internet dating...

[Omali]

 

 

 

She's cute.

[Harakiri]

 

 

 

She's cute.

 

 

 

Britteny Spears never did have fashion sense. 8-)

[Sillylilpixie130]

I don't have a problem with internet dating, IF both of the people are over 18. They know what can happen. The problem I have with underage people dating is simply, you do not know for sure 100 percent the the other person is being honest with you. I do believe you can fall "in love" with the person you met, but how do you know that person isn't lying to you about oh...say their age? If they are male or female...or anything for that matter. You have no idea if what they say is real, unless you meet them, and that is too risky for someone underage. You'd have no guarantee that way they say is who they are.

 

With that, I'm not one to put someone down for it, I just don't think it's such a good thing to do.

[Omali]

Britteny Spears never did have fashion sense. 8-)

 

 

 

That's not Britney. Far too thin to be Britney.

[BlueLancer]

There are dozens of reasons why meeting people face to face first makes for more long-lasting relationships. It's one thing to meet a woman/man in a social situation and then chatting with them online (as they already have some idea about your personality and looks), it's completely different to start by chatting online.

 

 

 

Yes, there are many people who meet up online and end up happy. Even on RS. But there are so many more things that can go wrong when not meeting in person ASAP, such as broken expectations, false impressions, etc..

 

 

 

If you don't truly have common interests and 'match', these relationships will cause pain to both parties very fast when the clout settles down and you truly start living in a relationship. Some men/women also subconsciously will attach attributes to your personality when you seek a match online instead of real life (such as shyness or weakness).

 

 

 

Not all online relationships are bound to fail, far from that. I just saw too many of my friends burned by this phenomena. I would be very cautious. There are very few 'ideal' dating candidates online, and a lot of desperate people who instead of seeking a special someone, will settle for anybody at all. A man who spams 400 profiles in hopes of getting at least 1 response is probably not going to solicit very much sense of trustworthiness.

[Zierro]

There are very few 'ideal' dating candidates online, and a lot of desperate people who instead of seeking a special someone, will settle for anybody at all.

 

 

 

Yeah, I never really thought about some of those points you brought up, but they're true. There's also the fact that your internet persona usually differs from your real life one. In fact, I act differently on Runescape than I do here, and Myspace than I do with Youtube. We all act differently according to the social situations we're given, so you never really "know" someone that you only talk to on the internet unless you talk to them in person - no matter how many years you might have been chatting.

 

 

 

Not to say there's anything wrong with internet dating... IF it works. Big IF though.

[All_Is_Great]

I forgot to screeny, but heres a short convo between an online couple, based on my memory, can't be too far off (only caught two lines, because i just teled there, missed the beginning)

 

 

 

Girl: whaddya wanna do? (probably a guy irl)

 

Guy: l3e4ts dpo sonethjing s;ome (translation i think: let's do something alone)

 

 

 

Uhh, clearly, the guy was getting either really nervous or excited :lol: , just imagine him behind his computer, then imagine him finding out about the truth.

 

 

 

Just thought I'd share :

[Me_Hate_Libs]

I don't know if I've told this before, but I met my wife on RS. In the Underground Pass on classic. She was from Brazil and moved in with her sister, on the other side of Tampa Bay, about 2 years later.

 

 

 

Nowadays I have a girlfriend that complains about me playing. Oy vey. :wall:

[Harakiri]

Britteny Spears never did have fashion sense. 8-)

 

 

 

That's not Britney. Far too thin to be Britney.

 

 

 

Ouch. Say that to her face and you'll be in for a close shave 8-)

[Me_Hate_Libs]

Britteny Spears never did have fashion sense. 8-)

 

 

 

That's not Britney. Far too thin to be Britney.

 

 

 

Ouch. Say that to her face and you'll be in for a close shave 8-)

 

 

 

I think it's only appropriate to refer to her by her commonly accept nickname.

 

 

 

Baldylocks. :thumbsup:

[Rockneo1]

Idk what peoples deal with it is, I met my last 4 husbands on RS.

 

 

 

 

 

Last four? then that's a fail, obviously.

[DoomedMages]

Sorry if you find this offensive but, similar to a post up there, I thought this was going to rant about the stupitidy about these so called Runescape relationships, yet to my suprise I see your post.

