We Fell In Love Online♥

Hello everyone!  I am casting for a Network Show and we are looking for people that are in an “Online” relationship, but have never met in person. We’d like to bring the two of you together to meet and compete against other couples. You must be an American Citizen, and both of you must live in the U.S.  

The idea is that you will have an opportunity to finally meet the person you’ve been skyping or chatting with and see how the two of you work together and get along.  Maybe it’ll work out, and maybe it won’t.  

I’d love to hear from anyone over 21.  couplescompetitionshow@gmail.com

Thanks.

wefellinloveonline comment: haha no way! I was asked to be on this show before I met up with my SO, but we lived in different countries unfortunately. I seriously recommend it to any couples in the U.S. who are interested! It’s an awesome opportunity to meet for the first time!! 

I am now 22 and he is 29. We live together and are engaged, Im from Minnesota, He is from Kansas. Sorry for this story being so long. This covers a span of 7 years. 

I still vaguely rember the first day we met online. We where both in a yahoo anime chatroom and (in a playful way) he sat on my head (like an anime cat or animal would do to an anime person). Because I let him roleplay sit on my head, he imed me. The first few months All we did was roleplay together. We never got to know each other until one night when I just wasnt feeling up to roleplaying. We got to know each other that night. I found out his name was George and he was 22. We talked and talked almost every night, I didn’t have a cell phone and neither did he, so we just waited for the other to get online every night and stayed up way too late talking. 

After a whole summer of talking we realized we had feelings for each other.  Well school came around and we where talking less and less. I got grounded from the computer for quite a bit (because of bad grades)  and we lost contact. Well one night after I was finally allowed back on the computer he happened to IM me again.  We continued talking for a few months.My parents found out, and didnt want me talking to a guy so much older than me. They took away all my computer free time. I would sneak off early to school to talk to him on the computers in the computer lab early in the morning. But eventually he lost his internet and my parents found out again. We where forced to stop talking completely. 

It was years before we spoke again. I had fallen in love with him and He had fallen in love with me.  Even though my heart was broken I still dated other people.My first real life boyfriend was when I was 17.  But none of them really ever filled that hole in my heart. One night after I had broke up with my last boyfriend. I logged onto Yahoo messenger on my laptop. Not really looking for anyone. I was 19 years old. 

 then he IMed me. Asking if it was really me and if I remembered him. Of course. We caught up on what has been happening with each other. Then he told me he still had feelings for me. I told him I still liked him too but I didnt want to rush into any sort of relationship yet, I was still trying to get over the breakup and the death of my grandma all at the same time. He comforted me and understood. 

But that didnt stop him from jokingly (but some what serious) asking me out every night. We talked for about 2 months before I finally said yes to him asking me out.  November 8th 2010 is our anniversary. 

We made plans to meet. I told him the best time would be in the spring when I had my tax returns so I could buy a bus ticket.  I was living with my bestfriend at the time and had no job, in short I was a complete bum. He was taking care of his dying mother and couldnt leave her alone for too long. 

We talked every night, got on webcam a few times together but everytime we saw each other we where too nervous to talk much. Finally May 31st 2011 I left for Kansas on bus. My bestfriend waving me off and telling me to be careful. 

Yes, I left on my own, with out anyone but my best friend knowing, and by myself. I would have done things differently had it been anyone else, but we had been talking on and off since I was 15 years old so I trusted him pretty well. 

I remeber arriving in Kansas, my heart was pounding it was very hot out but I was hiding myself in a black hoodie and sitting on my bag with my knees to my chest. 

Then he appeared around the corner and i thought my heart stopped. 

He asked me if I was Jennifer, I said yes. He told me he was George. He walked me to his car and drove to McDonalds. Where he had a soda and I had a chocolate milkshake. We where both too nervous to talk much. But after his nerves had calmed down a bit he brought me to his house where he lived with his mother. We sat in his room and watched a movie, but I still couldnt get over how nervous I was. 

We walked together to a park afterwards, and he told me I was alot prettier in real life, just alot shorter then he expected. (Im 5’2” he is 6’1”) Things just went from there, we slowly got more comfortable with each other. I liked his mother she was nice. Before I knew it a month had passed In Kansas, and my parents hadnt heard or seen me in a month. 

