How many of you saw your significant other online before flying across the country to meet in person?

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

Choose to believe or not. I had to help him with the basic turning on and off, getting to the internet and finding things. Maybe the young are internet savy but the older generation isn't. Not every nigerian here is a graduate of the Lagos school of romance scams.

[Lisamarie 79]

I couldn't really imagine not seeing someone online before I flew to another country to meet them. We used the cam but not the entire time we talked, because I was usually ready to get away from the computer and stretch out after sitting there working all all day on it.

[Mithra 1,185]

We switched to mostly phone conversations after awhile for the same reason. After we got married I wanted to save some money so I didn't have internet at home for a whole year. We talked a couple times a week on the phone and sent emails or chatted briefly while I was at work. No webcam at all for that year so I didn't "see" him for almost an entire year before he came to the US.

I couldn't really imagine not seeing someone online before I flew to another country to meet them. We used the cam but not the entire time we talked, because I was usually ready to get away from the computer and stretch out after sitting there working all all day on it.

[msheesha 548]

We switched to mostly phone conversations after awhile for the same reason. After we got married I wanted to save some money so I didn't have internet at home for a whole year. We talked a couple times a week on the phone and sent emails or chatted briefly while I was at work. No webcam at all for that year so I didn't "see" him for almost an entire year before he came to the US.

Ditto re: the phone calls. With the time difference and our work schedules, getting on the computer to "talk" wasn't realistic for us. We texted a lot and talked 1-3 times a day on the phone. And, we hadn't used webcam before we met in person.

[X Factor 1,112]

Seeing them online live is a must IMHO

[rade2rising 205]

when you hear someone on phone you kinda picture them in your mind even though you know you shudnt and when u do see them well its VERY different from what you were thinking lol so best get some kinda idea otherwise you will forever be in love wid the person on the phone

[texascamelqueen 1]

My husband and I actually met when we both happened to be traveling in the summer in the same town in Morocco, as we were both teachers in our own countries. I was on summer holiday, and so was he. I was walking through the medina, and he came up to me and started trying to chat me up. We ended up spending the whole afternoon together just talking, ran into each other again briefly that night, and then I left the next day. He had given me his email and we had taken some pictures together, and said that if I send them to him, he'd write to me. Well, I did just that and before we knew it we were chatting endlessly online on a regular basis. I visited him about a year later, and after spending a whole month together, staying with his family, he proposed. I went to visit once more for a week while we were waiting for the K1 visa. We will celebrate 3 years of marriage next month.

[Peace.... 281]

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My husband and I actually met when we both happened to be traveling in the summer in the same town in Morocco, as we were both teachers in our own countries. I was on summer holiday, and so was he. I was walking through the medina, and he came up to me and started trying to chat me up. We ended up spending the whole afternoon together just talking, ran into each other again briefly that night, and then I left the next day. He had given me his email and we had taken some pictures together, and said that if I send them to him, he'd write to me. Well, I did just that and before we knew it we were chatting endlessly online on a regular basis. I visited him about a year later, and after spending a whole month together, staying with his family, he proposed. I went to visit once more for a week while we were waiting for the K1 visa. We will celebrate 3 years of marriage next month.

That's a sweet story..... Wishing you a beautiful Anniversary next month.

Thanks everyone for all your posts...they were fun reading.

[Mithra 1,185]

So I saw this commercial and it reminded me of this thread.

you marry machine!

[Peace.... 281]

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So I saw this commercial and it reminded me of this thread.

you marry machine!

Haaaaaaa. So funny I love her commercials....your a sick woman lolllll that's so freaking funny and I needed that laugh in a bad way. Good one Mithra...

[X Factor 1,112]

So I saw this commercial and it reminded me of this thread.

you marry machine!

Very funny

[venusfire503 54]

We saw each other on webcam before meeting in person - it was the easiest way to converse, since we could talk to and hear each other (for free). Typing for hours every night got tiring after a while! I took a laptop to him the second trip, so we could talk during the day and also have privacy. I used to sleep on the couch then (I only had a desktop computer, and it was near the couch), and he kept his computer in his room. We'd keep our cams open all night so if one of us woke up, we could see the other sleeping. It was a way to feel closer to each other. Ok, so I occasionally videotaped him on the cam, snoring..... He got me back after he got here, though.

Also, once I got to know him and we decided to do the K-1, I introduced him to my children using the camera, so they'd be somewhat used to him before he got here. I used the webcam when I visited him so I could connect with my kids - it helped, since I missed them so much! They liked being able to see me, too. I also got to see his family on cam.

I loved that he was so respectful on the camera - it was one of the things that won me over.

Time goes so quickly. We've been married 5-1/2 years now, and he's been a citizen for more than a year. Just wanted to add that.

Best wishes to all!

Ramadan kareem

venusfire