<p>is it unhealthy? does it have much less meaning than normal ones? give me your input.</p>
<p>i don't really understand how this ties in with "college life"...am i missing something?</p>
<p>its stupid and its for people who cant make real friends</p>
<p>Online relationships don't really work - kinda like long-distance relationships. Sure, internet is a great way to meet people, but you really need to be near someone - physical connection, ability to hang out together, reasonable phone bills - to bond with someone. The internet is too detached for that.</p>
<p>They're not impossible...mine turned out well. But for the most part, they are unlikely to work.</p>
<p>My current relationship started off online, and it was also long-distance (opposite coasts). It turned out to be absolutely wonderful, though it does take a lot of commitment. I think it's kind of embarrassing, but you just have to be careful, and it can turn out good.</p>
<p>Online friendships are perfectly fine in my opinion, but online-only relationships? Not really plausible to me. Maybe if you two met some time in the near future but not waiting for years to meet each other.</p>
<p>Oh no! That's not what I meant. In my case, we met about 2 months after we started talking. </p>
<p>I don't think a relationship is official unless you meet in real life.</p>
<p>What do I think about online relationships? Get pictures, lots and lots of varifiable pictures.</p>
<p>No such thing IMO. You cannot get to know a person through a computer, no matter how hard either party tries. Nothing like actual human interaction.</p>
<p>The problem I can see with an online relationship, (I am assuming you mean something semi serious) is that is can cause a person to perhaps miss out on relationships in person. I mean, if you spend your time and energy and emotions on someone online, you don't use that time talking to people face to face. And its not really a "relationship" - its conversations, with maybe some sweettalk. I mean how can it be? You can pledge yourself to someone you rarely see...and the benefit is ....</p>
<p>I've come to know many people on other forums and chat rooms, msn etc, that I've consistently frequented for the last five or six years</p>
<p>But that is friendship, not "relationship", which maybe I am wrong but I assumed "relationship" meant romance...maybe I misunderstood the OP.</p>
<p>not the best idea. you can put up so many different fronts when you're just typing to a computer screen.</p>
<p>I think online relationships are disgusting and a sign of desperation. It's just wrong to have a relationship with someone you don't know on the internet. It'll never last...unless your a Napoleon Dynamite!!</p>
<p>lol.....<---this explains my reaction to this thread</p>
<p>Resorting to the internet to find you a "relationship" is pathetic IMHO. You need to be with someone PHYSICALLY. Im a strong believer in going through the outside before you get to the inside. What I mean is you gotta be attracted to someone physically before you get to know them emotionally.</p>
<p>One day i was bored so i asked my friend to give me a guy's sn to talk to. Then we started talking a lot every night. Although we never had a serious relationship, he ended up liking me then when he stopped i liked him. Anyway, we met after 3 months of talking. n thats how i met my prom date =)</p>
<p>That's cute...did anything happen after that?</p>
<p>then i stopped liking him because he liked my close friend (the one who gave me his sn). They liked each other for a while but it didn't work out. Now he has a gf n she has a bf and i'm single haha. (by choice =) We're still close friends after all the drama lol...</p>