Why do people try to meet people online..........?

I mean, isn't that a bad sign if you have to meet someone online when you don't even know what they look like or what they are really like outside of the cyberworld? Ive heard stories about people falling in love online, and i just find that a little screwy, why wouldn't you just meet someone in real life, see, thats it, if you can't meet someone in real life that why would anyone in cyberland want too? Im not trying to be mean, i just wonder if im the only one that thinks that, realistically speaking, what are the odds of actually meeting someone you would really like, like that, online? I just wouldn't feel good about myself, and to anyone that has met someone online, congrats, but i want to know how comfortable you are with it? Im really not as mean as this probobly sounds, sorry if i offend anyone!

Why do people try to meet people online..........?
Think about it this way. There are 6 BILLION people on Earth. How many of them do you think you are going to bump into on the street in your town? What if "the one" lives just 100 miles away? How would you meet them? All the internet does is widen your universe. If you have a conversation here that is interesting, the only difference is you can't "see" one another. If the person is interesting enough though, you go to meet them. Then, the relationship becomes just like any other one.





You can meet weirdos in the mall too, you know.
Reply:I met someone online, the sweetest, most enchanting, %26amp; wonderful woman. If I am lucky enough to spend the rest of my life w/her, I'll be the happiest guy on earth. And, since I found her 600 miles away, the odds are we would have NEVER met if it weren't for the Internet. And it wasn't a dating site. Report It

Reply:Meeting people online is just getting friends


afterall. If they get serious and get married, I wish them luck!
Reply:I think "dating" on-line does have it's benefits. Obviously you can be fooled on-line, but it does open up the playing field a little. Instead of the same people you see day in and day out in your town you can meet people from.. I don't know... ummm... Northeast Ohio. I haven't really explored on-line dating in much detail, but wouldn't it be cool to meet and be attracted to someone that lived across the country? So there's pros's and con's to both.
Reply:YOU'RE RIGHT
Reply:The odds are against you, but it does happen..





It happened to me.





Really it wasn't a 'dating' situation for us. We kind of just fell inlove. I honestly don't know how I came to love her but I did. We'd talk a lot online. She became close, and I just began to love her.. We talk on the phone now a lot, we've been talking on the phone for months now. We want to meet because it'd be nice to finally hold her and we could be with eachother...





It was also nice.. Some people, well, a lot of people, judge me on my looks.. I'm not the best looking by far.. But with her, she could only see my personality.. So it's not something just for how good they look... I feel so close to her even though we live miles and miles away.
Reply:Well, it gives people an opportunity to find exactly what they're looking for, without going to a smoky bar. You can also ditch people you're not interested in without doing anything personal and hurtful. There's no immediate face to face, so you don't have to be nice for sympathy's sake.
Reply:I suppose people who try to meet online are one of the following:


1. Too lazy to get up out of their computer seat and go to the real world.


2. Too shy to try and meet real people. Doing it online is way easier.


3. No singles they may like around in their area. There are millions more people online than in your town of, say, 10,000.


4. Socially awkward but computer savvy- good at using computers ,more fluent in using internet and thus feeling more at home talking with someone online.





As for me, I'm intending to brave it and meet someone live.
Reply:You know I felt the same way... but after going through my divorce I did not know where to turn and I tell you I have met my fiance through the internet. Yahoo personals to be exact. It was scary at first but it was a great move.
Reply:because it's easier to be open with people u don't know or will never meet if u don't persue it
Reply:some do it because they can know wht is inside before they commit. Sometimes it is hard to meet someone in person when you try to say hello and just put you off not trying to find out what is in the heart of that person to whom has said hello to you.that hurts alot to some of us.
Reply:this is taking place because we are becoming more advanced as a society. just because it is "computers" doesnt mean geeky anymore. Its just a new way to meet people. just because you meet someone face to face doesnt mean you know them any better than someone you meet online. when you chat with people over the net you meet them on a different level. yes they could be lying to you, but liers are liers no matter where you meet them.





we are finally getting rid of the people who are scared of computers or dont have enough brain to figure out how to press the keys. kids these days are born with a mouse in their hand.