| Misti | Yep. Happened for me. |
| sweetness | No...it's possible to plant the seed but you can't really know til your face to face whether there is any physical chemistry, and to me that is an inportant facet of love. |
| B.K. | The eyes are easily blinded but the heart knows! |
| TJ Holland | I have been so fascinated by a person by their thoughts alone (written into words to me or spoken over the wires), that I felt a STRONG draw to them. I have thought of them upon rising, day dreamed of them through out the day, and had my last thought before sleep be of them. I have craved them, called them, and created an image of who I think they are. I have had thoughts of sharing my life with them, based solely on the words and writing we've shared. But I say this...TRULY loving someone encompasses ALL facets of KNOWING who they are. That cannot be achieved by words alone. Touch, energy, and deeds make up a large part of loving someone. Without those things (and others not mentioned here) there is simply the fascination, the intrigue. And that MAY grow into true love when the other facets are experienced. A tree is not it's leaves. It is also the trunk, the branches and it's very deep roots. |
| ~*Truelies*~ | I think you can fall for someone before you meet, but I think love requires true knowledge of a person. You can only get that face to face - like all their manerisms and stuff. |
| Kirk | Few things are impossible, but I think few people are truly able to brush aside the brute nature of physical attraction. I suspect the first face to face meeting is a real trial by fire for most relationships that have their roots in some long distance format. |
| Ophelia | You are all idiots. |
| Sushi | OFFELLIACK: Who Died AND MADE YOU GOD??? |
| jackryhme | yes i think it could happen but a leval of honesty must be kept for it to be true love.... Ophelia... i think this responce of yours needs no clarification of your emotional state... some that hurt try to hurt others ... but trust me in the fact i dont realy care for you |
| Galadrial | Worked for Susan Barrett Browning, works for me..... |
| Violet | Anything is possible... but I really think that a person's true spirit is reflected face to face. It's easier to pretend on paper. I'm no expert though... my one and only "real love" happened face to face. |
| hollymccormick | No, I don't think so, true love requires more than just words. There has to be an attraction of some kind for it to be real. |
| redsrus2 | Yes, I think one can fall "in love" before one meets someone face to face. The true question should be whether one can truly love another before meeting face to face. |
| Ophelia | You all are still a bunch of e-diots. |
| B.K. | I think that you can truly love and be loved by someone that you may or may not ever see in your life. Love has many levels and many facets and there is no armor for the heart as far as love is concerned. Anyone saying we are idiots has to be a cold, hard boiled, bucket of lard. |
| kevin urenda | My perspective is different, for I know of 'relationship' through the written word far before the advent of the personal computer... I do think it is entirely possible. Although I do also think (much like Kirk) that there is no denying the force of chemistry in the physical realm. There is no way to duplicate the senses in real time. Real love must exist in body as well as mind, heart and spirit. I do think, though, for most people, the first F2F meeting merely cements what is already there... |
| TheOtherGirl | i once had a relationship that started with icq, but it didnt last because there were *lies*, more of them communicated over the internet. love seems more sincere if u get to meet the person first before any declaration of love. that way, u wont punish ur self *committing* to a *love* u said thru internet, and then feel a little differently if you met in person. happend to me before. i dont want to appear bad, retracting my words, but then the truth comes out later on. there is nothing more reliable than meeting the person, be it relationships or business. |
| Ophelia | Idiots one and all. I rest my case. |
| TJ Holland | Please do. |
| Ophelia | TJ Holland (ha ha) - u act like you spent the night in a cell in the arms of a big smelly bulldyke named "Ruby June" and you just can't get over it! Get over it! Is u is o is u ain't MY baby, baby? |
| Ophelia | Here is my final answer to the Survey Question - http://www.young-nudist.01-hardcore-sex.com/ |
| jackryhme | people fall in love so many differnt ways ... why should the internet be thought of as differnt? |
| RedFoxPuppy | YES :)))) I was in love!! before i ever met her face to face. When i did met her face to face *WOW*..thats all i will say:))))) Going on 3 years now |
| angel | Ohhhhh yes! And not only can they fall in love ,but to a depth unbekownst to those relationships HINDERED by the presense of the physical. I did a psycology thesis on this very topic...Absence of one sense tends to heighten others...Blind have keener hearing...deaf have keener sight...etc. So the absense of the physical in a relationship sharpens the other senses and allows for a much deeper mental relationship. And we know that love and sex are about 98% mental. The physical lags far behind but it feeds off the mental. That is why sex between true lovers is soooo much better than a one night stand. I believe I speak from wisdom of research as well as experience on this one;) |
| Alabama Beggs | No. Physical attraction (especially scent) is so important that love is not possible without it. |
| HoosierDaddy | When I first seen my girl Opheilia I knew right off she was it for me. Not only did she give me a boner she made my heart beat faster and my forehead sweat. She will deny it but roses dont lie niether do cell phones. |