Quote Originally Posted by ceegee{Benz} View Post
You really need to get to know the person 1st before you enter any kind of relationship...online or Realtime.
I'm not really into the on-line scene and I don't judge at all. I did some Internet dating for a while and found a couple of problems with it. It's not a very good way to get to know a person, is it? I personally, suck at assesing a persons character without looking into their eyes when they say it. I mean, up close and in person. Just reading somebodies opinion really doesn't tell me their relationship with the opinion.

I spoke to a girl for about a year. I wasn't really pursuing her. Mostly just some on-line flirting. We seemed to like each other and had a lot in common. She had some pictures up and she looked really good in them. I'm a physical kind of guy. I need physical attration for it to work for me. Quite by chance I met her at a party....jeeez she was aestheticaly challenged. Which is another problem.

Not to mention stories I've heard of people out-right lying.

The thing is that I would never invest time to build an on-line relationship if I hadn't allready met the person. We know we are compatible, ie we've allready had sex at least once. Sex is like that. I don't think I'm unique. Talking about it, just doesn't cut it. I think we can all agree that sex is important. Unless we've experienced each other sexually we just haven't got a clue about so many things.

Unless the plan is to keep it in fantasy land off-course...but that's not my thing. The on-line flirting would for me just be step one. A step I'd prefer to keep as short as possible.

What I'm trying to say is that I don't really get it. Even after reading the posts made here, I still don't get why keeping it going for years without meeting? Isn't that the goal?

edit: ...and even if both people told only the truth, are really soul mates, find each other phsically attractive doesn't mean in the least that they will stand each others company for any length of time. Our annoying qualities need to be experienced in person.