"omg! get a real bf/gf!" Internet dating is OKAY.

Have you dated online?

Yeah, it didn't work out though.	19.2%	[ 6650 ]
Nope.	36.3%	[ 12587 ]
Yes! And things worked out great.	11.0%	[ 3813 ]
I didn't choose to date online, I just fell in love.	14.3%	[ 4945 ]
Poll whores, click here!	19.2%	[ 6634 ]
Total Votes:			[ 34629 ]

[CAPTAIN Plixy[Stix]]

Wolf86

FreaksOnALeash27

I`m not too thrilled about the idea of internet dating. Especially with teenagers. Most of the time they find a girlfriend/boyfriend in real life and leave the other person just hanging. stare

Quoted for truth. Yet another reason intarweb dating sucks.

That could be true.

But come on. Not all teenagers are stupid. Maybe the majority. But give them some credit.

[Mistress Errisandra]

I suppose it's fine if you're both mature enough to handle it and are truthful. But in my case, I will never do it. I wouldn't be able to stand dating someone and never being able to touch them, see them, etc. It would probably drive me bonkers. Besides, I doubt I'd take it on a personal level. The internet is my place to unwind and be goofy. Not serious. And since I'm just staring at a screen, to me, it all seems very, very impersonal and I know I wouldn't take the relationship seriously. Thankfully, I have a lover and hopefully will never have to deal with online dating.

Not to mention, bad, freaky experiences... -=Shudders=-

But if someone can pull it off? More power to 'em.

[Sunlandic Edit]

Gawd i hate it in runescape when i see noobs standng in the middle of lumbridge saying "needs gf/bf!"

[Blaze Mercedes]

I honestly at first thought internet dating was completely bogus and utterly stupid. I'm not an ugly person, but I don't think I'm very pretty either. I lead a great life, well-supported, make all A's and B's, and I'm involved with many clubs. I thought that anything aside from the real was meaningless. But then I met someone, and we became friends. We learned about each other and had fun just being goofy. I felt like I could act like the real me and not the perfect one people expected me to be. Then he asked me out, and we've been together online for 5-6 months. I don't know how far it will go from here, but I do know that if I could go back in time, I wouldn't change a thing. Comments, anybody?

[sontaikle]

I'm honestly tired of people telling me my relationship isn't "real"

So I've been in love with the same person for a year and its fake? I don't think so. I honestly didn't go around the interaweb looking for love. I just stumbled upon it.

I've talked to my boyfriend countless times on the phone AND on the internet, both before we got together and after. I've also talked to his family and they're both fine with me dating him. Even our little age difference is fine(he's 19. I'm 17)

There's a real person behind each computer screen with thoughts and feelings. So how can an internet relationship be fake?

[Zoliez]

Internet dating doesn't make sense you only know what they want you to know, not saying it never works.

[Dr.Speth]

I admit to the whole thing about dating online then finding a Gf here where I live. I have done it before and regret doing that to the girl I was dating online, however, I was...I would have to go with merciful enough to break up with her and give her a good explianation. That however has only happened once and I have vowed to never do that again. I am currently in a relationship that is working out perfectly, and yes its online. I am very happy in it and should the opportounity arrise to date offline,I wont take it. In Conclusion, Online dating is no less real than dating, I wont say in real life but rather, dating someone closer to you, Distance wise. Well thats my two Cents.

[Blaze Mercedes]

Wow, there are a lot of good points here. Well, I'm gonna comment on a couple.
Nikki- Nikki, kudos and congrats to ya!! That is so sweet, and I'm happy for you. If it can go on that long and strong, than there's gotta be something true there holding it together.
Zoliez- That's very true, it can happen. But you can't just be so suspicious of people. People in the real world can act like that too. Are we supposed to not date them either?
Speth- Good point, and well noted. I'm happy that everything is working out so far for ya, buddy!!! And yes, it's awful how some are leading double lives ((no offense at all meant!!!!)). But Overall, all I've seen, with my friends and their bfs or gfs is good stuff. Just ask one of my friends, who is 21 and now living with the guy she met on Gaia she met 1 1/4 years ago. the wedding date is in June!

[Katoro103]

i would understand adults dating online but young kids like me shouldnt because they could b talkin to an adult thwen they could get raped or kidnaped.

[Push-Pins]

My best friend met her boyfriend on my forum. She met him (in real life) two years later with her parents and they (my best friend and him) have been seeing each other, and apparently, in love ever sense.

Not all internet dating is bad. And really, it depends what you mean. My boyfriend I met at a church orginization, he lives an hour from my house and so we mostly communicate on the computer and phone until we can see each other.

Some people just can't handle long-distance relationships, and some people can.

Me though, I'd rather if your having a internet boyfriend that you at least play it safe. Meet him with your parents etc. ect...

[Blaze Mercedes]

Katoro103

i would understand adults dating online but young kids like me shouldnt because they could b talkin to an adult thwen they could get raped or kidnaped.

Yes, very young people like 12 or younger DEFINATELY should not be dating online. Y'need experience in life and living before you try anything as risky as that. Smart choice, kiddo, you've got a good head on your shoulders!

[Dr.Speth]

I will over look the misspelling, however that isnt true...well not very true. There are many sexual predators out there, however most people you will meet are not something else. I do beelive this is true, I might be considered niave, but I hold to be trusting about other people.

[Push-Pins]

Dr.Speth

I will over look the misspelling, however that isnt true...well not very true. There are many sexual predators out there, however most people you will meet are not something else. I do beelive this is true, I might be considered niave, but I hold to be trusting about other people.

Who exactly are you talkin to?

[Donnacella]

Lots of good points in this thread. Online dating isn't for everyone. In fact, I would go so far as to say it isn't for most people. Every relationship takes trust, but an "online" relationship requires levels of trust most people would not believe.

Like some of the other posters here, I was NOT looking for online love, but stumbled on it by pure accident. It's working for me, but mostly because I am an adult and so is he with the means to pay for long distance calls and plane tickets. We had only been "together" a couple of months when we met in person for the first time. And I can be honest enough with myself to say if we hadn't met, we probably wouldn't still be together.

So I think online dating is fine. But I also think that in order for the relationship to grow and evolve, there has to be some physical contact. You CAN learn a lot from someone through chatting and webcams and such. But you can't learn enough to make a real, long term, committed relationship without spending time together physically.

[Miakoda Mikage]

I myself say that internet dating is not bad. I mean sure you could always land wih some old guy or a pervert. Or a mix between the two, but in some cases you really meet great people. When I first joined Gaia I was about 1/3 as literate as I am now. Which was bad, I realise I was incredibly stupid. But one day after I joined Gaia I met someone. We dated for a year, and have since then dated on and off. He's very persistant and we both have feelings about each other. Now, I'm a sophomore in High School, he's a Freshman in College and though we've never seen each other we pull each other through the good times and bad. Though I must say that I am a snuggle person and because I can't hug him or snuggle with him when I need or want to, it hurts-just a little bit, but it still hurts and can make you feel a bit lonely at times.