on another note...maybe it's the cynic in me...but words to me don't really mean a whole lot by themselves. anyone can say anything to you, they can say what they think you want to hear, and mislead you.

to me actions speak louder than words.

i think that's one of the things we need to be careful about when meeting people on the internet. people can be whoever they want to be without you knowing. they can say whatever they want to say.

i think one of the pitfalls with the internet is that people (without knowing what the other person looks like, smells like, sounds like, moves like) can fall in love with the other person's words. being in love with their words is totally different from being in love with the person as a whole.

sometimes their words don't match up to who they really are.

i think the majority of the time 'cyber love' is a bunch of poppycock.

i was..hence 'the majority' means not always

I think the Internet is as good a place to meet a potential partner as any other, but if the two people live too far away from each other then it can constitute some problems.

Physical contact is crucial as it is impossible to "be" in a relationship without meeting the other person face to face and spending some time together to see how s/he interacts socially.

I know many examples of people who met online and got disappointed when it came to a real meeting, but, on the other hand, there are numerous cases when people who met online really fell in love and even got married.

The bottom line is that when you think things could work out, you should get to see each other. Otherwise this is just a virtual thing.