It would be great to get some feedback on this topic... Has anyone ever had success with a long term "pen pal" relationship once the two of you actually met in person? I am just curious, with the rise of online dating services, do people actually get positive results? I mean, you have to admit this is a rather strange way to get to know people. Open to all comments! ~A

i dont know but i would be willing to meet someone i met online

hi thought i met the love of my life on myspace. we only talked for like 2 months before we started dating in person.. but it didnt work out...

all i can say is that you both better make sure its what you want to do.

I hope it works, practically counting on it. I don't go to too many social places, the mall is about it and it's always on someone else's schedule so I can't exactly stop and talk to any girls.

Yeah...more than once.

well other than being careful ... i just think of it as a way of meeting people... i mean you could go to a bar and meet a stranger and talk to them... but to me its like the same thing here.. minus the bar lol

My brother met his now wife on line they got married in sept in hong kong he came back to usa and she is still in hong kong waiting to end her employment contract to join him they have been communicating everyday so yes it can happen

I met the best girlfriend I ever had on a dating site -- someone who lived 20 minutes away.

I also met 8 other people from other various sites and they were all absolute train wrecks.

While it's true that this is a strange way to try to get to know someone, I do see some upside to it -- provided one has the patience not to rush things, and the awareness to keep in mind that there are many people who use the anonymity of the internet to present themselves as people who they really are not.

But there are a lot of good people, genuine and caring people, on JSH in particular, at least in my experience. I am much more comfortable dealing with the people here than on any other site....and I have dabbled with a lot of these sites....

I'm hoping to. It is a weird concept to imagine meeting "the love of your life" on here or some other online dating site, yet it is so much easier than going out and meeting people face to face.

My sister meet the love of her life on Match.com. She dated alot of men on there until he came . They just got a new home togther, she got 1 karat d.ring and is going to have a big wedding in Sept. You can meet some nice people on here for friends. I date a little off line. I dont do bars so this is a better way to go.Good luck..Diane

Beachbabe raises another good point, the issue of where does one go to meet people. Some of us have no real alternatives!

I moved to where I'm living now, about a year and a half ago, to work on a book -- "it's quiet," my friend Lorie told me, "no one will bother you!" And all that turned out to be true, but what she didn't tell me was how unfriendly the people here are.

And I've been told that the only way to meet anyone in this town is in a bar or a church, and those are two places I will never go!

And so I ended up here....!