Online Relationships, b/f and g/f Options

[XxmisspreciousxX]

For me i think online friendship is alright but I don't agree with online boyfriends or girlfriends because you don't know who they really are and what they're all about. For all you know they could be some old perverted man looking to play/cyber with some young girl. I just find it so sick and twisted.
I wouldn't go meet anyone from the internet. You hear all those scary stories about it like people getting raped and killed. Its better to have a b/f or g/f for "real" rather than on the internet. At least you can see them face to face and give them real kisses and hugs. But when your online you just have to be careful and be safe. Not everyone is like that so don't get too suspicious. Just use common sense!

[Sa-Chan]

...This debate makes me angry. Not all of it, just...I don't know...Just because you aren't seeing a person doesn't mean you don't know who they are. I'd trust all my friends online more than I trust most of my friends here (not all, but most); and maybe being in a relationship that isn't based off of physical lust is good. Maybe that's what the world needs more of lately. I mean, jesus christ, it's like "you're hot, I want to date you" at my school, and I hate that. Any kind of love is love whether you see the person every second, every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year, or heck, even not for a good deal of time. Also, it's kind of contradicting yourself saying "I'd trust an online friend, but not an online boyfriend". So, you'd trust a person with your secrets, and hopes, and dreams...but not your love? Also, relationships can start online, and develop to webcam conversations, phone calls, and even meeting. And if the person is who they say they are, then what are you losing? I'm not saying fall head first into it, if you start a long-distance relationship over the net make sure you know the person, really know them, and trust them first. But jeez, people you see can just be planning to use you just like you claim it is for online datiing. It's not my right to tell you what you should think it right, but it's not your right to say what other's should think is wrong. That's always been my motto. So, if you don't like over the internet relationships, then that's fine. I won't view you as any less human than anyone else, nor will anyone else. I just thought, that since most people are on the other side I would share my own personal opinion.

I am terribly sorry if my views have offended anyone in anyway, but they are just my opinions, and they may very well matter only to me.