Do you ever feel real emotions for someone you've met on here?

it would be weird to be living with him if i hadn't developed some feelings ;)

I don't think its a lesser feeling but more honest - in that its clear that often our feelings are with the image we hold of a person. We get this in f2f but it gets clouded with strogner transference etc. It's an area i want to research more because its a massive gap in the filed of internet grooming..the total bypass of emotional connections beyond shame and fear

ive fallen in love online multiple times :)
 
I think there is a certain level of vulnerability that we all share just by being on this site. At the very least that lends its hand to creating friendships and camaraderie. I know that I’ve made some real connections on here, and even if they end badly I don’t believe I will regret them.
 
I’ve had a couple real attachments and a couple heartbreaks to go with them. That’s all part of being alive.
 
Even at great distances it's possible to build up real feelings and connection, that's just so human, it's good, but the flip side of course is endings, not easy, but it is life isn't it.
 
Yes I have. This is why I chose to take a step away because the passion wasn't the same and it was upsetting me a lot. Sometimes you connect with someone but they don't strongly feel the same. It's better to walk away before it damages you.
 
There are a few people I’ve met in Lit who have become very good friends who I love dearly. Feelings don’t necessarily have to be romantic. They can be platonic, and platonic live is a real thing.
 
Yes, I had a penpal here for 2 years and really developed feelings for her. Sadly she had to go focus on her studies. Haven't spoken in some time. :(
 
Absolutely. In different ways, and to different degrees. Don't see how you can talk to someone for very long without feeling something. Just part of human interaction.
 
Yes I do, when you connect with someone how can you not feel emotions for them. It doesn’t always workout but I think often we grow and learn from that and are left with fond memories of the good times shared.
 
Yes I do, when you connect with someone how can you not feel emotions for them. It doesn’t always workout but I think often we grow and learn from that and are left with fond memories of the good times shared.

Well said could not say it any better!
 
I used to laugh at people who said they had feelings for someone they met online. I mean really? You don’t know them...they could be lying their butt off about everything.

And then I met someone...and damn I completely understood. I fell hard and the feelings are very real. Things ended and that ending was inevitable and luckily it ended well. But man...I miss him something fierce.

So the question now is walls up so it doesn’t happen again or enjoy new relationships and hope to grow and learn from them?
 
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And then I met someone...and damn I completely understood. I fell hard and the feelings are very real. Things ended and that ending was inevitable and luckily it ended well. But man...I miss him something fierce.

Did you meet in person, or it was lived online only?
 
So the question now is walls up so it doesn’t happen again or enjoy new relationships and hope to grow and learn from them?

Walls up is okay for a little bit, so you have time to work through the loss, but I wouldn't keep them up too high. It's tough to lose people, but it's pretty good to love them, too. You don't get that without the risk... and, all relationships end one way or another.

My first big love was online and long distance. I learned pretty quickly after discovering this internet contraption that real feelings were possible. I did get to meet him, eventually, when we weren't together anymore, because we found our way through the break-up to being friends. Would not change knowing that man for anything.

Leaving yourself at least a little bit open to possibilities allows for all sorts of interesting relationships. You sure can learn a lot about yourself and about other people that way.
 
Online only. Which is why I never would have thought I’d develop real feelings.

I can understand that. I don't think it's strange at all. :)
Did it last for long?

Sorry, not trying to be nosy. Just curious and fascinated by human relationships.
 
I can understand that. I don't think it's strange at all. :)
Did it last for long?

Sorry, not trying to be nosy. Just curious and fascinated by human relationships.

Only a few months. It was just this connection. We even addressed it a couple times, that things were going too far too fast. Again we knew the end was inevitable.
 
Walls up is okay for a little bit, so you have time to work through the loss, but I wouldn't keep them up too high. It's tough to lose people, but it's pretty good to love them, too. You don't get that without the risk... and, all relationships end one way or another.

My first big love was online and long distance. I learned pretty quickly after discovering this internet contraption that real feelings were possible. I did get to meet him, eventually, when we weren't together anymore, because we found our way through the break-up to being friends. Would not change knowing that man for anything.

Leaving yourself at least a little bit open to possibilities allows for all sorts of interesting relationships. You sure can learn a lot about yourself and about other people that way.


We agreed to wait a bit and try to be friends. I really don’t know how that will work I don’t think I’m capable of that right now. I’d like to be able to be friends...

And thank you for your advice!
 
Only a few months. It was just this connection. We even addressed it a couple times, that things were going too far too fast. Again we knew the end was inevitable.

Yeah. But it's frustrating when you know the ending from the start. It's a strange thing.
 
Oh yes. Someone on here grew to mean a lot to me. I’ve never been so real with anyone before.
 
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