Do you believe internet relationships can be real relationships?

i have met a few. one im just friends with. one turned me off from ever meeting online men any more. one 3yrs ago. i met online in AZ. we had a 9mths relationship. got on great. suddenly because i refused to marry and just wanted to stay his girlfriend, he broke up with me. said he needed to find a life partner. oh well.

When I was in Highschool, I did some searching through the internet. Friendster.com wasn't famous then. What i enjoyed most was meeting people through chat, and I did get the chance of meeting someone who until now is a good friend. I'm talking about platonic relationship here.

We haven't seen each other yet but once in a while, we e-mail each other and ask how each one is doing. For me, that is a real relationship.

Now if you're talking about meeting someone in the internet and falling in love, that type of relationship doesn't work for me.

I am a fan of the movie, "You've got mail," casted by Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. They did meet online but when did their real relationship start? When they gave each other a chance to actually meet and interact (although the character portrayed by Meg never really knew that Tom was her e-mail friend).

I met my current boyfriend on the net and we still talk through emails and ims even though we've been together for a month I've never felt a love or connection like this. Now we have met in person and spend weekends together but with the way gas prices are its just not possible for us to spend a ton of time together.

Then on the other hand I met a guy on the net 4 yrs ago and we've still never met but I love him to death. He's my best friend in the whole world. We talk on the phone and through the internet in different ways. I think honestly if me and him were closer together we would have been together a long time ago. He's always been there when I needed him no matter what time or what day and not matter what had happened. He was there for everything and I love him so much for that

I think that it is easier for us to make bonds through the internet since we can be ourselves. We basically have these profiles out there that say hey this is who I am if you like it message me if you don't then kick rocks. I think that it can be a good way for some people to met others. like me I don't have the opportunity to get out much and when I met Chad I feel in love immediately its kinda crazy. But there are others that get sucked into the online world and kind of get hung up on it and lose touch with reality and how to really communicate with people who are in the real world and not communicating through a text message.

For almost two years how time flies and really happy. I met my gf from the chat first we became really friends from the start, the hello and hi never stop me knowing her more, that time I was really far away from her. Strange feelings after days and hours, weeks,and months I never thought I will be in love with her and I did. I begun calling her up on her cell phone really tried telling her that I am falling in love with her, I courted her and waited to hear her say yes. When she answered me yes I was really jumping for joy. No relationship is perfect, don't you think so? Still we tried fixing it when we do have problems specially were so far away from each other. It wasn't easy to show love but I tried. After 6 months waiting for the proper time to be with her, really be with her I really decided to really be in Manila where she lives, and look for a job, just not to be that far away from her anymore. The first time I saw her I was really excited, The firs6t time I met her whole family, and it was very nhice to know them all. God she was different from the pictures she looks really sexy and smart personally, Now were almost their planning to get married soon. I never wanna loose her, and I wanna share and spend my life with her, for better and worst, till deathe do us part. I know some people will feel our story strange, but if it was really meant for you it will just happen. I love her more each day. Have a nice day!

Yes they can develop in a real relationship if they meet in reality. If it stays online only it does not has a chance to grow.

ha ilove this discussion i am thinking can this really be happening becausing i am looking for an internet friend to develope into a real relationship and your response so far are intresting very intresteing please continue i got my eyes and ears open for every posting glenford in belize peace out love you all//////