Internet relationships roxor

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 3:33 pm

Back to the topic and ignoring the stuff after it - why would anyone keep up a net relationship for 3 years? Why hasn't one of you moved yet?

I can understand a year, two at most, so you can settle all your unfinished business. But I can't imagine anything taking THAT long to settle.

Just curious. I have nothing against net relationships, but I see them as just stepping stones to a conventional relationship. It's like meeting someone in a bar - eventually you're going to start seeing each other in other places and move on with your lives. You're not going to hang out in that bar for the rest of your lives.

And I thought the one and a half years before my ex moved was stupidly long.

(It failed after a year in person, but it's no big loss, really.)

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 3:44 pm

I'm sorry, I don't have a driver's liscence.

NME · Post by **NME** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 3:46 pm

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:32 pm

Tab. wrote:I'm sorry, I don't have a driver's liscence.

...and? My ex moved here by Greyhound, with as much of his stuff as he could carry. Neither of us drives.

Come on, man, where's your sense of "twu wuv conquers all"?

We weren't even that close, and we managed.

I'm kidding. I'm sure one of you is in a dungeon imprisoned by flying monkeys or something.

fyrtenheimer · Post by **fyrtenheimer** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:42 pm

one of them doesn't really want to meet the other.

oh god. THE DRAMA

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:54 pm

Poor Mike.

madmallard · Post by **madmallard** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 7:50 pm

maybe there are some people left that think you should be married if you live together?

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 9:49 pm

SarahtheBoring wrote:
Tab. wrote:I'm sorry, I don't have a driver's liscence.
...and? My ex moved here by Greyhound, with as much of his stuff as he could carry. Neither of us drives.

Come on, man, where's your sense of "twu wuv conquers all"? We weren't even that close, and we managed.

I'm kidding. I'm sure one of you is in a dungeon imprisoned by flying monkeys or something.

no no, you don't seem to understand. I'm 16.

one of them doesn't really want to meet the other.

Do you absolutely have to bring shit like this in Rachel? Especially when you've no idea wtf you're talking about?

Leanan · Post by **Leanan** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:01 pm

I think the problem with letting net relationships go on too long without actually meeting up is that the physical side doesn't quite have a chance to catch up to the emotional one. ( I don't mean sex or anything like that). The relationship can feel very intense, but once in person you may notice things that really bother you. I just don't think you know a person completely until you have been around them and noticed their mannerisms, etc. It's like a whole other layer that you're missing out on while talking solely on the net. At least this is how I felt when I first met my bf two years ago. We hit it off great, but it's been a hard road as some people know from my lj

Kamoc · Post by **Kamoc** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:29 am

internet relationships rely more or less upon assumption. most go down the drain merely because you carry what you want your girl/boi to be on your back instead of craddling who they really are in your arms. if your blind faith weighs more than your

, you'll be crushed by a soft reality.

all communication has it's limits. just try not to make your love a mad-lib and it will grow into something beautiful.

just give it some time.