Anyone meet their LDR online?

[Layla312]

I'm feeling incredibly bizarre about what has happened to me. I was on a forum getting advice about internet marketing and met a guy who initially was just helping me with my marketing.

Next thing I know, we have this deep connection and within a month he professes love. It all felt so real and so strong. It's been about three months and we are planning to meet in person but he's kind of backed off.

He says the virtual communication is frustrating because it doesn't feel real enough but he's sure things will be different when we meet.

I'm frustrated because I stupidly fell kind of hard for this guy and now he seems luke warm about us where a few weeks ago he was talking love and future plans and how to make this work despite the ridiculous distance and our kids.

Can an LDR, started online, living on opposite coasts of the US with each of us having young kids ever really work?

[Zephii]

Yes, of course it can Don't despair! Lots of us here met online (myself included). It'll be harder with kids, lots harder, but not impossible. There's a sub-forum for people with kids, check it out, I'm sure the others there will have advice for you Welcome to LFAD

[dragonlady]

we to met online through a forum (wasnt looking) it just happend!
ofcourse it can work! we will see each other in august and go from there, i think he is just a bit afraid.
meet first and then go from there again good luck!

[leonsfangirl]

Yep!

I have two children from a previous relationship and 5 years ago i met a guy online. He's in Canada and I'm in the UK and We fell in love. We met for the first time in Sept 2010 and we got married 7th May 2013. We're just finialsing the paperwork and he'll be living with me in a few months.

It can absolutely work if you both want it to.

[Mims27]

We met online!
Through a forum for a TV show we both love. Wasn't looking for love. hehe We were friend before anything and things just clicked. It's funny how things happen sometimes. I believe they happen for a reason. Hang in there, it's not impossible!

[barret95]

of course a LDR can start online, most people on here met their SO online!
I met my SO through tinychat (a private room for a group on my facebook and fans for an artist) then 14 days later we were a couple. United Kingdom and Denmark.
If you are dedicated then I'm sure you two can work it out with the kids, in my opinion Long Distance Relationships are probably the best relationships you can have (in different ways)

[katiecat08]

Yes I did. I met my boyfriend on an online Christian dating site but I was just looking for friends then.

[Verojoon]

I won't lie to you, the young children will make it a lot more difficult, but if you can figure that aspect out, there is no reason it wouldn't work just because you met online. I met my SO online, and we have visited each other several times now, and things are very complicated, but we are working through our obstacles. It looks like in August, he'll be coming to see me for the first time in the 3 years we've known each other and will meet my children. After that, we will start talking a lot more seriously about our future.

[Pinion]

With commitment and some good planning, I think it can work just fine.

However, one month seems very soon to be saying "I love you" to someone when that's the entire time you've known each other. Have you talked to each other through voice or video calls? It's not quite the same as being there in person, but it adds new levels of familiarity.

[Black_Halloween]

We met in a chatroom, so yes it can work! :P

[kiara_silver]

We met online! We were young and so it took 2 years for us to meet in person..... But was so worth the wait. We've now been back and forth, engaged and starting our family So yes, this type of relationship can definitely work if both people want it.

[Thendsnotnear]

We met online as well! And we live in different continents xD It's hard but I'm sure you can make it too, and meeting in person will be so much better and will make you realize if it's really worth it

[80anthea]

Yep we met online on a forum too, I certainly wasn't looking at the time, it just kind of happened.

[LadyDaemon]

Yep,I met my fiance online through a MMORPG called World Of Warcraft. He worked for the private server we played on and we met when I applied to be a Game Master for the server and he hired me lol.

As others have said,if you really want it to work then it can. It wont always be easy and it will have its ups and downs,but if you can make it work its all worth it.

[Hollandia]

We met online in a Scifi forum. We started off as just good friends and before we knew it we were spending half our days in chat together. We when met in person within a few weeks we were BF/GF. I have a teen from a previous relationship and we want a baby together. If you love each other enough you will find a way to make it work.