What are yor views on...........

[Blazer06]

Online Relationships??

Just wondering what you people think.


P.S. I have no doubt that this thread is fine, along as the comments stay mature. Please dont kill this thread.



Blaze

[Gomer]

P.S. I have no doubt that this thread is fine, along as the comments stay mature

methinks otherwise, regardless of the comments.

Not crapping... but I wouldn't discuss it here as the mods wouldn't see it as proper.

After my quick edit, it should be appropriate enough now.

[Blazer06]

okay...................


anyways what are your guyses views?


Blaze

My opinion? Check here.

Then again, perhaps I do have a point after all. If anyone insists on using the Internet to cultivate a relationship, try your best to learn the real issues behind the situation, not the often sugar-coated fantasy that the person on the other side of the IM client is trying to feed you. The collision of reality and fantasy rarely produces positive results.

[Mickwish]

Like any relationship really. Based on mutual respect and trust, should be fine.

Gets problematic when one or both party deliberately tries to mislead the other, but that's not just the province of online relationships. Happens face-to-face too, too much. IMO.

With IM video/voice links now, it's really much harder to do I'm-really-a-50yo-pervert-pretending-to-be-15 routine now. So, as long as both parties are honest about who, where and what they are, there is no reason why they can't have a good relationship develop over the net.

IMO, anyway.

Cheers
Mick

[Bill in SD, CA]

The word "stupid" comes to mind.

Bill

[NeoStarO1]

Well I met my man online via a dating place.
However I wouldn't normally recommend it because most of those places are only after certain types of relationships.

I was just looking for something particular and I maintained the ball in my court at all times. What I didn't expect was to end up with the person that is my soulmate. We been together 4 years now. The person I have now at the time reading his profile would have been the very LAST person I would have picked solely because of the fact that I had kids and he didn't.

I also handled my profile entirely differently. Rather than filling out the questionare I did my own thing and figured a way around thier system to post what I wanted to post and not what they wanted me to post.

It ended up being about a 5000 essay of what i was about and what I was looking for blah blah blah.

If you are looking for something serious. I wouldn't bank on an online dating place. If you are just looking to meet people and date and not get serious, then its an okay medium provide you want to take the risk.

If you do meet anyone, wheater you are a male or female ALWAYS meet in a highly public place with TONS of lighting!

oh ya, one last thought. watch out for the women, many of them on those places will be looking to see how deep your pockets are.

Edit: Another last thought, just remember when you are meeting people online, you may get to "know" the person of what they think and how they feel about things however you will NEVER get to know what thier personalities are like in real life.

[vass0922]

Originally posted by Bill in SD, CA
The word "stupid" comes to mind.

Bill

Old school apparently.



Just like any relationship, gotta watch out for yourself as there are some pretty "shakey" people out there.

Are you talking just met online or online long distance relationships?

Fingers and Surreal met online, i think having an online realshionship and never meeting the person is kind of off balance. But whatever floats your boat as long as it doesnt harm you in some way

JaYsin