JeeepersCowpet Bay, Saint Thomas Virgin Islands (USA)6,482 posts
A few years ago when I first started corresponding with people here on CS I found a lady whom I thought I had fallen in love with. Man, did that ever mess things up. I later learned that it was my mind playing tricks on me. I DO love this person as a friend now, but being "in Love"....no, it was my imagination. It took quit some time to figure that out and fortunately I didn't loose a good friend in the learning process. Be careful. It's best to meet the person in real life first before deciding if you are in love. Things change up a little when it's live. Now remember, this is MY personal experience. Others my have a total different thing going on.
#1.) Advance to phone calls... 2.) Discuss the 'Possibilities'... 3.) Plan a meeting . . if within 200 miles... ...if she's outside 200 mi. ...she probably won't even agree to #1..!!!
Jeeepers: A few years ago when I first started corresponding with people here on CS I found a lady whom I thought I had fallen in love with. Man, did that ever mess things up. I later learned that it was my mind playing tricks on me. I DO love this person as a friend now, but being "in Love"....no, it was my imagination. It took quit some time to figure that out and fortunately I didn't loose a good friend in the learning process. Be careful. It's best to meet the person in real life first before deciding if you are in love. Things change up a little when it's live. Now remember, this is MY personal experience. Others my have a total different thing going on.
Have a great day every one !!~
right - I can't really imagine "sparks" flying via email.....I'd want to meet the personal first! Good advice!
Like a lot of things {in my opinion}, it really depends on the individual. Some people can, and some people wont. I have had at least one person not so long ago say they would "NEVER" have those type of sparks and yet not more than a few months later they were head over heels, both of them. They seem to be doing very well, by the way they are not from here but all the same I know it happens. Now some people will just say it is infatuation or something else. But truly who are we to tell the next person what they feel in their heart. I guess my point is that people are not all the same and what happens for one does not necessarily happen for another. Personally I think that is great, it means that, yes! it can happen to you, it can happen to me.
Jeeepers: A few years ago when I first started corresponding with people here on CS I found a lady whom I thought I had fallen in love with. Man, did that ever mess things up. I later learned that it was my mind playing tricks on me. I DO love this person as a friend now, but being "in Love"....no, it was my imagination. It took quit some time to figure that out and fortunately I didn't loose a good friend in the learning process. Be careful. It's best to meet the person in real life first before deciding if you are in love. Things change up a little when it's live. Now remember, this is MY personal experience. Others my have a total different thing going on.
Have a great day every one !!~
Good advice. An imagination has a way of making things SEEM real when they may not be.
I think you have to view this whole website as a bit of fun and some literal interaction. I hear many stories about people meeting up from the connections they make here, some work out some go horribly wrong. If you did manage to make a new friend and it turned into a real relationship well that should be regarded as a real bonus.
I'm an optimist and would like to believe that people are pretty genuine and most here have similar wants and needs. The fact remains though that however formed, relationships are complex things.
I tend to agree with nikogas and jeepers both. We can feel sparks to an extent from messaging online with someone but it is important to remember that a real life meeting is the "litmus" test
the attraction that starts online may or may not work out IRL
but it can definitely get started online. I know of several successful couples who started out talking online.
it hasn't worked for me yet, but I am still open to possibilities
felixis99: I tend to agree with nikogas and jeepers both. We can feel sparks to an extent from messaging online with someone but it is important to remember that a real life meeting is the "litmus" test
the attraction that starts online may or may not work out IRL
but it can definitely get started online. I know of several successful couples who started out talking online.
it hasn't worked for me yet, but I am still open to possibilities
agree also with some others comment in here. Meeting in real need it. And I did it already, to met this person in personal
You fall for the *concept* of who you visualize that person to be.
It takes meeting in person, and a lot of talking and interacting to really discover their personality.
How many times (especially lately) have we seen someone change into a totally different person than what we'd imagined... just by their posts in a controversial thread?
Ur_Knight: When you finally connect with someone online...
You fall for the *concept* of who you visualize that person to be. It takes meeting in person, and a lot of talking and interacting to really discover their personality.
How many times (especially lately) have we seen someone change into a totally different person than what we'd imagined... just by their posts in a controversial thread?
I have to disagree, everyone I've met in person has been exactly as they've portrayed themselves to be. Not all on here are flakes and/or phonies, although there are a lot of those too.
I think it's more a matter of when people stop projecting their own will or ideals on to others, that they'll start making true connections with people.
I also like the more controversial threads, they tend to seperate the weenies, a**hole and fanatics from the rest.
ChieriBellaOPJohannesburg, Gauteng South Africa42 posts
thank you "kidatheart"
what you project will be what you feel to attract. photos can say so much, profile a little more, personal meetings yeah sure!! if we all lived in the same city!!! or country!
but i think what i was getting at is, should geographical boundaries determine how we project ourselves and how far we go to put ourselves "out there" /to even click on countries and names half way round the earth!! if everyone felt " what da hell just talk or get to know the one you can see nxt door, she / he is a save option, i know what i get - because i can see and meet the person in real life " - well what are you doing look at profiles around the globe - ?
JeeepersCowpet Bay, Saint Thomas Virgin Islands (USA)6,482 posts
Don't let the distance thing stop you from saying hello to anyone that you find interesting, or that you'd like to chat with, I don't. You never know what can come of it. I have to agree with this one....I've met some really cool people here who I'll never get to meet, who are far away...and I've enjoyed getting to know them as e-friends.
JeeepersCowpet Bay, Saint Thomas Virgin Islands (USA)6,482 posts
Jeeepers: Don't let the distance thing stop you from saying hello to anyone that you find interesting, or that you'd like to chat with, I don't. You never know what can come of it. I have to agree with this one....I've met some really cool people here who I'll never get to meet, who are far away...and I've enjoyed getting to know them as e-friends.
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