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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 1720133" data-attributes="member: 2067">Like long distance relationships is a good way to describe them. They're tough to pull off, especially without the person right there. And they're tough to do at first -- fanboys are a very real fear for a lot of girls, and coming on too strongly (in some opinions, coming on at all without seeing them IRL is coming on too strongly <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />). But the perscription isn't nearly as dire as some might think. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> First, let me say it is undoubtedly better to try it face to face...that stuff's guaranteed to work. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> The online relationship is a lot touchier. But I've discovered happiness through it. I've known her for 10 years, and while until recently it was never a 'relationship' (just kind of a mutual desire without any real possibility), it did last for nearly a decade. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Now as we're getting able to meet, I've been careful NOT to make too much out of it. A lot can happen upon first sight. But by knowing her for 10 years, I know her really well.......just like she knows me, I'd think. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And by not making it a relationship until we can meet, we're still free to see other people, etc. Basically, I'd say it's quite possible. But it's certainly not common. And it's certainly not for everyone. And it's more a matter of the exposure to new types of people than it is anything else. If you find someone, you click, and you owe it to the thing that could be to explore it fully. Just like most other relationships, distance and personality conflicts crop up a lot. But if you've both been interested for a decade, well, it's no different than falling in love exchanging letters with a pen-pal. It's definately rare. But it's also definately possible. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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