Online Relationships !?

[Purpledaffodil]

What do you guys think of online relationships, do they work out? ,have you ever had one? , would you ever? I'd love to see what people think about this thnx:)

[Moriya]

Honesty Hour: I'm not an advocate for online relationships. I know a couple of people who've had them and they haven't really worked out. I'm not saying this is the case for everyone, I'm just basing my opinion on what I've seen. Would I ever be in one? No, mainly because of my paranoia.

[Typhlosion]

Some people enjoy them, some don't. I was in a LDR (extreme ends of the state) relationship in the beginning of my third year of highschool, but with a girl I was going along with in the first year that eventually moved. It worked for a bit, but I lost interest and she cheated. Oh well. Lasted for 4/5 months, the first three were ok. It was my first relationship btw.

I guess my current relationship goes semi-LDR during vacations when we see each other once a month sometimes. When classes return, however, we see each other every single day :)

Do they work? Maybe, a friend of mine is in one right now and he's enjoying it, though he met his partner twice in the period of ~3 months. And the cities are almost next to each other, only 2 hours apart. :what: He's thinking of deviating already, but that's him being him.

If an encounter can happen, then I think it can work. The magic of very few (but not none) encounters can be enough for the couple if they work hard. 100% internet relationships, with remote chances of contact, IMO, is not going to work well. It's totally fun in the start but I wouldn't take one too seriously.

[SethfromMI]

I got to be honest and say probably not. it would be one thing if my gf moved and we planned on getting married or anything. but just doing an online relationship from the beginning and that's it? not for me

[Melodic]

I was in one but we knew eachother from middle school and we already dated in the past.

I ended it because he didn't communicate much with me. Honestly, we were both still pretty young and didn't really know what we were getting into. I wasn't much better and could've tried more to reach out to him. It also didn't help much that he wasn't allowed to date me.

I'm not gonna encourage anyone to not be in an online relationship because all relationships are different. I'm not gonna say I won't ever pursue one myself because you never really know.

[Gumleaf]

If a relationship starts online, then the only reason I would encourage it is if there is a very realistic chance of it continuing in real life. In other words, you would have to live not far apart and be in a position where you'd physically see each other frequently in a reasonable distance in the future.

[Croconaw]

Well, I would prefer it because people are nicer online, in my opinion.