Tuesday, 25 August 2009

• Online Dating

  I've noticed a considerable amount of online dating success stories, it is from those people or anyone else that thinks they will be able to pass on some online dating knowledge to me and anyone else seeking the same information.
  
  First off, the guy that I am romantically interested in is currently in afghanistan with the army. He was deployed after we met and became friends on a dating website. We started off as just friends because of his upcoming deployment but it only lasted for a couple of months before the romance between us blossomed, it was just inevitable. Things are still going well for us, but neither one of us are willing to make anything official before we meet in person. Online dating does have a lot of advantages, more so for us, I believe, because we started out just as friends. Right from the beginning we weren't glamorizing our lives to keep the other one interested. But, even with all of the advantages of online dating, the disadvantage is there isn't much guidance for those who are unable to meet in person, but want to keep the relationship alive and moving forward. In person dating rules are a lot easier to understand.
  
  I've been on the losing end of online dating before. Sometimes it goes as far as meeting, I had a boyfriend for a couple months that I had originally met online. Then sometimes the interest just fades and you stop keeping in contact, they become a memory, usually a good one. There are also the people you meet that become lifelong friends. I had a friend who we've been through a lot of crap together and hadn't met till this year! 6 years after we met online and became buddies. Then there are those stories that I have heard and witnessed a few, where they just get it right. Like I mentioned, those are the people I hope to hear from.
  
  What are some of the guidelines you went through that you'd like to pass down? Is it ridiculous to think that you could want a boyfriend that you've never met in person? Is love ridiculous when you've never met face to face? Are there rules as a woman that could help keep myself protected even though I do trust this man? Were there certain indications that ok this is going to work? or was that merely something you had to wait and see in person? etc... I guess the fact that I like this guy so much and he seems to be really into me, scares me a bit since we haven't spent anytime together in person. Understandable right?
  
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• Hi everyone! I'm just getting started on Datingish... Drop me a comment if you've got some ideas on what to do first - or just to say, "Hi!"

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