On line relationships
By dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58679)
Delhi, India
July 20, 2015 1:43am CST
How many of you have developed on line relationships. What were your experiences, when you cemented a relationship through internet or using your mobile. Were you susceptible in the beginning? Did you find any fruitful results when you finally bonded with the other person. Some of you might have experienced bitter experiences while entering into an on line relations, I would like you to share your experiences with us.
Have a nice day.
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4 responses
@fruitcakeliz (2638)
• United States
20 Jul 15
where to begin...
1st...i am assuming by "online relationship" you are refering to relationship of a romantic nature.....(If not i have MANY friends, of a non-romantic nature that i have ONLY "met" on line, but care deeply for......and also friends from the past, that i am only able to keep in touch with via the internet due to geographical distance....but through online interaction we are able to keep our relationships alive )
2nd..... reguarding romantic relationships...i know there is a lot of negative publicity out there....but it has worked for me? i have had two "serious" "long term" (depending on your definition) relationships in my life. The first started in a chat room when i was 17. I lived in Nebraska, he in Maine (US, 2500 miles away) We got to know eachother online, phone calls...a couple trips back and forth....eventually i moved half way across the country to be with him, and then we married. Unfortunately (or fortunately...depends on how you look at it) that marriage only lasted a couple years (we were young and still figuring out what we wanted in life...*shrug* no regrets...) But i opted to stay in this area instead of moving back home..(had a good job and a plethora of good friends established....why go back home and leave all of that??).....
a few years later i decided i was finally ready to look for some kinda of relationship again...but i had no idea where to start....i wasn't a "party girl"....didn't have much of a social life beyond a few intimate friends/roomates.....so options were limited..... Then one night i signed up for a profile on a free dating site on a whim. Spent a couple weeks checking for responces/looking for people who fit my criteria...then..
i got a message from a guy......now this guy was not in my age range (+5 years) and was outside my "geographical" bounderies (50 mile radius) .... but he was pretty awesome....
long story short, he and i have been together for over 7 years now.....and i don't regret a thing..
@xfahctor I
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
20 Jul 15
I am sorry if I did not elaborate more on 'on line relationship'. However, where you started your second point, you got it right. My intention of starting the discussion was that only. It was interesting to hear about your two different experiences. First one, I would say - partially succeeded because you parted company with the first guy. And second one succeeded fully in the sense that you have been staying with your partner for the last seven years. Your experiences sum up that on line relationship succeed too.
Wish you all the best in your life. Many thanks for sharing your experiences so candidly. 
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@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
20 Jul 15
@dpk262006 @fruitcakeliz
Yeh, I would say it has worked out pretty good ;)
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@fruitcakeliz (2638)
• United States
20 Jul 15
@dpk262006 no thanks needed..anyone who knows me (online or otherwise) knows I am nothing BUT candid.... maybe that is why online relationships work out for me...
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@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
20 Jul 15
I guess I don't have much to add. @fruitcakeliz pretty much summed up how it worked out for us. 7 years and counting, and every day still feels like the first. I did meet my second ex wife online, and anyone who knows me well enough will know how that went. But it didn't sour me. The net is just another means of socializing. It really isn't much different than meeting in any of public situation.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
21 Jul 15
I agree with you that net is one of the means to socialize and if two persons are seriously interacting with each other (with noble intentions), it will work out for them.
@allknowing (153529)
• India
20 Jul 15
I will never trust an online relationship where hardly about one percent of the person is exposed.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
20 Jul 15
It means you are susceptible to on line relationship and you are never going to trust the fellow sitting on the other side. Thanks for responding and kick starting the post. I hope you are doing fine.
@allknowing (153529)
• India
20 Jul 15
@dpk262006 One does not have to have a personal experience to know the sad state of affairs.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
21 Jul 15
@allknowing - Yes, I agree with you that one does not need to have a personal experience to know about anything. However, personal experience, if any, do adds to your knowledge and it helps you frame up your views.
