time WITH that person. What I didn't say about my boyfriend and I, we had met twice in person, exchanged IMs and were friends at distant for that time before we started dating. (He was in NY I in DE) Then things started looking towards the fact that we might date, so he came to visit me. Even then I was still a little worried, but realized there really could be something. So we went with it. Now we live 20 minutes from each other in PA and I've never been happier.
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
25 Dec 08
People have different culture and the degree of falling in love may vary. One can fall in love instantly while the other can fall in love after years and years of knowing the person. It really doesn't matter as long as you are sure about your feelings for someone. So i guess two week is just fair. Maybe you developed pretty fast and that's good right? Than not to develop at all. Ok let me tell you my story but don't take it against me ok? I've been talking to this girl over the phone for like two weeks then we finally meet. That same day, we had youknowwhat and we just became lovers instantly. We didn't last though after 6 months because of complications because she's leaving.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Mar 08
oh well.. i don't know for sure. i guess you are the only one who can tell if what you feel for him is really love. and its only for him to know if he is being honest with you. some falls easily, and some holds back their feelings. if he says he loves you by just two weeks of talking with him, and shows he loves you by his actions, words, etc... then i guess it must be love... otherwise its just a mistaken affection, perhaps.
@youdontsay (3497)
• United States
3 Feb 08
Well, if he says he loves you what that means is he is in love with the idea of you. He doesn't really know you because he hasn't really met you. He knows what you say. But that isn't who you are. In order to truly know someone you need to spend some time with them, to see them through your own eyes and not the eyes of someone else. Know what I mean. You very well might be soul mates, but you won't really know that until you've been together a bit.
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
3 Feb 08
Within two weeks of meeting on line, he told me over the phone, and I have to admit at first, I thought it was crazy. Later after we had met in person, and we've been together 3 years, a few months after I moved 1600 miles he told me he knew I was the one within the first 15 minutes of chatting together, I knew it about that same time too, lol. We met on line in Feb, he flew to spend a week with me a month after we met online, a month after he flew back home I was making plans to move from Texas to PA! Too quick? maybe, but we both new we were meant for each other, and we've had our own experience with thinking we were with the right one, we have both been married 3 times, so we aren't rushing down that aisle again, lol. However, there are a lot of fakers out there and you really should make plans to meet in person, I would recommend a public place for the first meeting, although I didn't exactly take that advice to heart, lol. When he flew down to meet me the first time in person, he stayed with me that whole week. However, I had proof of his career, and other things that I took into consideration.
• India
3 Feb 08
Well I dont think that time matters in this case. Love is a thing that has no time and no age. It can take years to fall in love with someone or sometimes it takes a moment to fall in love with someone. Sometimes it happens when you are in high school or sometimes it can also happen at the age of 60. I think it depends on your views that how you take it. Since everyone has their own views one must think about his/her future. If you are not confident enough or lack trust on him, then you must take some time to know him completely and get comfortable with him. But if you are sure that you are on the right track and that is only the person you are searching for, then no need to waste time, just accept his proposal. Honestly, according to me, I think you must meet him before you take any decigion....
@di1159 (1580)
• United States
3 Feb 08
Hi! I do believe in love at first site, but at first I.M.? Hmmmm....I think that eveyone online sounds "amazing". Be careful and if you are planning on meeting, I suggest you don't go alone. Its better to be safe than sorry. Good Luck!
@david2005 (798)
• Canada
4 Feb 08
It all depends on the person, I know someone that fell in love the first time they saw the person and they are still together after five years now.