What do you make of internet relationships?

[Bambi]

Ok, my story.

Andy("Tom Cruise") and I met back in fall of 2003, on a message board. We didn't actually get to heavy chatting until 2004. We were helping each other out through some rough patches, and eventually somehow got into an "I'm uglier" contest and started showing each other our absolutely worst pictures. (So obviously when we met there was no "I hope he/she looks like that pic they showed". We were covered for wether we had an ugly-day or a pretty-day ^_^)
Anyway, chatting a ton lead to using skype(voice chat) a ton, lots of really long conversations. Eventually we decided that we should meet up to see if this was a really good friendship type thing or if it had potential to be more. So he flew out to California for a 9 day visit and we instantly hit it off. The only "akward" thing was we kept spilling food when we were out at dinner, but that was really more funny than akward. So we had an awesome 9 days and decided to go ahead and carry it on to a relationship.
Then I visited for the holidays and met his family and spent like a month and a half with him. And didn't want to go home. But obviously I went home. Obviously still had constant contact on messenger and skype and phone when net would go down.
Then I came and visited for another month and a half, we got engaged during that. Started planning for the visa for me to move over.
Then I went home with all my documents and was there for a while having fun with my friends since I'd be moving so far from them. Then I applied for my visa, and a couple weeks later(April 23rd) arrived to live here.
Wedding is set for August 5th.

[Meowster]

..."I'm uglier" contest...

I'm a straight female, so I'm not about to go into detail about how goodlooking Bambi is, but any guy that went to Gilbertfest will tell you (with a certain degree of caution since she is engaged) that Bambi is hot/fit/cute (whichever the UK word for it is). And Andy looks like Tom Cruise.

[dgunpluggered]

You are invited to the wedding of...

and

[Pumaman]

And Andy looks like Tom Cruise.

I hadn't noticed.

[Meowster]

Yes, one tends to ignore this trivialities when one is in love.

I'm still trying to figure out how to get that sexy Chris/Iqu picture off my phone.

[Bambi]

Aww Yutzster, so sweet. <3

[Peter Thomas]

Well, we're planning on meeting next weekend. The 21st, I believe it is.
We're both excited about it (I think. I hope...)
He's been such a nice fellow, and he invited me to this lovely old abandoned house with soundproof rooms. The only condition is I'm not allowed to tell anyone where I'm going or how long I'll be. Sounds exciting, right? Yay!

Okay, well that was all crap... well, apart from meeting him. I am. Next weekend. Damn I'm tired.

[Barbarian]

...he invited me to this lovely old abandoned house with soundproof rooms. The only condition is I'm not allowed to tell anyone where I'm going or how long I'll be.

Hmmm, I seem to recall seeing some horror-movies that started off this way. 

Well, just be careful, and good luck.

[Andail]

I wonder if certain brits could be just a bit more excited about the good looks of that Bambi/Tom Cruise couple

[Meowster]

I don't understand. What you're trying to say. Could somebody explain? To me?

[Peter Thomas]

I don't understand. What you're trying to say. Could somebody explain? To me?

amen...

[Andail]

hehe, I just meant that you've been talking pretty much and pretty excitingly about those people and how cute they were.
Nothing wrong with that of course, just an observation

[Harvester]

Well, we're planning on meeting next weekend. The 21st, I believe it is.
We're both excited about it (I think. I hope...)
He's been such a nice fellow, and he invited me to this lovely old abandoned house with soundproof rooms. The only condition is I'm not allowed to tell anyone where I'm going or how long I'll be. Sounds exciting, right? Yay!

Okay, well that was all crap... well, apart from meeting him. I am. Next weekend. Damn I'm tired.

So, whatever happened with this thing?

[Nikolas]

I think that Peter is still tied up and can't talk right now!

[Meowster]

Oh man.

Shortly after this thread was started I accidentally somehow sort of got myself into an internet relationship.

It's hard because he lives in the UK and I live in Ireland.

But it's been the best 6 months of my life. He is the sweetest, loveliest person in the entire world. Sure, it's a little hard to find time to see each other, but the time we do have together is entirely worth it.

Internet relationships can and do work, a lot of the time. In fact, another guy I know over here (in England) is married to a girl he met online. Also look at Kinoko's story.

Happy happy

[edmundito]

Here's an question, since that this thread has been brought back to life:

What would you tell your friends if you had an internet relationship? Ie (using Yufster as an example)- Wouldn't they ask why you're constantly going to England? Wouldn't they like to know where your frieand came from? Would you tell them that you met on the Internet?

[Pumaman]

I just say we met at a nudist colony.

[Mr Jake]

Mittens?

[DanClarke]

internet relationships remind me of this:

[shbaz]

Shortly after this thread was started I accidentally somehow sort of got myself into an internet relationship.

I thought you met him at the airport? He's from the internet now!?

It's hard because he lives in the UK and I live in Ireland.

Stop fooling around, those are pretty much the same country.