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Post by DiBiase is Good on Sept 5, 2007 0:27:29 GMT -5
I met my current girlfriend on the internet. She is Canadian and I am Irish and it's THE best thing that has ever happened in my life. So she lives in Canada and you live in Ireland, how is this the best thing thats happened in your life? The distance and the ocean between you two makes me question that. Distance isn't a factor. |
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Post by Thread Pirate Roberts on Sept 5, 2007 0:28:43 GMT -5
I have actually had quite a few of these.
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Post by Johnny on Sept 5, 2007 0:39:40 GMT -5
So she lives in Canada and you live in Ireland, how is this the best thing thats happened in your life? The distance and the ocean between you two makes me question that. Distance isn't a factor. How is it not a factor though? It just seems huge and like a barrier of impossiability. |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Sept 5, 2007 0:44:55 GMT -5
How is it not a factor though? It just seems huge and like a barrier of impossiability. If you really want to be together then distance doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. |
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Post by Macho Dude Handy Damage on Sept 5, 2007 5:36:41 GMT -5
How is it not a factor though? It just seems huge and like a barrier of impossiability. If you really want to be together then distance doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. exactly. When me and my ex started dating, I was living in Norway, she was living in sweden. She was gonna move to norway though, cause i had school and a job (she had neither). but we never got that far, cause the relationship started showing its cracks, in that it started becoming obvious that we had outgrown each other a long time ago. we tried to make it work, cause we still had feelings for each other. although in retrospect, I think it was more like I had feelings for her, while she at the time, still liked me, but not that she was in love with me, and kinda just waiting for someone else to come along. cause she's scared to death of being alone, and she seeems to think that by always having a boyfriend, it will miracously make things better. so even though my own experience is a bad one (but really, by the time we started dating it wasn't an internet relationship, we had met several times over the previous years), i do know stories about relationships that did go well, such as my brother and his fiancè. |
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Post by Libertine on Sept 5, 2007 5:38:59 GMT -5
I believe I've stated this before but online relationships always make me laugh.
Now, I know there's a success percentage (there has to be) but the majority of them appear childish and a waste of time.
I much prefer meeting somebody in real life (pubs/clubs, the street, trains, the office, anywhere). Though I am one of those people who is a bit more outgoing than your average anyway.
Evidently, and perhaps unsurprisingly, a few people on WC appear to have been in or are currently in what you'd term an online "relationship", so I won't try and insult anybody.
I'll end on this note: An argument for online "love" appears to be, "Well if you love/care about them it isn't a problem." To me, it is. Surely loving and caring about somebody would include regular real-life contact? Not just instant messaging and phone calls.
Ah, you know, I really don't get it.
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Post by willywonka666 on Sept 5, 2007 6:14:19 GMT -5
How is it not a factor though? It just seems huge and like a barrier of impossiability. If you really want to be together then distance doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. Yea, like climbing the highest mountain, swimming the deepest sea stuff. I agree though, you can be halfway around the world in the time you spend at one shift of work,so why not? |
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Post by Libertine on Sept 5, 2007 7:47:06 GMT -5
If you really want to be together then distance doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. Yea, like climbing the highest mountain, swimming the deepest sea stuff. I agree though, you can be halfway around the world in the time you spend at one shift of work,so why not? The money to do it reguarly? |
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Post by willywonka666 on Sept 5, 2007 7:48:39 GMT -5
Yea, like climbing the highest mountain, swimming the deepest sea stuff. I agree though, you can be halfway around the world in the time you spend at one shift of work,so why not? The money to do it reguarly? well eventually someone will have to make the move-literally |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Sept 5, 2007 10:06:39 GMT -5
I believe I've stated this before but online relationships always make me laugh. Now, I know there's a success percentage (there has to be) but the majority of them appear childish and a waste of time. I much prefer meeting somebody in real life (pubs/clubs, the street, trains, the office, anywhere). Though I am one of those people who is a bit more outgoing than your average anyway. Evidently, and perhaps unsurprisingly, a few people on WC appear to have been in or are currently in what you'd term an online "relationship", so I won't try and insult anybody. I'll end on this note: An argument for online "love" appears to be, "Well if you love/care about them it isn't a problem." To me, it is. Surely loving and caring about somebody would include regular real-life contact? Not just instant messaging and phone calls. Ah, you know, I really don't get it. Why is it unsurprising that people at this board have been or are currently in online relationships? And as for childish, I don't think my engagement or marriage to someone I met online is childish in any way. |
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Post by B.A. on Sept 5, 2007 10:08:43 GMT -5
I was waitin for DiG to say he met his wife on here, so for all the people that say it's not possible...wrong.
