My boyfriend of 7 years is a man I met on the internet. I "met" him online in 1995 when I was a freshman in college and he was on his last year of college. We were both on a usenet newsgroup. I had gone on there to find out about some Polish Christmas traditions when I got to talking to an exceptionally clever Englishman.
We were online buddies for two years. I considered him a good friend - there was never any talk of romance. Then, in 1997 I got a British work visa and I travelled to England. I got a job in the same city where he worked, though, he lived 20-30 minutes away. Nonetheless, he gave me his phone # and encouraged me to give him a call so we could finally meet.
We did eventually meet up and fancied each other right away. I guess it was all of his English charm.
From there we dated each other and have been 'til this day. He lived in California for a while and I lived in England for a while and we also spent good chunks of time apart (long distance).
I've spent loads of time with his family and he's visited with mine and everyone is happy happy.
Back then it was sort of an odd thing to date someone you met on the internet, but now it's much more common.
I don't think I did too bad.....
.....Kelly
