Can you fall in love with someone you've never met?

I'm in love with one of Gustave R.'s rats. He posted a pic on a pm and I haven't been the same since.

I'm sure it wasn't the pic. I think it was the 1960's!

In Belgrade? That was 1853.

[confused] ???

I don't remember the 60's

I didn't think so!

i had the same experience, except i was 14.
my best friend gave me a screen name (AIM) that was supposedly nick jonas.
i completely fell in love
so was he
turns out it was my best friend
PRETENDING to be him.

horrible 4 months of my life.
still affects me to this day.

Yes in a word it is, but there are all types of love, the one thing you have to make sure of is if this person is being genuine with you, and if he is, then you are,,, I often hear people say we fall in love at first sight, but i'm not a big believer in that, i mean for one thing how can you love someone you don't know at sight, that to me is a chemical reaction we have to other's that go back to basic instincts of our race, but to love someone that takes a deeper connection, getting to know the person without all the trappings of sex, finding out who they are on the inside,,, but as you say, you and your online buddy live on different continents, and your not sure if you would ever meet, in that case, you don't tell this person how you feel, you love him enough to be happy for him no matter what he choses & be his friend....

good post

OK just bumped into this, and upfront confession, I'm a dad, 5 kids, 23 ,18, 16,13,12. Everything about him? over text on the web? Life is so much more. You are typing, He appears to be LISTENING to you,gives you ATTENTION maybe for his own reasons. It's VERY easy to gain confidence and more with the written word on the net. You WILL find someone who will LISTEN to you in REAL life and fulfil your dreams (maybe not for life but for a period in your life I hope!) Get OFF the net for love, get into your community for opportunities for love, DO THINGS,TALK to people around you. Check the web for many other things though! Very best wishes for the present and future Honey Rose! Kevin M

i think u should calm down. after all ,u two haven't met. he might lied to u, you don't know him actually. think twice before u fall in love with a guy u've never met. for safe, i suggest u to arrange a data with him and to start to know him out the internet,be realistic,i mean.

I see no insurmountable problems with falling in love with a persona, at least no more insurmountable problems than what you might find over time when falling in love with (what you think is) the person you are falling in love with.................

Why?

Because quite simply most people put their best foot forward when they are the romance-stage, so they are not whom they appear to be; plus the fact that you never know another's heart, plus the fact that you can never even really know yourself!

Romance is a gamble at best; and the most you can hope to do is maybe-sometimes stack the cards in your favor.

abt the addicting part Very true im addicted to the internet just recognized my problem &tryin to deal with it addiction cost me alot im falling all my classes &to think i used2be a A+&b- student damn i need to get my priorities straight! Grrrrrr! Roxxxy+Gaz=l4e

i have just hadthe same thing, i loved this guy that i have never met than any of my previous bfs. He told me the feeling was mutual and this went on for about a year. We dont live majorly far away but still. Anyway i was on his tagged page and found he was trying it on with my friends and various other lasses close to him. He then told me it wasn't going to work and that was that, i am heartbroken!!

Guys can fall in love with a mental image
which is ASSUMED to correspond to its human
and " absence makes the heart grow fonder. "

For someone not trying to be rude, you're doing a lousy job. Just the fact that you called half the people on here losers mean you're not exactly Mr Sensitivity

I met this guy online in 2006, we have talked soooo much online, via txt, and on the phone. He used to live 4.5 hours away, but I moved to our state's capital and now he's only about 2-3 hours away.

He's been a really great friend. Someone I could talk to and vent to about other past relationships. We have so much in common. He and I would both watch certain shows on television and txt each other about them while they were on.

He and I both recently in the past few months became single and now we find we really like each other a lot. However, we have never met in person and due to both our financial situation at present time cannot for a couple more months. We both are trying to trade in our automobiles for something more reliable. Mine is about to fall apart and I missed the Cash For Clunkers thing that just happened. Anyway, I am wondering if, when given this information, is it possible to have fallen for someone in this situation?

I'm not a loser...I'm just sick of all the losers I have met and dated in the past. I'm ready for someone who fits me better intellectually and he seems to.

Thanks.......

Can you fall for them? Sure. The question you need to ask yourself is have you fallen for the "ideal" of this person or who they really are? A long time ago I talked to someone online for probably four years before meeting him. I thought I "knew" him knew him, like he was one of my closest friends. After actually spending time in person with him though it turned out he wasn't at all who he presented himself to be online. Not even close. At times I've felt the internet is like an alternate universe where people can go to be who they'd really like to be in real life but for whatever reason can't be or are afraid to be. You've just got to be careful. The internet is definitely a place where predators lurk looking for naive people who will trust them purely on what they say. It's a dangerous game.