ElizabethJ

I met my husband online, a news sharing and poll site. I remember reading his profile and thinking "A man like this would never be interested in me".

I was intrigued to say the least. And after a few conversations, so was he. We exchanged email addresses, then phone numbers. Being 2000 miles apart leaves you with talking to each other. We shared everything. We were in love before we met.

He flew up to meet me and I was swept off my feet. He proposed and we were married a few weeks later.

Anyone else meet their significant other online?!

Maricha75

Yep. I lived in Michigan, he lived in Florida. We met via ICQ lol...I just showed my age, I know. I was having relationship issues and was discussing with a friend. My friend said "a friend of mine might be able to help"...So, she was added to our chat. She kept going "away" and we asked why. She was talking to her "son"... well, we said to just add him to the chat lol. And that was how we met. We talked for about 3 months before meeting in person. But we just knew that this was it. I moved a few months later, but then we had to moved back to my hometown. We were married a little over a year after we actually met. And, we have been married 12 years now.

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Marvel212

I did It was all a big joke actually. I had been single for a few months and my friend met her soon to be husband online. I made a comment about how I wished it was that easy for me. We laughed about it and made an online profile with the first one that came up in google. He messaged me and we joked around. I met him two weeks later. Hit it off even more. He proposed within 2 months and got married two months later. He is the best thing to ever enter my life next to our children!

Mrs. T

I did. Match.com worked for us. It took some patience...weeding out the ones who were just looking to hook up and had no real interest in a lasting relationship. I took the plunge four times, meeting two for dinner, meeting one for a coffee and one took me out on his motorcycle for the day (we had an awesome day and are still friends but there was no chemistry) and then I met Mr. T. We met at the beach in the afternoon and it was instant chemistry. When we had set up the meeting I let him think I had other plans for the evening...I guess I was leaving myself an out in case we didn't hit it off. Well, we didn't part company after the beach, we spent the rest of the day together and have been inseparable since.

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occasionallybaffled

Met online as well. Was a free site. She contacted me and we met a 2 weeks later. Been enjoying each others company ever since.

Wasn't a very well known site. We've joked that we should contact their marketing department and do a commercial for them.

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Gaia

I met mine in the hackers lounge chatroom via yahoo... I was having trouble with my comp and was suggested i go there lol.

occasionallybaffled

And he hacked your heart. Nice 2 for 1.love and free tech support.

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Gaia

lol never looked at it that way... nice one.

SunnyT

We met on an MLC site.... discussing spouses. Like TAM, only they had a chat room which was often a lot of laughs. So we all went thru low times together, did the advice thing...

Eventually our spouses left us, and we were in a friendship thing... not an EA. More like a support group.

We decided to meet halfway between Florida and Texas, met in Jackson, Mississippi. Had an awesome airport kiss.... and a really really hot weekend. He said he loved me before we ever met..... I had a plan B. We'd been talking for a year or so, so we knew each other pretty well... probably better than in a regular dating situation, we knew more intimate thoughts, dreams, fantasies, morals and ideas that online talking allows. My friends in chat, and in real life made me leave them all his info in case he turned out to be an axe murderer. I just thought, what if he smells bad or something icky.

It was an awesome meeting. I moved to Texas a year later. Just celebrated the date June 8th...6 years. Two years married now.... and it's all just awesome.

I really think it was the openness that that chat room encouraged. We weren't looking for anyone to date at the time. But... our heads were in the right place, not hating the exes, not "needing" a partner.... but excited about new beginnings, older and wiser, knowing what we want as well as what we didn't want. And it was ALL out there in the open via chat, emails, phone, texts... mega communication (which we both knew the value of since it was lacking in both marriages). So it was this "social media" that allowed us to be good friends in the first place, and to take it to another level in a mature, "eyes wide open" manner.

DanF

Wow, I guess I'm old.
We met the old way before "online". We were a blind date.

Mavash.

I'm old too. Met the old fashioned way and we were a blind date too. Internet wasn't even here yet.

Shiksa

We met before the internet too. Photocopy room

WorkOnIt

The internet is evil. Most affairs are born from it these days. Well the ones that don't start in the work place.

I'd guess that "most" relationships born of the internet are doomed prior to even starting. Too easy to hide who you REALLY are until emotions are involved.

lamaga

I cannot agree with you there, WorkOnIt -- people are the same as people have ever been. The Internet is a tool, nothing more.

WorkOnIt

A tool to make it easier sure if you're single, but also a tool where a partner can take advantage of the ability to have an affair with far more ease, especially EA, which turns into PA.

It's also far easier for people to pretend and articulate words in order to gain trust and affection without true body language which most people should be reading in person to truly judge someone's real character rather than word play.

Body language should be pretty crucial before feelings of emotions are in play. At least that's my opinion.