met by internet

[PlatyPius 5]

I think I've answered once every 3 months when this same question is asked.

I was a moderator on a pagan message board. Mags had broken her foot and was playing around on the internet due to boredom. She found the site via a google search on "broken foot". She joined, even though she wasn't pagan. I found her posts amusing, and I reckon she liked mine too. (I was the "enforcer" on that board....the person who would flame morons/idiots/trolls until they quit, got banned, or otherwise left the board - I was a professional misanthrope) We started chatting about Scotland for some reason. Then after a couple of months, Mags announced that she was flying to the US. The rest is history.

[sj5 4]

I met my fiance online..... he was looking for blonde hair and blue-eyed girl but it so happened that he found me, a black hair, brown eyes, tanned skin asian girl....LOL totally different of what he was looking for before.....hahaha but we're happy and get along so well.....Thanks to internet and dating sites, we found each other.....

[sj5 4]

i was playing on world war.....................................craft Edited April 21, 2008 by SJ

[wowswift 3]

Mine was online. We were both members of a poker forum, and we both frequented the Off Topic section of it. I bought an xbox and searched for people on there who had one to add them to my friends list. Anyways, added him, got Gears of War, and he said "out" funny. So I bugged him, we played xbox and poker, then got on messenger and I was a sucker for the sideburns.

[terrie/kamal 0]

I MET MY HUSBAND ON AN ONLINE DATING SERVICE. AND AGREE WITH KAZAN ABOUT SLIM PICKINS. I DIDN'T GO ONLINE LOOKING FOR LOVE IT JUST CAME TO ME. I WAS ALSO TIRED OF THE DRUNKS AND ABUSERS AT THE BARS.

[Susita 175]

I met my fiancé in a chat room / penpal site where you can practice Spanish & English with people from different countries. I speak both Spanish & English fluently but I wanted to brush up on my writing so I was practicing there (I was about to take a Spanish composition course for my teaching certification and NEEDED to work on accent marks etc) I met Luis just chit chatting, added him to my MSN, talked with him every couple of days until the conversations got really interesting so we took it to skype and phone convos. Fell in love shortly after and I went to Peru in May of 2006 for 3 weeks (best 3 weeks of my life) and then again this past march.

I miss him. I wasn't looking for a boyfriend but I found the love of my life. Funny how that works out huh? And I was Miss "No meeting guys on the internet" too. Love contradicting myself, lol

[*JG* 2]

I'm not comfortable with, nor cannot ever see myself being comfortable with, meeting someone on the internet for a serious relationship. I'm very much a people person and have met friends and ex's in some of the strangest places.

That being said, I have no harsh words to say about anyone who does meet their SO online.

I have met a handful of men and women on forums that I have then met in person and continued friendships for years now.

I met my husband in person while on vacation.

[chri'stina 190]

I am also answering even though I've answered this question a million times hehe.

Internet here too.

I am not saying this to make people who purposely went online to find someone feel weird (ok, Scott! ) but I was one of those people who said I would never marry someone I met online. I had a friend who married someone they met online and they were a perfect match, but still I for some reason thought it wasn't for me. I think I also use to say I would never marry a vegetarian, and well guess what Sujeet is! So I can be a dork with this "never" stuff huh!?

Anyway I IM-ed people a lot on AOL instant messenger back then, mostly friends who moved away for college. One day I was awake later than usual, couldn't sleep, and was online and got a message saying a certain username wanted to talk(I had that filter on where new people had to get permission to talk to you) and I debated pressing "Ok" bc the person had no info about themselves but I figured, well why not, if it's a creep I'll block them. So I did, and it was Sujeet. He was at work(daytime in India), and bored surfing AOl IM and searched under "Christianity" for users who had that as an interest. Of course I thought it was interesing to talk to someone from India. We started talking about religion and life in general, became buddies, then more, and the rest is history.

I do have to thank God for the internet, for me not being able to sleep that night, and for accepting the message from Sujeet!

[sj5 4]

church

[hope2018 25]

Internet Yahoo chat room

[Autumnchik 6]

Internet here too. We began as penpals. I was interested in learning about a different country (honestly, I really wanted to learn more about living in the FAR NORTH of Canada, but instead the pen pal I clicked with the most was the guy living in Vancouver). And the rest is history

[Alex & Rachel 78]

I don't think people who looked for a mate on the internet are losers

it is just how it worked out me... I didn't go to a chat room to meet someone... i was just bored and wanted to check out this chatting thing and I just happened to meet my future husband in a chat room:)

(Only for me it was a forum and not a chat room).

If it weren't for the internet, I'd be very single and probably would have stayed that way. It is nearly impossible, to find someone special, when you are middle aged and have no normal network of singles to draw from. My friends and family no zero single people that I find attractive for a serious relationship. I'm not and could never get interested in the "bar scene". I wouldn't walk up to a lady at the grocery or clothing store to ask for their shopping advice hoping to get a little more. I truly can say, the internet is 100% responsible for opening doors that would have otherwise remain closed.

I could have said the same thing, word-for-word myself - well, maybe not the "middle-aged" part, as I was 37 when I found Lai

Lai and I met on the Internet at a singles site. And we were both there actively, deliberately seeking a spouse (gasp!). I find it amusing how often people will say they met on the Internet, but then will be quick to point out that it was entirely accidental and they'd had no real intention of finding a spouse there, as if there were something weird or sad about people who purposely look for their mates that way, and they want to assure everyone they aren't losers

I only 'point it out' because most of the time I'm answering a question like this or someone asks me and my answer requires a little more explanation.

I certainly have no problem with people deliberately looking online for a spouse and it works very well for many people. There is perhaps more of a stigma attached when you're younger, however. When you're older it's considered more acceptable for the very reasons Kazan states. When you're my age, you're so surrounded by single friends and good dating networks that you're expected to find someone there instead. I know many people who will have no problems with their parents or parents' friends dating online but would still consider it weird if one of their own peers found love online.

Mine was online. We were both members of a poker forum, and we both frequented the Off Topic section of it. I bought an xbox and searched for people on there who had one to add them to my friends list. Anyways, added him, got Gears of War, and he said "out" funny. So I bugged him, we played xbox and poker, then got on messenger and I was a sucker for the sideburns.

Off-topic, but I love your avatar!

[o0pink0o 3]

i was single way back then and i wasn't searching for any romance (specially online, i'm not against it though )

i went to yahoo literati just to play a game not knowing that that is where ill met the love of my life

[Completely 3]

other. I believe most people find their spouses through their social circle, like school, at work, at a bar, club, family or friends.

That answer was for the question what's the most common ... For the question how did you meet my answer is internet.

I met my husband at TGIF where I used to work before.. Personally I did find hard believing people in the internet until I joined this forum where mostly some of the couples here were met by internet..

[Dr. Obvious 49]

We did meet on the internet, but only had a very small handful of random conversations over the course of two years before we actually met in person. Even then, there was no serious intention on my part, anyway, to meet. It just happened because of an insane 60-70 year old woman, with whom my short course program in Germany thought would be appropriate for me to live with for 3 weeks.

Edited May 18, 2008 by Wacken