So I was doing my nightly search threw Digg and came across this topic, " Woman arrested for WoW love affair" It's a pretty good read for anyone, but I think the warcraft players would especially enjoy it as there are some humorous references in the article.
A brief summary of that article, 31 year old lady goes to meet her 17 year old boyfriend and plans on bringing him home with her. They meet online via World of Warcraft.
Anyways, this thread is not about that article specifically and is more so about online dating. Do you think it's a good thing, a wierd thing, a abnormal thing, or what.
One of my best online friends met her current boyfriend on the Internet and they have been together for several years now. They live in the same town now, for most of the year anyhow, and see each other just as a normal relationship would have.
However, another really good friend of mine, who I've played online games with for several years now, goes from girl to girl that he thinks he "likes" and tries to act like there is more to it. He is now working on the fourth girl in maybe 3 years, and two games.
The female friend I truly believe has met her soul mate, while the male friend I think is to immature to realize he doesn't have a chance in hell with any of those relationships.
I personally find it very weird how anyone could think an online relationship could actually involve into something more. Sure it's nice to have friends and to casually flirt / joke around with of the opposite sex, but to actually think you could see yourself dating them is just a little insane imo. I've met dozens and dozens of girls online in the past few years, and sure I'll say that I have found a few of them very funny and some had very attractive senses of humor, but I don't think I could ever attempt to take a online relationship into something more real.