Is it okay to date someone from the internet?
605443
Yes. Just be careful soemtimes the relationship will work out. I met my bestfriend on the internet.
608733
If you and who you are corresponding to are upfront and honest I dont see why not. I know some very successful couples who have met on the net. Follow your intuition and just be careful the net like all places do have some "unusual" people who are best avoided.
1187839
I had a friend who wanted to meet someone. She was a lot older than me and wasn't the bar type. We put an ad in a newspaper but it was only a local one because we couldn'y afford anything else. Anyway, I came across an internet site that flashed up in a pop up whilst I was downloading music. It was for a dating site called Loopy love. I checked it out and it was free.\nSo I called her and she came over and she asked me to show her what to do. She wasn't computer literate so I made myself a profile, even though I had decided I wasn't dating ever again after a horrible relationship, and she watched me, so she would know what to do. Then we did her one. It was a bit of fun.\nA few hours later, I had one message, from a guy who said he was in the same town as me. As it was an internet thing I knew I had no obligations to him, so I could have a little fun. We emailed back and forth and after about three emails I realised that he sounded my cup of tea.\nWe swapped numbers and I found out he worked on my road. Better still he was the guy I waved at flirtaciously every day on my way into town. Even better still, the photo he sent me confirmed this.\nAnyway, we started dating and now we're getting married!\nI wasn't a computer freak, but I found love by accident haha.
792801
i think as long as you remember where you met her it should be ok. many people who meet on line do so for a reason and very often it is not just you that they are chatting with. it depends on how honest they are with regard to their 'other' life.\n\ni have met people off the net and although very fond of them, didnt find it was a great basis for a relationship. my friend once found herself in bed with someone who had HIV, had no idea because she had formed such a bond with him on line!\n\nhowever my nephew has just got engaged to someone he met on the net.\n\ngo for it but be careful! good luck!
300308
Of course it can.  It is no different than people who meet on a blind date or in a bar or at a dance.  On line single sites are all about the introduction.  The rest is up to you.
349550
you have 2 options when it comes to online-dating.  it's either you will meet her in person after you get to know her or you will just stay as her online lover and won't meet her personally.  the latter is a little unusal.\n\nppl who have online lovers chat with them on messenger and play games on yahoo or msn or other game sites and send e-mails each other. \nit's a virtual date. \nyou don't have a lot of options when you date on the net.  just take her to a game room such as pool or poker and have fun.
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.
421645
I met my girlfriend online, and we've been living together for 4 years now. It's no different to meeting someone any other way as far as I'm concerned. Obviously you have to be careful, but then you have to be careful if you meet someone anywhere.
201958
Agreed it is when you are comfortable with it.  But even though he has communicated with family please make sure to meet in a public place and have the standard safety nets in place.  There have been too many people who have met someone on the internet that have run in to trouble because of trusting someone who has charmed the family only to be someone else completely after you spend time with him  ok
356498
Yes, it's a problem.  No matter how close you think you're getting to a person on the internet, the rate of information exchange is really very low.  You are not actually getting to know the person, just how well he types.\n\nSo you (and everyone else for that matter) fill in the details with your imagination.  This is a problem because there is a tendency to romanticize, simplify and idealize things.  There's also a tendency to want to be Cinderella and experience the magic of meeting your prince.  This means that you are predisposed to see princes where none exist.\n\nSo you become infatuated with people that you probably should not and sometimes cannot have a relationship with.  I mean, what are you really going to do with a guy who lives on another continent?\n\nThat hurts you in two ways:  first, you suffer all of the loss and disappointment when you realize this guy isn't for you.  Second, the time you spend infatuated with internet guy is time you could have been spending meeting actual people in your area who there really is a chance with.  You've lost all that time.\n\nI met my wife on the internet.  But I was looking only for people who lived near me (she was 10 minutes away) and who I could meet for real within just a few days.  I also met about 30 women to whom I most decidedly did not marry. \n\nThe internet is a tool.  It's not a replacement for your real life.
805989
I believe it's possible because that's how I met my husband :) ! I also have a few friends who have also met their significant others through the Internet. I believe it's a good way to meet because you really get to know a person. Whereas I'm shy and take a while to open up to someone in person, I can talk more freely and answer questions this way.
1187678
No this is  okay but be careful. It is hard to find the right person..
607252
You need to look at the thousands of answers to this question that already exist on this site. \n\nIt is impossible to know whether someone is sincere whom you only know through an online and/or telephone relationship. Also, there is no way to be sure that you'll really like each other unless you meet. Even if everything looks great on paper (or on screen), you would need a lot of time together before any pronouncements you guys make to each other would mean anything real.\n\nI'm not saying it can't work out; only that there are too many variables for anyone to know for sure. Life online is so much simpler than day-to-day, person-to-person contact.
272771
You should never be uncomfortable with the person you are dating.  I think you know the answer to this...Dating is supposed to be fun and relaxing.
75599
I believe you can find someone compatable over the net, but I don't think you actually fall in love until you meet them in person.  There's something about pheremones and chemical reaction that can only take place in person, so I think you could get close, but you won't actually fall in love until you meet in person.\n\np.s.  use EXTREME CAUTION with internet dating.  There are a lot of losers and bad people out there.
1079594
yea, you should be pretty careful on the internet\n\n\n\ngood luck finding a date
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