Why are internet relationships so popular?
344235
I have been with someone I met online for 4 years now. We didn't meet on a Personals site we met on Napster we just happened to like the same music. Meeting someone online I think is easier bc you get to know the person first before you see them. So you get an impression of their personality before you see what they look like. Like they say first impressions are what matter most.
433329
is that when people are married in the internet world, but not actually in the real world? interesting concept
1104219
I think the internet is a bad place to meet people you want to check out to be friends or potential life partners. Although serious and nice people are often on the Net, it is also filled with weird and perverted people out to take advantage of people with serious and genuine intent. While girls may meet up with some good guys on the Net, they are more likely to be trailed or misled through nice words. If their intention is to find guys to match their personalities or interest, it is better to go to places with real people that they can see, size up and make a decision to move in or out.
252335
i'm actually going to say that the internet date is better simply because you have a chance to get to know them before you go on the date so that you'll already have some background knowledge and experience together. that way you'll always have something to fall back on if things get quite. plus you normally can get a look at them first and find out it your even vaguely interested.
431308
YES\n\nI have  a lot of good friends I met in 'real life' but I have one good friend I met online, it is the best relationship I ever had.\n\nIf you are asking, maybe you have a similar experience? Trust yourself, not what people tell you.
248469
Finding someone interesting is possible, but a crush or liking someone, no not for me. I am a social being like most humans should be. I need actual face time. I'm only online to assist people with their questions. I don't use the net to meet people. You never know who you're dealing with and what their alterior motives are. Be safe not sorry.
20975
i think yes one can love online, b coz i hv seen lot pepole who is love with net only, i hv practical example for this .
1069543
Some people get really serious about those kinds of sites so they try to reveal as much personal information they can. I would not recommend putting all your information at once, because then when you finally talk to that person or chat with them, then the mysteriousness is no longer there and you will have nothing to talk about. If you post pictures then use a recent one so that the person knows exactly what  he or she looks like. Dont post a picture that makes you look the best, cuz you want them to think you would be a lot prettier in person. \n\nSome people have really healthy and successful relationships when they meet online. I think its because they get to find about each other thoroughly before meeting since usually when you first meet in the offline world, its all physical. Online is intimate and you get emotionally attached rather than physically getting attached. If you think it will fit in with your life better, then go for it =)
790051
I always thought the same kind of people used them, until one day I got curious.  I met the most amazing person online and now we live together, very happily, I might add!  You just have to be REALLY careful about who you give your personal info to, and how much of it to share until you know the other person is OK.  Use good judgement, that's all.
314151
A lot of people have had much success with meeting the love of their lives online. So I guess it really depends on the person and how hard they are willing to find that special person.
1034791
Its simply popular because it's given ordinary people tools that they want to keep in touch with other people.\n\nAnything innovative that helps people communicate more effectivly is going to become huge very fast.  This is the case for MySpace as well.
1116911
Because they r bored and they have nothing to do and they want to meet new people and there r so many stories about people finding their true love on the internet.\ni have a cousin that is dating a real nice guy that she met on the internet.\nand they just ignore the stories about those people who got raped by people they met on the internet.\nso there
642442
I do not.\n\nInteracting with "people" on the web is strangely compelling to most of us. We are usually at work or in a room, basically alone, at home or a cafe. We look at a screen and type.....read a response.....and perceive a relationship developing. It may be a banking relationship or an instructional relationship, a buying /selling/ questioning/ answering relationship. We may have cyber-friends and/or cyber-enemies. Our perception is one of a group (or couple) engagement of ideas and dialog.\n\nWeb-sites are commonly filled with declarative statements, rhetorical questions and "sticky" links and crude Q&A response threads. When you plug yourself into a more "human" question and answer session with a "live" human individual you begin to feel like the screen and keyboard in front of you "comes alive".....almost like a telephone call. With the advent of one and two-way video feeds the web has finally created the "ambiance"  of a real meeting of two or more people. You may still be alone in a room but your mind begins to "lean" towards believeng you are sharing a "moment" with another person.\n\nAs mentioned.....buying a car or doing your banking  or getting/giving advice to a client or a friend is made easier and more convenient by using this technology. However, it will never replace intimacy. And many types of relationships require a truly intimate experience.....not only a sexual relationship.....but a truly healing relationship requires intimacy. Compassion requires intimacy. Reassurance requires intimacy. Real friendship requires intimacy. The web will never be able to replace holding someone's hand in a time of need or a time of reassurance or a time of congratulations.\n\nBut we short-cut that true intimacy and many times settle for something APPROXIMATING intimacy with our love-life. We all have FLIRTED on the internet at some time. It's fun and basically harmless. I love to try to answer questins and imponderables while bettering my typing skills and self-editing abilities. We all do something that is fun while using the web to be our buddy/tutor/ soapbox/journal or scrapbook.\n\nSex..........as we have allowed ourselves to view/experience it.....has become a daily cat-and-mouse game for many pepole. Some of us have forgotten what makes sex so wonderful and ALIVE so we become so jaded and "mechanical" that we surrender the most intimate part of ourselves to be corrupted by a typed word and/or a pretty picture.\n\nThe Defence Department created the internet.......the sex industry and the people who pay into it have FUNDED 90% of its growth and develpopement costs!!!!!\n\nLet's enjoy the fruits of what pornography has built (this cyber-infrastructure).... but let's also resist becoming a slave/zombie to it. The REAL people in your life are an arm's length away. \n\nTOUCH THEM.
348791
I have a theory on that.   I think that some people live in a their internet world and are so involved with how cool they are that they don't really care about what is going on around them.  Why do you think we see so many questions about people wanting a boyfriend or girlfriend or what I should wear questions?
501812
Because people are less to judge you quickly and get to know you better then face to face. In fact I met my wife on yahoo IM and we have been married 1 year and 1 month now. hahhaha
283482
I think that number one, the internet is a stupid place for dating someone or finding someone. You have to be patient and the right one will just come along. Dont expect to find the one on the net, Trust me.. I dated a guy that I met over yahoo msnger for like 3 years and he was a total ass and a mistake, NOT GOOD! There was things I didnt even know about him that he could hide from me for a long time and I probably wouldnt have ever found out! You dont really get to know the person when you meet them on the net.. they can be fake really easy! Id say that half the ppl that answer these questions on here are fake just to get points but you can only trust a selected few. But anyways dont net date... K!? Later and GOOD LUCK
795041
alot of normal people are on personal sites... even married people...its just another way to connect yourself to the world...just be careful, jerks are on those sites too...most people think that they will appear desparate or something but it can be just the opposite sometimes....real people with real feelings are looking to meet others with same interest..if it works for them then its worth it in the long run