It can work, but remember that it is dangerous for it is easiest to claim to be someone else on the internet than anywhere else.
I met the man I am now married to online, we dated on the internet, then over the phone and then met. We couldn't be a better match. Just remember that one must be very, very careful.
No kidding:D how long have you been together?
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And I meet my fiance from internet, and it happened kind of like you.,, we've been together for 3in a half years. and I still get surprised, we have no money to get married now, and I'm not old enough:(
It can work but it gets hard when all you want to do is hold there hand and be there for them and just talk with them forever.
But they can work its just a lot harder then a face to face relationship.
as the others have mentioned net realtionships can work but it does not work for everyone. i have had a couple of realtionships on the net but we did end up as friends after we ended it.
i reckon you should stay away from romantic internet relationships... apart from the classic "ohh, you never know who theyre gonna be" cases, theres always the fact that youre not with them, you havent ever seen them... its not really a relationship because theyre just text on a screen.
i say that you can be friends over the internet, but dont go for anything more than that.