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 wouldn't have met dp in a pub or club as he hates loud music and has trouble with passive smoking (he's an ex smoker and is frightened of starting again).

I used to go to clubs every weekend when I was a single parent but the guys I met were frightened of commitment. Basically, they'd already been in long-term relationships, they were having a good time and didn't want to settle down again. Dp's main commitment was towards his son. He wasn't interested in going out on the pull.

I think the Internet has had a lot of bad press and yes, there have been problems. I had to sieve through my replies as some were only up for one thing and some were tossers! I did get into correspondence with about 5 men but dropped them when I started seeing dp. I'd misjudged one and he did try to stalk but dp (being a senior web developer) soon caught up with him in the cyberworld and saw him off. A couple of the others were genuine and sent photos of themselves.

I think the best way to sieve through the potential beaus is to get chatting about their kids and life in general. You can then start reading between the lines. Beware if they offer just a mobile number. I have always had a landline number (which I've got them on) before I've even considered meeting them.

good point! At the time i met my dh i had spoke to a few men in chat rooms and they all seemed very pushy and talk always turned 'blue'.
I chatted with my dh for 3 weeks in the net before we exchanged landline telephone numbers and he would ring me when his daughter was visiting(which helped) Its just common sense. I like to think that no1 could have kept up the act of being a good man for 5 weeks!

Haven't read the whole thread.....but I met dh through internet.....used to communicate with old friend through his email address....then friend got email and I sent mail to dh's address by accident....started emailing in april 2000.(So I knew his friend, but then lost friendship as a result of my get together with dh!) Went to Dubai to meet him in June2000. (he was in HK I was in London, that was half way!) Moved to HK to live with him in Sept 2000. Got pregnant in Feb2001, married, 7months preg and then moved back here Sept 2001. Now have 2 dd's , age 3 and 1 and very happy!

well i think my story fits in too

i am from austria and dp is from england; we met in a chatroom and it was just something about him that caught my eye - we spend hours/nights on pc talking about anything and everything. we exchanged phonenrs. (landlines!) - was a very expensive time - after 3 weeks he came over to visit me and that was it! every 2 weeks one of us flew out to visit the other one. and after about 6months we had to come to a decision (got reaaaally expensive by then!) - england or austria? - well i ended up here in england. that all happened 3 years ago and we bought a house together and now we have a 20wks old ds - and agreed! you do have to be carefull, especially with giving out personal details. and their are some real nutters out there but on the other hand some really lovely guys to

God, Tessiebear, we got married on exactly the same day! Wasn't the weather nice

SEE we are living proof that the internet can be used for finding love!!!!! Am glad me and my dh only lived about 3 hours drive away as i would never have been able to afford to fly anywhere! Luckily my dh could drive and at the time had taken some time off from work and could afford to travel to see me!!!!!!

i also meet mt dp on the internet. i had had my heart trampled on and was bored at home when i put pc on and started chattin i had given up on men and my dp was sayin i would meet mr rite soon little did i know it was him. he works nites and one nite i was out wiv my bm and he called when i got home and said he was so bored at work he was gonna drive the 2 hours to come and meet me, at 3 in the mornin and me in a little bit of a drunken state i agreed thinking there was no way he actually would, but at 6 i got a call saying he was where i lived and where did i want to meet him,we met and hit it off straight away and have not spent more than an 4 days apart since.

Hello all.

I too met my now DH online - it was actually a friend of mine who was dating very successfully online and having the time of her life meeting all kinds of wonderful people. I was the one who told her that she was mad etc etc. Well unknown to me she posted up a spoof profile of me with my e mail address etc which is how I got an e mail from now DH.

He sent me an e mail and I have to say I responded very rudely thinking who was this cheeky person trying to engage with me!!!

The sarcy e mails continued for a while, the penny dropped, my friend confessed - two years later we got married and now we have a beautiful DS who is 26 weeks old. The only problem is his witchy mother but hey, having read posts on this board I am by no means the only one

So these things DO happen but DO be wary, as said friend who set me up and was having a ball had a couple of undesirable incedences too!

Met my dp via the internet, met for the first time on a staurday, chucked my old life in on the Monday! Have been together 7 years in January and were engaged last valentines day! Desperately ttc #1, IVF pending.