can you to develop feelings for someone online?

My cousin met his wife on-line Filipino Christian brides.

 

My roommate is currently crazily infatuated with someone he met online. But, to clarify, they met on an online dating site and chatted through it for a while then met in person.

 

It's never happened but I think I can. Maybe.

 

Of course you can. People are people, no matter where you meet them or how far away they are.

 

Absolutely. I know I have.

 

Sure. You talk about personal things, you get involved. Getting involved= getting feelings.

 

It wouldn't be feelings. It would be a rapport or a sense that you have things in common. On line, I would hope that's where it stops. You really need to meet IRL.

 

Maybe? I had a different kind of feeling/emotion. More of brotherly love.
I had this older guy i met online. He was my 'older brother' since i have no older siblings. We talk everytime we're online for 2 years. When we lost communication 4 years ago, I really missed him so much and loved him like he was a real brother to me. Now, i don't know where he is but I hope I do find him again. *sighs*

 

I suppose you can although it's yet to happen to me yet.

 

I met my current boyfriend online. He lives in Hawaii, and I live in South Carolina. The chances are that we will actually meet in person are very slim, but we still talk to each other over the internet and call each other, and every time we do it feels so good. That's not to say that we don't want to meet in person, but since we can't right now, we just have to make do with what we have.

 

Possible. You talk enough, you're lonely enough- things happen. I've had a few online crushes. You know it'll never work out, on account of distance, but you hope anyway.

 

You can fall in love online. To be honest, I actually think it's a lot easier to fall in love online than in real life because you're more yourself on the internet and find it easier to communicate.
It has happened to me once, very bad experience but it's still possible.

 

Absolutely. Met my boyfriend online. Had a couple of semi-serious online crushes in the past. Depends on the person, really. I can understand why someone couldn't fall for or develop feelings for someone online, but it's definitely possible for many. My feelings aren't fake, and I've been in love before (with IRL guys), so I definitely know my feelings are real.

 

I've seen and heard enough stories to know that it supposedly can happen. Studies around online dating (so not necessarily the same as what you're describing) show that successful relationships starting online should be taken offline within 6 or so weeks though, last I heard.

So you can develop feelings, but they might not mean much if they're only online.

Me personally? I highly doubt I could unless I knew the person offline too, and probably beforehand at that. Maybe one of those "I met the person online but we go to the same school" kind of things.

 

I've done it before, so I know you can.

 

I want to say yes because this has/does happen to me on numerous occasions. As it is, I literally fell in love with a guy in Australia but he has a boyfriend, so technically he was cheating on him but claimed they were in an open relationship. I'm sorry but I don't believe in open relationships, nor do I believe in/condone cheating, so I had to break up with him. It broke my heart into many pieces and frankly I've never been the same since then. We talked again within a month but as of April 2012, he's stopped all communication with me. I miss him so much but something in the back of my mind tells me either he was forced to leave me be, or he's dead. I hope it's neither, I just....oh never mind.

But as per the OP, yes I do believe you can develop feelings for someone online. Now the real question is; "Is it safe or healthy?" that's what I'm wondering.

 

I certainly think you can and should imagine that most friendships/relationships start online these days as more and more people are using the internet

 

I can't develop feelings for anyone that I haven't met in flesh and blood and interacted with. That's just strange to me. I understand if you initially met them online, but if you've never met them in person that seems really strange to me. You can look as pretty as you want in a picture online but if I meet you in person and your personality is off I'm done with you.

People can portray themselves as what ever they want you to believe online and you might even get "catfished".

 

I've done it....

Not proud of what happened afterward though.