I know someone who drove 1500 miles to pick up a girl he met online. She was only going to stay for a week…. she didn’t go home for 6 years.
What is it about online dating? Some say that it’s the best way of meeting someone because you get to learn about a person from the inside out. You have the opportunity to go beyond the physical to the heart of a person first then balance the rest later.
But then there’s the other side to that coin. The side where even though you have all the makings of dating perfection and relationship harmony online when you actually meet that person something DOESN’T click. What then? Can you go back to what you had before? Is it ever the same?
On the show we have two people that seem wonderful for each other. They are very good friends, seem to be attracted to one another (which was actually confirmed in a blog) and aside from a little bit of distance seems like they would make a lovely couple. It seems like it would be worth the dime to take a shot. I won’t name them because if you listen you already know who they are and if you don’t then it should be up to them, not me, to tell you.
When we broached the topic a couple of weeks ago, people were even offering to donate to pay for the flights, there was some hesitation. When someone waves a FREE TRIP sign in front of most people they want in immediately but there was no immediacy here. Why?
What if they do meet and the spark disappears?
What if they realize that there’s nothing really there?
What if they decide that even though emotionally they can have a bond but physically doesn’t work for either of them, or worse, just one of them?
Then there’s the element of risk. What if they do through all that caution to the wind, say SCREW IT and board a free flight to see someone they have spoken to online and on the phone for years.
What if it’s magical?
What if it’s amazing?
What if it’s everything they ever wanted?
Everything they ever needed?
The entire situation in general begs question after question. There are so many scenarios that immediately pop into my head about all the potential positives and negatives of meeting someone online. I would like your stories about meeting your online friends offline.
How long did you know each other online before the meeting?
The distance involved
The first impression/reaction
Did it last?
Is it still lasting?
How long?
Would you do it again?
Why or why not?
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