I decided to make the call, told them I had went to Kansas to meet a guy, that I was safe, and if I wanted to come back at anytime he would pay for my ticket back. They where worried but basically told me I was an adult and I could make my own descions. Just told me to keep in contact with them. To make them feel better I called them once a week so they knew I was ok. 

I ended up never leaving, His mother passed away in August. I wanted to be there for him to comfort him. But we where faced with the descion to move to Minnesota(where I am from) or Missouri (thats where his family is) We decided to move to Missouri. I got a job and we got an apartment together. 

On February 14th 2013 he propsed to me. We had talked about marriage before and he had told me he wanted to marry me but it was never offical offical until now. 

We now are renting a nice house from his dad and planning our wedding and our future together. It was a long journey to where we are now. But I couldnt be happier. 

this was taken christmas 2012

Wefellinloveonline comment:
This is absolutely amazing. Wow. I have no words. My jaw was wide open while reading your story! haha This is incredibly inspiring.. almost like a dream come true. Or a love story from out of a Hollywood film :). Thank you so much for sharing with all of us <3 The success you two have experienced is amazing and is “meant to be” (as cheesy as that sounds haha) :). it’s so beautiful! The love you two share together is truly beautiful. I wish a forever happy and fulfilling future to both of you. This is once again another story that proves how real an online relationship is, and how much it can grow and develop after meeting in person. Feel free to share wedding photos with us if you like :D, all the best :) 

hey there! i’m amanda, better known as the panda on me and my girlfriend’s shared tumblr: thepandathegiraffe. her name is jessica.

we met online about 3 years ago on a forum she was running and became fast friends. we IMed, texted, skyped and messaged on Facebook. i didn’t realize there was such an age gap between us at first because we had so much in common. like down to home life, likes/dislikes, etc. it was crazy. (just so you know, i’m currently 24 and she’s 18 next month.)

anyway we spent that year hanging out and sharing everything really. she was a really great long distance friend.. like a pen pal, almost. in august of 2011 we started talking more regularly (like, daily). and in september, she went to pride with her friends in vegas and i went to a gay club in delaware with my friends. and i got drunk, ha, and made out with some girl and immediately told her about it. she made a comment like “i wish i couldn’t made out with someone here.” and i said “psh, i would’ve made out with you!” and she said “really?” and i said “of course!” haha and pretty much the rest is history. 

we spent the next month texting nonstop and spending hours each night on the phone talking about everything and anything at all. on skype on october 12, 2011, jess asked me to be her girlfriend. and that’s what we’ve been ever since. i met her for the first time in december 2011, and visited again in june and november. we’ve only spent about 3.5 weeks together in person, but this june we’ll be spending about 40 days solid together and couldn’t be more excited. she’s coming to stay at my apartment in new jersey!

we’re trying to make plans to move closer to one another soon, but we have a lot to get through before we can make it happen. keep your fingers crossed for us. :)

anyway, we keep our tumblr updated with stuff about us - we also answer questions and share other peoples’ stories.. so we encourage you to come tell your story to us!

also!! this summer we’re going to be in new york city for pride 2013 and would love to meet some of our tumblr friends!! drop us an ask or shoot us an e-mail for more information.

thanks for reading! xoxo the panda

hey there! it’s amanda the panda of thepandathegiraffe.tumblr.com. we love the ldr community so so so much and wanted to invite everyone to come visit us on our page and share their stories and photos. :) jess and i are a lesbian long distance couple who have been dating since october 2011. she’s in vegas and i’m in jersey, and there’s a chance i may be able to move there next year! for now, we’re counting down the days ‘til june when we can be together again.

we wanted to get to know our followers (and passerby-ers) better and decided we would have a chat room to get better acquainted here soon. so come visit and share your stories! and then keep an eye out for a chatzy link in the next week or so!

