How many couples here met over the internet?

[The_Sage1 2]

I'm just wondering how most the people on here met their lovers initially...over the internet or in person? I ask because I wonder the number of couples the consulate deals with that met over the internet as oppossed to meeting in person initially. I met mine on a dating site and then we met in person. It makes me wonder at times if the consulate sees couples that meet online at first as more of a red flag than not. I don't see why they would, granted that I'd expect most of them met online.

[Rito 28]

I met my person online. No idea what percentage do, and of course the numbers would be inflated at VJ, but I have to imagine they see it a lot.

[bowgirl 8]

I met my husband online more than 2 years ago.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I'm just wondering how most the people on here met their lovers initially...over the internet or in person? I ask because I wonder the number of couples the consulate deals with that met over the internet as oppossed to meeting in person initially. I met mine on a dating site and then we met in person. It makes me wonder at times if the consulate sees couples that meet online at first as more of a red flag than not. I don't see why they would, granted that I'd expect most of them met online.

I did not, but it seems to be very common. It was never asked of us at the interview. Internet introductions are probably the overwhelming majority of foreign engagements currently. They are not all on dating sites, also from gaming sites.

[SunDrop 59]

They are not all on dating sites, also from gaming sites.

Yup, gaming is how we met. It's very frustrating that people automatically assume if you met online, you must have been out looking. We get comments to that effect often and it irks me to the core.

That, and 'so erm, how do you guys... you know.... cope with being apart so much with...ahhhh....you know... intimacy?' MYOFB! lol

[Seb928s 2]

We met at my cousins wedding when I was in Poland. I'm Polish I was born there so naturally I always wanted a Polish girl

[Eric19myracle 0]

I'm just wondering how most the people on here met their lovers initially...over the internet or in person? I ask because I wonder the number of couples the consulate deals with that met over the internet as oppossed to meeting in person initially. I met mine on a dating site and then we met in person. It makes me wonder at times if the consulate sees couples that meet online at first as more of a red flag than not. I don't see why they would, granted that I'd expect most of them met online.

I met my husband on dating site. At first we getting to know each other over the internet using YM then decided to get married in the PHILS. I met a lot of people who meet thier fiance and spouse over the internet and finally married live happily ever after. How romantic

[Bacon 0]

They are not all on dating sites, also from gaming sites.

Yup, gaming is how we met. It's very frustrating that people automatically assume if you met online, you must have been out looking. We get comments to that effect often and it irks me to the core.

That, and 'so erm, how do you guys... you know.... cope with being apart so much with...ahhhh....you know... intimacy?' MYOFB! lol

LMAO!!! What I find funny is that me and my guy are complete opposites on all the major stuff (religion, politics, etc) yet the one thing that stops people when I talk about him is that we met on the internet. Apparently they think he's a serial killer once that comes up.

[canadian_wife 1,808]

I met my husband on an online dating site. Granted he was living and working in Canada at the time.

[marklovetina 52]

I'm just wondering how most the people on here met their lovers initially...over the internet or in person? I ask because I wonder the number of couples the consulate deals with that met over the internet as oppossed to meeting in person initially. I met mine on a dating site and then we met in person. It makes me wonder at times if the consulate sees couples that meet online at first as more of a red flag than not. I don't see why they would, granted that I'd expect most of them met online.

HELLO.. MET MY FIANCE ONLINE LAST FEB. 2009... ALSO IN A DATING SITE....

[sachinky 464]

Met in college, during our undergrads. My friend was his roommate. Very normal, very ordinary.

[brightskte 18]

Met my wuvie online 6 years ago. Wasn't a game or a dating site, my friend was playing around on my ICQ and added him because he had similar interests to me. From the very first night it was love.

Course, we DID break up a few months later.

But we got back together again last July after finally admitting to each other that even though we had been with other people(well, just his ex and my ex) that we had been in love the whole time we were apart. Never even met him in person until last November, but it only made my feelings for him feel like electricity.

I just love that man... He gives me butterfliesssss.

[Inky 1,110]

Online gaming 3 years ago, friends for 1 year dated 2 years and then married

[Malrothien 6]

Met in October in 2004 after knowing each other playing DAOC (MMORPG) for a couple of months. He asked me to dinner, and as they say, the rest is history.

[TBoneTX 44,533]

There's a recent poll in the Polls forum that asks the OP's question.