April 14, 2005

• stole this from the same girl as previous posts.

  
  

  Happy Internet Couples

  
  

   

  
  

  They met via Asian Avenue, match.com, Xanga, JDate….I feel like many of these couples are significantly happier than any real life couple that I know. ALL the real couples I know have a shitload of problems.

  
  

   

  
  

  The traditional way people date in my world: Guy meets Girl at a bar, school event, church, family gathering, etc. Guy thinks Girl is cute. Girl thinks guy is cute. They start talking, hanging out, hooking up, maybe falling in love.

  
  

   

  
  

  The process of eliminating the guy/girl is drawn out bc of physical attraction. Lust/chemistry/whatever you want to call it tends to make people more tolerant of negative characteristics of a person.

  
  

   

  
  

  In real life, you’re drawn to looks first. On the net, you’re drawn to personality.

  
  

   

  
  

  I know this one guy who is smart but an asshole. Unless he had his MIT alma mater stamped to his forehead, I don’t think any girl would look twice at him. Then one day, the asshole guy brings out this really cute girl. They met via the internet. I highly doubt they would have hit it off in a normal real life scenario. They seemed really happy together and last time I heard were engaged.

  
  

   

  
  

  A few years ago I met this one girl who had a fiancé she met via the internet. I think they had chatted/emailed for MONTHS and met up somewhere like Tokyo or Hong Kong. They hit it off but were constantly separated by thousands of miles. This long distance relationship (which I would normally consider imaginary) seemed to work. They had real feelings, real emotions.

  
  

   

  
  

  Perhaps it’s better to develop an emotional connection before a physical connection?

  
  

   

  
  

  Do you think internet couples have a better chance in the long haul??? Or is it the same, just a different venue of meeting?

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