thanks guys! xoxo

It’s a bit long, sorry ^^’ 
okay, it all started last July, my friend had fallen for this really sweet guy on Facebook, His name was Gary. He lives in Florida, I live in California, so he was across the country. They went out for about a week, and that week, I slowly started to fall in love with him. He was so nice and always happy. However, I know I couldn’t date him because he was with my best friend. About a week later, they had broken up. I texted him saying everything was going to be all right, and he fell asleep. The next night, my parents got into a huge fight which involved the police coming, so I texted him. We talked and he calmed me down. After that, he seemed much more clingy and nicer to me. I didn’t think anything of it, so I ignored it. A few days later, we were texting and he asked “Do you have a crush on me?” out of the blue. I confessed and he said “I like you too”. After that, we dated behind my best friends back. Later, she found out and we unfriended eachother on Facebook. Everyone who were friends with me and her didn’t come on Facebook because they said “the air was tense” so I only had my boyfriend to talk to. (Me and her were VERY popular on Facebook, everyone knew we were bestist of friends) I messeged her saying “Look. I’m sorry, I know what I did was over the line, but I’m happy. Didn’t you want me to be happy all this time? Well I am, and you should be too.” We became friends after that. And ever since then, we’ve still been best friends and I’ve been dating Gary for 8 months, and all the drama we had in the past .

Oh, Garys the perfect boyfriend. He spoils me soo much. Writes me poems, buys me stuff he’ll give me to when he meet. He’s the best! <3

Jessica and I are a long distance lesbian couple who are 2,491 miles apart. Jess is a 17 year old art student who graduates this summer and is going to college next fall and I (Amanda) am a 24 year old project manager who’s still trying to decide what she wants to be when she grows up. She’s in Nevada and I’m in New Jersey and we met about three years ago on a forum. Jess asked me to be her girlfriend on October 12th, 2011 and I met her for the first time on December 27th, 2011. We’ve been together ever since. We’ve only spent about 3.5 weeks together in person in our entire relationship, but we’re as strong if not stronger than any regular couple.

Our next visit is pretty far out - June 2013. We’re spending the time getting work/school stuff done and making new friends in the LDR community here on tumblr. We love meeting new people and sharing experiences. We’d love to hear from all of you!

http://thepandathegiraffe.tumblr.com

Come visit us and introduce yourselves and/or submit your photos and stories!

Also~ I’m planning a surprise for Jess for Valentine’s Day that I will reveal to her via tumblr. She doesn’t even know that I’m posting this now. Come visit and watch the surprise and reaction unfold! ;D

Much love,

Amanda and Jessica

i’m 23 and she’s 17. i live in new jersey and she lives in nevada. i met her three years ago on a forum that she was running. we started talking on IM, skype, FB, text, etc. but it wasn’t until summer 2011 that we started calling one another on the phone and talking late into the night. our connection was quick and solid. all of the fundamentals of a proper couple were there. we just clicked. we spent the next few months flirting and talking until she finally formally asked me to be hers on october 12th, 2011. we’ve been together since. i met her for the first time in vegas on december 27th.. and have been out to visit two more times since then. we have our struggles.. primarily struggles that are distance related. but we’re good. strong. we’re gonna make it. i love this girl. my giraffe. she’ll be here in jersey for a month this summer, and we’re hoping to work it out for me to move there by next year. for now, we’re taking the distance one day at a time and sharing a tumblr together. come say hi.

http://thepandathegiraffe.tumblr.com/

Hello! I’m the same person who submitted this story - http://wefellinloveonline.tumblr.com/post/23519152104/over-4-years-and-4-000-miles-a-love-story. Just to recap… I met Casper on an online forum. Despite an 8 year age gap and over 4,000 miles between us, we started a romantic relationship.

But when we started our romantic relationship, I told him we’d have to wait FOUR YEARS before we could meet IRL for the first time. And we succeeded!

I filmed the exact moment when him and I met at the airport, along with other moments during his month-and-a-half stay here. I hope you enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1HNN7r5e1A

-Chikicha

wefellinloveonline comment: OMG.. I seriously cried so hard<3 This is amazingly put together. I am so happy for you two!! You have no idea, I’m SO glad you two stayed strong and made it through so many years apart (and still are)! & you are amazing at drawing btw! congratulations and thank you so much for sharing this<3!!