 

 

 

I can't see how anyone can say they're in love with a 2 centimeter high character. Love's not based on looks, but knowing what somebody actually looks like is clearly an important thing lol. Oh, and the fact that there's not physical contact within the 'relationship'.

 

 

 

I just REALLY don't understand the 'attraction'. I mean, like a lot of posts have already said, it could be an internet paedophile, or just a boy on a female account having a joke. I don't know the real statistic, but I bet 60%+ of the female characters are actually male. Course, back in the olden days, boys would pretend to be girls in order to get free stuff prior to the trading limit.

 

 

 

To me, I think it's just that these people can't get dates in real life really. :/

 

 

 

Edit: HOWEVER, I'm not saying that all relationships can't start from the internet, I mean, with the likes of Myspace, Bebo and Facebook (etc) Many people first start talking using the internet, with the intent to meet up in real life. Whereas the majority of 'Runescape relationships' are confined to the game itself. So i'm not ranting using the internet to START a relationship, but when it's just on the internet with no real-life meetings, I think it's stupid.

[BlackDawn]

Some people may know this already, seeing as I posted it on another thread a while back. But I once had a girlfriend I met on RuneScape.

 

 

 

It wasn't one of those idiotic things you see in Lumbridge with the kids going "Press 111 for hot gf" and crap. I met her in a friends clan, and knew her for about 1-1 and a half years before I started liking her.

 

 

 

Admittingly, it was doomed to fail, seeing as we were both too young to actually keep the relationship going by meeting irl. We were too young for our parents to approve, that we both knew for fact. Still, we 'Dated' for about six months on RuneScape, and Msn. I'm not afraid to say this, simply because I enjoyed the time we spent 'together'.

 

 

 

I knew that she was a girl, seeing as we spoke on the phone a few times. Which was more then enough proof for me. Nowadays I still think it was a real relationship, whether we met in person or not. We both wanted to meet, but we simply couldn't. If it had happened when I was older, such as now, then I think it would have worked.

 

 

 

Yeah, they might not be who they say they are, I'll agree completly with that. But the key word is 'might'. Sometimes they can be telling the truth, and that's a chance I can willingly take if I was ever in the situation again.

 

 

 

To those who are so damn set on being against this, well, I have nothing to say to you. Think what you want, really. If you haven't been in a similar situation, well, you can't really understand what it's like. I also know of a few other friends on my list who have met up, and are now living together. Hell, two of them have even had a kid. (Thing is, I introduced them to one another about a month after I started playing. They never forgot. :))

[fenrir321]

Some people may know this already, seeing as I posted it on another thread a while back. But I once had a girlfriend I met on RuneScape.

 

 

 

It wasn't one of those idiotic things you see in Lumbridge with the kids going "Press 111 for hot gf" and crap. I met her in a friends clan, and knew her for about 1-1 and a half years before I started liking her.

 

 

 

Admittingly, it was doomed to fail, seeing as we were both too young to actually keep the relationship going by meeting irl. We were too young for our parents to approve, that we both knew for fact. Still, we 'Dated' for about six months on RuneScape, and Msn. I'm not afraid to say this, simply because I enjoyed the time we spent 'together'.

 

 

 

I knew that she was a girl, seeing as we spoke on the phone a few times. Which was more then enough proof for me. Nowadays I still think it was a real relationship, whether we met in person or not. We both wanted to meet, but we simply couldn't. If it had happened when I was older, such as now, then I think it would have worked.

 

 

 

Yeah, they might not be who they say they are, I'll agree completly with that. But the key word is 'might'. Sometimes they can be telling the truth, and that's a chance I can willingly take if I was ever in the situation again.

 

 

 

To those who are so damn set on being against this, well, I have nothing to say to you. Think what you want, really. If you haven't been in a similar situation, well, you can't really understand what it's like. I also know of a few other friends on my list who have met up, and are now living together. Hell, two of them have even had a kid. (Thing is, I introduced them to one another about a month after I started playing. They never forgot. :))

 

What you're confusing is the "before point X..." point. Before point X, your attack lvl will determine most of your dpm. After point X, your strength will determine your dpm. Before you meet irl (physical meeting, phone, etc), you can't call the person a boyfriend/girlfriend. After you meet them, you still can't call them boyfriend/girlfriend, but you can say you're dating them. After point Y, which is when you know the person's soul, you can pretty much say you have a healthy relationship.

