I did and couldn't be happier

Syren · none Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 2

Trust me. I was like many who use to believe that there was no way on God's green earth someone could fall in love with another over a computer.

My fiance` and I met in a role-playing room he use to be a host of. We just started talking one night in whispers (I was new to the room and was asking questions I had after viewing their website) and from there it went into talking every night for hours on end.

This lasted almost a full year then we decided that we'd get together - meet face to face - and just hang out and have a good time. We never entertained the thought that maybe we'd fall in love with each other.

Well, the first meeting was magical! The second was even better and before we both realized it, we had fallen in love with each other.

As of January 4, 2004, we've been together for nine months and have been engaged since Decemnber 19, 2003. Smile

We couldn't be happier!

Jedi · none Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 26

I have too, as my girlfriend and I have have known each other for 5+ years, as we have gone from net to net looking for a good place to chat and have fun.

While, on Dec 25th, 2003, I asked her to marry me and she said "Yes" and the wedding date is set for Oct 2nd, 2004.

Details can be found at:
http://www.westside-beverage.com/wedding/

moonman · Lurker Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 212

wait wait wait wait....

hold on a minute...

wait...

you had been with a guy you met online for approximately 8 months before he asked you to marry him?

a guy with whom your entire relationship began with cyber sex sessions in a "role playing" room?

ok then.

U · Eleet Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 521 Location: IRC

Yeah, get the old stereotype going right now.

If you read her post, you would see they MET online, but FELL IN LOVE after meeting OFFLINE. I quote:

moonman · Lurker Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 212

i mean nice try and everything at dissecting what we said but lets go ahead and look at a few little details...

"role playing room"

yeah... thought so.

and an eight month fling following an online relationship is a little quick to be getting engaged, no matter how you look at it. you admit yourself that all the actual footwork occurs away from the keyboard, so we'll just toss that online part of the relationship out. unless you decide to backstep after you read this. that's ok, too, i suppose.

so ok while you're defending someone for whom you think i put words in their mouth, you decide to go on and do the same to me.

try not to get so riled up and defensive next time.

p.s. wanna cyber?

U · Eleet Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 521 Location: IRC

Uh, "role playing room" could be anything. Could be a role playing game. Doesn't mean its a sex roleplay room-there is more to roleplaying than just sexual roleplay. I have a few channels on my network that are for role playing games, none of them sexual.

Of course, as you did before, you assumed a sex roleplay room.

And I think its up to the 2 people involved as to how long is enough before they decide to get engaged. Its their decision.

And, once again, you're wrong-if you toss the online time away, they knew each other online a year, they have known each other in RL 8 months. We cannot toss the 8 months away, they knew each other in RL 8 months. She didn't include the one year online time.

Jedi · none Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 26

and for your info, my fiancee and I have never cybered online from the whole 5+ years we have known each other and have mostly just talked in an open channel about things.

Syren · none Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 2

Uh, thanks to those who are defending me. Cyber sex? No. I scoff at that and my fiance and I have never ever nor would we ever do that.

Congrats to the other two who found their loves via the net Smile

We (my honey and I) wish the best to you!

Second, the RPG room was a medieval rpg room known as the BlkDragon*Inn. My fiance and I still continue to rp our characters (though since we share his comp we don't rp on irc at the same time) in an RPG room called the #Outpost_Inn and we are both hosts there. Another room (open chat for IRC and Rper's) that we both host in as well is #FFRP ... both of which can be found on irc.darkmyst.org and the sites are http://www.ffrp.org/users/outpost/ and http://www.ffrp.org/ Perhaps before you go shooting your mouth off, Moonman, you should do a bit of digging around and get facts straight.

Moonman, seriously, you honestly need to grow up a bit.

moonman · Lurker Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 212

Moderator's note: Post/Image Removed. (No attacking people, and this post pushed it over the limits)

moonman · Lurker Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 212

that was my friend @Don from WebNet. He just got married and I was showing off how, you know, some people can be happy. sry ^_^

KittyKaren · none Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 23

Well... I did

My story is quite long but I'll resume.

Neiji and I met one day while I was surfing channels. He was a Cali kid who loved videogames, anime and chatting. I was in awe at his zest for life. At this time I had given up on finding love online (afterall I had been dumped over skin color) and only flirted and made friends. But Neiji was diferent. Of all the people I met on IRC he was the only one that listened to me. I got curious and I wanted to know more about him, after all he was showing me that he was much more than I had imagined. He turned out to be a prince and slowly I started falling in love with him. we lasted online from may to December, when we decided to meet. He bought a plane ticket and came all the way from the US to Venezuela. We passed a month together and it was simply too romantic for words

I plan to go visit him this summer (or autumm at the very most) and he'll be back here for christmas. I've never ever been happier

dj4aces · none Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 10

Congratulations to all the people who have found true love on IRC. It's great to know that I wasn't totally wrong when I was searching for love on the internet.

And to the few who feel contempt towards these individuals: It is my sincerest hope that you grow up. Different people will find love in different places. Also, long distance relationships were not uncommon in the past, and certainly are anything but uncommon in this day and age. Please, before you criticise someone's lifestyle and choices, make sure you aren't living in a glass house. One can easily fire back at you for acting in such an immature way.

iangoeth · none Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 1

KittyKaren-- Prince? Are you using this in the literal sense or in the niceness factor. I didn't know there were any princes in California.

JimShy · Guest

I found love too. I had just gone through a messy divorce. My Ex found her new guy doing the "web-cam" thing on one of the biggest voyeur websites on the internet. I was bored... didn't have my kids with me (yes the judge gave her the kids) and thought I would kill some time in a "clean" environment on the net, for a change. I went to irc.salvationscorner.com to the +35 singles chat room. I ended up chatting there for several months. Turns out the ratio of women to men in it is the exact reverse of what you find on regular irc. I met a few women in secure daytime environments and found out there is truth to the fact that people send you "old" pictures of themselves. But... one night out of the blue comes this spanish speaking woman from Mexico. I got on the Babel translation website to talk to her and later found out she could speak some english. We talked for 3 months. In that time it went from chat to phone calls. Then I hopped on a plane, flew to Arizona and drove to Mexico to meet her. I did that a few more times and she flew to Atlanta to see me. A year and a half later after logging umpteen thousand hours in phone calls... I packed up and moved from Atlanta to Phoenix and married her. I never thought it could happen to me and some still think I'm nuts... LOL. Oh well... let them think that. I'm happy.

hypnetric · none Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 36

I've met a few people over IRC, and not any girlfriends or anything, and no, I'm not gay. Just tech people, who were actually COOL.

But wait... if you're getting a commitment over IRC for a girlfriend or fiance, then you need to back up and look at reality. Meeting someone on IRC as a intimate partner or spouse... no, that's not a real relationship. That's desperation for sex. You need to get outside more and live a life, and maybe meet some nice girl at church.