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Sept 5, 2007 11:01:55 GMT -5
How is it not a factor though? It just seems huge and like a barrier of impossiability. If you really want to be together then distance doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. Er, actually, it does if there's no way for you to see each other for the forseeable future. At that point you may as well shoot the crippled horse. |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Sept 5, 2007 11:03:56 GMT -5
If you really want to be together then distance doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. Er, actually, it does if there's no way for you to see each other for the forseeable future. At that point you may as well shoot the crippled horse. Then you find a way. What situation would mean that you could never find a way? |
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Sept 5, 2007 11:06:52 GMT -5
Not having a job, having an education to think about, parental disapproval, how far the distance actually is, not having the time, and, once again, lack of money in the first place.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Sept 5, 2007 11:11:45 GMT -5
Not having a job, having an education to think about, parental disapproval, how far the distance actually is, not having the time, and, once again, lack of money in the first place. . I worked nights and hard to get the money to fly 5000 miles to see my girlfriend as often as I could. Granted, I had no education commitments to speak of, but I still believe that if you want it bad enough you'll make it happen. There are reasons why it won't work out but if you concentrate on them then you'll talk yourself out of it before you've even given it a chance. |
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Sept 5, 2007 11:12:37 GMT -5
I think a year and a half and seeing her three times is chance enough, thanks.
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Post by humanoid on Sept 5, 2007 11:16:29 GMT -5
The immature aspect of an online relationship comes from the people in the relationship, not the way that they met. Immature relationships begin in bars, schools, etc... every day. Someone who is dependent on someone else to make them happy will never have a successful relationship no matter how they meet. Now 2 people who are comfortable and secure with themselves, can get together online or otherwise and it can make them even happier.
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Post by Macho Dude Handy Damage on Sept 5, 2007 11:18:46 GMT -5
The immature aspect of an online relationship comes from the people in the relationship, not the way that they met. Immature relationships begin in bars, schools, etc... every day. Someone who is dependent on someone else to make them happy will never have a successful relationship no matter how they meet. Now 2 people who are comfortable and secure with themselves, can get together online or otherwise and it can make them even happier. wow.. BULLSEYE! |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Sept 5, 2007 11:19:45 GMT -5
I think a year and a half and seeing her three times is chance enough, thanks. I wasn't actually saying you personally should give it a chance, but seeing as you mentioned you saw her 3 times in 18 months you obviously did give it a chance. There is a stigma attached with meeting people online which even in this age will still never go away. Try telling people you met your husband or wife at a Wrestling forum and see if they can keep a straight face. (I even joked about it during my speech at the wedding). I suppose what I am trying to say, is that if it's meant to be then it's meant to be. |
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Sept 5, 2007 11:22:16 GMT -5
The immature aspect of an online relationship comes from the people in the relationship, not the way that they met. Immature relationships begin in bars, schools, etc... every day. Someone who is dependent on someone else to make them happy will never have a successful relationship no matter how they meet. Now 2 people who are comfortable and secure with themselves, can get together online or otherwise and it can make them even happier. pretty much. The only difference is that online is still not ok cause apparently you don't "get any" from an online relationship until it gets serious. |
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