Hello! I’m the same person who submitted this story - http://wefellinloveonline.tumblr.com/post/23519152104/over-4-years-and-4-000-miles-a-love-story - a few months ago. Since then, I have successfully met up in real life with my boyfriend for the first time ever!

Because of our circumstances - having an eight year age difference and living over 4,000 miles away - when we first started our romantic relationship in August 2008, I told him we’d have to wait FOUR YEARS before we could meet in person. Well, the wait is finally over… we made it!

To all you long-distance lovers out there that have to wait a long time to meet your significant other for the first time in person… don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t do it!

Sooo many people told him and I that we wouldn’t last four years with ditching the other for someone closer, that it wasn’t really love, that it wouldn’t work out… but we proved them all wrong.

Time, like distance, is just another obstacle. An obstacle you can overcome.

Wefellinloveonline comment: OMG I REMEMBER YOU! Your story was so amazing and inspiring! omgggggg congratulations to you two! I am so glad everything turned out amazing <3 best of luck to you guys in the future. You two are SO strong!! Thank you for the inspiration.

8 Interesting Facts:

1. Experts say that the influence of the Internet on sexuality is likely to be recognized as the next “sexual revolution.”

2. 20%-33% of Internet users engage in some form of online sexual activity.

3. 75% of men and 41% of women intentionally view pornography online.

4. Psychologists are beginning to wonder if being the underage victim of an online “predator” should be classified as its own type of child abuse.

5. In a large online survey, 39% of respondents said that they have engaged in cybersex, although 3% engaged in it as “often” or “all the time.” Interestingly, 60% of these respondents believe that cybersex does not violate a person’s marriage vows.

6. Spouses of individuals who are involved in Internet affairs say that online affairs are just as painful as those offline. Emotional and sexual infidelities can develop online.

7. Online sex is a normal form of sexual expression for light internet users and moderate users. Unfortunately, online sex for high internet users (11-80 hours per week) cause psychological distress and score higher on measures of compulsivity and sensation seeking. They are at high risk of developing psychological problems.

8. Internet sex addiction is increasing and is very destructive to one’s personal and work life. 20% of online sex addicts use an office computer (at work)! Which is why many organizations now monitor the online activities of their employees.

*this information is from the Psychology & Contemporary Human Life textbook.

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12 Interesting Facts:

1. Although critics are concerned that internet relationships are superficial, research says that virtual relationships are just as intimate as face-to-face ones and are sometimes even closer.

2. Researchers find that relationships that begin over the Internet seem to be just as stable over two years as traditional relationships.

3. Online communication is linked to increased closeness in existing friendships for teens. However, playing Internet games and visiting chat rooms are negatively related to the quality of best friendship and romantic relationships.

4. Because the Internet is anonymous, people can take greater risks in online self-disclosure  - causing feelings of intimacy to develop more quickly. It sometimes may feel like a false sense of intimacy, especially when meeting in person, but face-to-face meetings can also go smoothly.

5. 96% of people use social networking sites to keep in contact with old friends, whereas 8% of people use the Internet for dating purposes (this research was done in year 2008, only calculating MySpace & Facebook users).

6. In one survey, only 25% of online daters admitted to using deception (not telling the truth), yet 86% of online daters felt that others misrepresented their physical appearance.

7. The most common factors that online daters lie about are age, appearance, and marital status.

8. Internet groups provide a safer venue than “real life” for individuals with social anxiety or those with stigmatized identity to interact.

9. 16 million adults in the United States during year 2006 used a dating site to meet people. 52% of people had positive experiences, whereas 29% had negative experiences.

10. 22% if participants in a 2002 survey reported that they were living with, became engaged to, or were married to someone they had first met on the Internet.

11. The most popular dating related activity online is flirting with someone. Whereas the most least popular is breaking up with someone you are dating.

12. Research indicates that the more similar an online friend, the stronger the bond. One study found that pairs of strangers who chatted online liked each other more than if they had talked face-to-face. On the other hand, some people felt an even better connection and higher degree of closeness after face-to-face interaction.

*this information is from the Psychology & Contemporary Human Life textbook. 

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