INTERNET ROMANCES

[childmindersam]

Just thought id share my story and see if there are anymore people out there like us!
I was a single mum living in Devon with a 2 year old boy. I was at college part time and was introduced to the internet! I joined a free dating agency and did a couple of searches. Every search kept bringing up this man in leicester so i thought what the heck and emailed him!(OCT)

He emailed me back and we got chatting. Deep converstations! We talked about evrything!

(NOV) 5 weeks later he arranged to come down and meet me! I arranged to meet him at a friends house (just incase he was a mad man). We spent a wonderful 3 days together and he briefly met my son. We fell in love instantly and between NOV and FEB i only spent 3 weeks in devon in total, i found a job in Leicester and finally moved in with him in FEB. We got married on OCtober 4th and this year will celebrate being married for a year! NOT BAD CONSIDERING EVERYONE SAID IT WOULDNT LAST !!!!!

I met my dp on the internet when we were only 14/15, and just chatted/emailing/texting. Then we got more involved than just being friends but as we were still at school, and not earning, it was really difficult to see one another. We sort of drifted apart for a year which was the time
when I met exp and had dd. I then started chatting to dp again when dd was about 4months old and I had become a single mum. We got back together the end of last year. We're really happy although we have had our disagreements down to mostly frustrations with different issues. He's doing a degree at the moment, and we hope to move in together when he's finished in another 2 years. Seems like ages away, but Im a patient girl

That's a lovely story childmindersam! A friend of mine met her husband on the internet, he moved to live with her and it all happened pretty quickly! They are just coming upt o one year soon too.

i met dh on the internet (well uni intranet to be precise)

message withdrawn

So only 3 of us then! There has got to be more internet success stories surely!!!! GOOD AND BAD?

Message withdrawn

message withdrawn

message withdrawn

no just fed up of every time i tell someone how me and my dh met going WOW THAT WAS DANGEROUS I WOULDNT DO THAT!!

Need to know im not in the minority but maybe we are!

people i tell either think its sweet or just plain weird. just think at least ur happy, thats wat counts, but these days u cant be 2 careful. think if dd did the same, i wud probably frown on it altho i cant say much can i?

message withdrawn

Childmindersam - it is my wedding anniversary on the 4th oct too (7 years though) !

congrats , lets hope me and me dh last just as long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My DH and i met through a dating thing in our local paper

Hey, I think it's great. If one of my friends said they were going to meet someone they'd met on the internet, then yes, I'd say be very carefu, but meeting at a friend's is sensible, and after that - well what's the difference going home with someone you'd met in a bar? Anyone could be a nutter, but most people aren't. Reading your story has put a smile on my face before bed and I think it's wonderful. Happy upcoming anniversary and many more years of love for you both

Thanks lulu! If only everyone was as positive as you! Its a misconception that only desparate and sad people use dating services. I was happy with my life before my dh came along, i had loads of friends and a good social life! It all seemed like fate took hold!

TBH, I WOULD be a bit reserved about it in RL, but only in same way I'd be reserved about lots of things. When it comes down to it, you do what feels right. I met DH when I was 21, he was 34, we were both living in Spain, I didn't know a soul, and I was put in touch with him tenuously through a mutual acquaintance. 3 weeks later we were livimg together and 3 yrs later we were married. Next week's our 4th anniversary and we have lovely DS and DD .

If my DD one day tells me she's moving in with some guy 13 yrs older than her who she;s known 3 weeks, I have no doubt my heart will sink, but that just goes to show that you never can tell, right?

When you think about it, childmindersam, a lot of people are ignorant about meeting people/making friends via the internet. There are lots of conversations on here about how people avoid telling people they use mumsnet (me included!), and for many of them it's because they think people will think they are weird for talking to "total strangers" on the internet (we know better,eh?). Although I met my dh in the conventional way (ie face to face), using mumsnet has shown me how you can make such good friends via the net, whereas previously I maybe wouldn't have been quite so sure about it....
Hope that makes sense!

A woman I used to work with met her dp through the internet. He lives in Australia. She went there on holiday and a few months later moved out to marry him. As far as I know they're happy. Never say never

Well I'll join the club.

I met dp on the Internet. After an unsuccessful first attempt at cyberdating during which my heart did get broken after answering an ad., I decided to sd the B=t*=d and put another ad. on. I got over 50 replies. There were some idiots and some nice guys but one did stand out and we started corresponding. We spoke on the phone within the week and then I got an invite to his house because a female platonic friend was arranging a chinese night there. We got on really well and we've been together over five years now.

I know it was a risk going to his house but I'd found a really honest guy. He was and still is a devoted weekend dad to his ds and that is why he was dating via the web (he put care of his son before going out to the pubs and clubs). He was single when I met him.

We've been living together for over four years. We plan to get married when funds permit but we've bought a house together and he's took on my two - now that's commitment! And he's been on a MN meet-up!

Its so reassuring to know there are still good honest men out there that are willing to commit to women with children. My dh has taken on the role of daddy to my 4 year old brilliantly (the sperm donor hasnt cared for 3 years now) Hes just got parental responsibility and a residence order so he IS HIS DADDY NOW! HOORAH for our men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HIP HIP

All youre stories are great ,well done on becoming daddy childmindersam's Dh. Anyone that has the bottle to meet a stranger is one in a million,hence i met my Dh through texting from a friend (so i met him in the end and 5 years later ,married with 2 kids) Keep the stories coming !!!!!

more stories!!!!!!!!!!!