# Romances that began on line..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2001, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684 "2001-10-31T08:44:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684/21 "2001-10-31T23:09:49Z")
**lurkernomore** and I met online… though it wasn’t love at first write. We met about 5 or so years ago on [Scifi.com’s BBoard](http://www.scifi.com/bboard) we hung out a lot in Books & 'Zines/Genres and somehow managed to take it to e-mail. When I started up my scifi mailing list, I asked him to be one of my co-moderators. We never even talked about the possibilities of “what if” because I was dating someone else at the time. When that relationship ended, someone [sub]Home of the Braves[/sub] mentioned to **lurker** that if he ever came to Florida, he and I should see what would happen between us. He brought it up to me, thinking _I’d_ find the thought rediculous, and instead I floored him by saying “Why not?” We talked via e-mail, phone, the chat room on my website… and he came down in March to see how things would be when we met face to face. All systems were go at that point and a few months later, I found myself moving to NYC, for a variety of reasons. So, where we stand now is dating, still seeing where life is going to take us… and doing our best to make sure that even if the relationship doesn’t work, the friendship will. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684/22 "2001-10-31T23:27:00Z")
This one’s easy. **Airman Doors, USAF** and I met on IRC and AIM and have been together about six weeks or so. After nightly chats (I’ve got all of them logged) and/or phone calls, we finally met IRL last weekend and got along wonderfully. He’s planning to come down in a few weeks before he leaves for basic training, and I am REALLY excited! Robin ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684/23 "2001-10-31T23:41:59Z")
**Gunslinger** and I met here on the SDMB and have been together for over a year. We met in person for the first time on [Labor Day weekend](http://fuzzydeath.freeservers.com/visit.html) and again two weeks ago, after many moons of IM, chat, email, voicemail, snail mail, packages and letters, and a couple of late-night phone conversations. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684/24 "2001-10-31T23:43:10Z")
that’d be [two weeks ago](http://fuzzydeath.freeservers.com/visit2.html), I messed up the coding. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684/25 "2001-11-01T00:19:34Z")
God I love Debi’s late nite phone calls…her morning calls…her afternoon calls. We can actually do it almost any time of the day…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684/26 "2001-11-01T00:29:43Z")
Me and Scott met online. Well, we actually worked together about 4 years ago, but I never talked to him, I just knew who he was. I did a search on Bridgewater, and came up with his screenname. We started talking,and flirting, and realized we worked together. 6 months later, we were involved. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684/27 "2001-11-01T01:19:49Z")
Just for the record. I’m 49, Debi is 43. So we ain’t young’uns off on a tangent. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684/28 "2001-11-01T01:37:06Z")
Mr. Beckwall and I met back on Prodigy chat. It’s been over 5 years now, and we live together in bliss (AKA Palm Springs). I actually moved to Utah (gack, now that’s true love) to be with him the first year but we came to our senses and settled here. Much happier, much healthier and fewer weird people knockin’ on our front door. As I posted in the earthquake thread, our bed is still a-shakin’ after all these years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romances-that-began-on-line/90684.md?page=1)