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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:14 am
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:19 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:19 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:37 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:03 pm
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Testicular Diabetes I think it is stupid to have one over a site aimed twords teens and kids. You never know who is behind that monitor. I think it is fine if you go to like e-harmony or something, And if you are older and mature. But on a site like Gaia, it's dumb. I met my boyfriend on Gaia, and I know exactly who he is.
@ OP - I'm fine with it, depending on how people go about it. It's their choice, and I don't fully agree with the whole 'What if they're a killer' thing about meeting new people on the Internet. If that applied, wouldn't that mean, for the other person, YOU could be the one that's the killer if they look at it the same.. I mean, yeah, they could be, but that's a terrible first assumption. Your information may be limited, but as long as you go about it safely, then kudos to you.
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:13 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:30 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:09 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:16 am
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:38 am
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Usually I wouldn't put myself out there on a topic such as this, for fear of being judged, but... I have faith in this and feel confident about it. Well, I've been in an internet relationship for Six months, one week, and one day with a really sweet guy. He just turned 22 in December, and I'll be 20 in April. He hasn't asked me to do anything uncomfortable, such as expose myself to him via pictures or webcam, or phone anything other than talking. Nor has he asked for anything of monetary value. Heck, I was the one who asked if I could send him something for his birthday, and also took the initiative to send him some chocolate for Christmas (Since he loves it so much, haha). We have talked every day for the past seven or so months save maybe two and a half weeks combined. We talk about everything, too; Our interests, gaming (Since we both quite enjoy videogames), our plans for the future (Like education and careers), family, personal pasts and dilemmas, our friends, and about everything in between. We have a rather comfortable relationship with each other, and I trust him. We've shared photos, talked via video chat, phone calls and texts.
Personally with how I am socially, I have a really hard time interacting with either gender face-to-face, usually leaving an incorrect impression of myself with how incredibly stupidly shy I am. But with him, it just kind of happened, I wasn't looking for anyone at the time, and he just kinda fell into my life and stuck. And I'm happy with it.
My only dilemma is family and friends. I haven't yet told my family about him, nor most of my friends. I decided I didn't want to risk sharing him with them until I felt it was right, which I've kind of gotten to that point. But even if they don't approve at first, I intend on pursuing the relationship on a physical level.
tldr; I guess in the end, with us, we intend on working to make it work.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:49 am
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:22 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:41 pm
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[~+~]
I've had experience with long-distance, but not internet dating specifically and directly.
But really i think they can compare near enough. The emotional strain of not being able to see the person, especially when you're at an age where you want to feel...physically attached shall we say, to them, it's a lot to handle.
I do agree that there's a lot of dangerous aspects to one, especially one through a website like Gaia, due to the age range it tends to be aimed at, so you never know who's on the other end. But i would say that these days people are a lot more aware of these issues and tend to overcome them through use of facebook, msn, webcam, skype etc.
I don't personally judge anyone on them - as long as they've established who the person truely is (i.e. through webcam), and they get to know the person properly, i think it can be a really good thing. Especially for those of us who aren't the best at communicating and socialising in real life.
It does annoy me however, when a girl barely knows the guy (or vice versa) and does rudey things (pictures, etc). Who knows what they do with them? gonk (Well, obviously you can guess partly, but i meant sharing them etc.)
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:23 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:59 pm
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