 

 

 

It's not just the internet, really. Slightly more than 50% of all couples divorce. Why? Because those people didn't know each other and said they were "soul mates". By George (never thought I'd use that one), you don't have to be on the internet to have a phail relationship. Likewise, you don't have to meet someone originally irl to have a good relationship. If they didn't, sites like eharmony wouldn't flourish.

 

 

 

We'd be saying the same thing if you were on eharmony and never took that step further and contacted the person. No contact = no relationship.

[Zierro]

you still can't call them boyfriend/girlfriend, but you can say you're dating them

 

 

 

What? There's a difference?

[generaldesor]

all I can say is.....

 

 

 

LMFAO

[Danny_TeamDan]

all I can say is.....

 

 

 

LMFAO

 

This.

[Ralph]

i agree with gen and dandaman. and have to add- LOL omgwtf LOL.

[Thisbenathan]

if you think it's so normal and alright to have an internet girl friend, go find some REAL LIFE friends and tell them straight up, "i have a runescape girlfriend." and tell me their reactions lmfao

[BlackDawn]

Some people may know this already, seeing as I posted it on another thread a while back. But I once had a girlfriend I met on RuneScape.

 

 

 

It wasn't one of those idiotic things you see in Lumbridge with the kids going "Press 111 for hot gf" and crap. I met her in a friends clan, and knew her for about 1-1 and a half years before I started liking her.

 

 

 

Admittingly, it was doomed to fail, seeing as we were both too young to actually keep the relationship going by meeting irl. We were too young for our parents to approve, that we both knew for fact. Still, we 'Dated' for about six months on RuneScape, and Msn. I'm not afraid to say this, simply because I enjoyed the time we spent 'together'.

 

 

 

I knew that she was a girl, seeing as we spoke on the phone a few times. Which was more then enough proof for me. Nowadays I still think it was a real relationship, whether we met in person or not. We both wanted to meet, but we simply couldn't. If it had happened when I was older, such as now, then I think it would have worked.

 

 

 

Yeah, they might not be who they say they are, I'll agree completly with that. But the key word is 'might'. Sometimes they can be telling the truth, and that's a chance I can willingly take if I was ever in the situation again.

 

 

 

To those who are so damn set on being against this, well, I have nothing to say to you. Think what you want, really. If you haven't been in a similar situation, well, you can't really understand what it's like. I also know of a few other friends on my list who have met up, and are now living together. Hell, two of them have even had a kid. (Thing is, I introduced them to one another about a month after I started playing. They never forgot. :))

 

What you're confusing is the "before point X..." point. Before point X, your attack lvl will determine most of your dpm. After point X, your strength will determine your dpm. Before you meet irl (physical meeting, phone, etc), you can't call the person a boyfriend/girlfriend. After you meet them, you still can't call them boyfriend/girlfriend, but you can say you're dating them. After point Y, which is when you know the person's soul, you can pretty much say you have a healthy relationship.

 

 

 

It's not just the internet, really. Slightly more than 50% of all couples divorce. Why? Because those people didn't know each other and said they were "soul mates". By George (never thought I'd use that one), you don't have to be on the internet to have a phail relationship. Likewise, you don't have to meet someone originally irl to have a good relationship. If they didn't, sites like eharmony wouldn't flourish.

 

 

 

We'd be saying the same thing if you were on eharmony and never took that step further and contacted the person. No contact = no relationship.

 

Good point, although as I said I was a fair bit younger then now, and my mind wants to stick to the fact I enjoyed time spent with her. My own logic is horribly flawed, but I stick by my opinions.

 

 

 

By George

 

Are you using that as the saying? Or did you somehow know my name? :?

 

 

 

if you think it's so normal and alright to have an internet girl friend, go find some REAL LIFE friends and tell them straight up, "i have a runescape girlfriend." and tell me their reactions lmfao

 

I do have REAL LIFE friends, and I don't have a RuneScape girlfriend. I did, like I said, but I was younger, and a bit more foolish. Though, if I did tell my friends, I think they would have been fine with it. Hell, I know one of them would support me fully.

[fenrir321]

 

By George

 

Are you using that as the saying? Or did you somehow know my name? :?

 

Lol, funny :lol: .

 

Naw, if I knew your name, I'd have said, "Mah George" like

\ . <- The best YTP for Mah Boi I could find unfortunately -.-