The Secrets to Being Happy in an Online Relationship
Dating online has its similarities with dating offline: you meet someone somewhere, you try your best to get his or her attention; you start chatting; and you find out instantly if you have at least one thing in common, (usually within the first few minutes). The only difference is distance.
An online relationship IS a long distance relationship. As such, you cannot immediately tell your partner what you’re thinking, and you may have to wait before getting to talk to him or her again during the day. Is this kind of relationship daunting? You bet! But there are those who tried it, succeeded, and managed to live happily ever after with only a few bumps along the way.
Last February, I had a Love Story Contest here on Evilwoobie and one of the entries was about dating online. (View He Said Yes by Cricky). The contest judges then awarded the win to someone else but Cricky’s story stayed with me up to this moment. One paragraph in her story touched me deeply.
“I had to meet this man. He was my personality equal. This man ignited a brave feeling in my heart that hadn’t been seen or heard of in the past year. He made me want to crawl out of my shell and let him know who “SpoilMe523″ really was.”
Some Secrets to Being Happy in an Online Relationship
1. Count your blessings – Before the 1990s, people managed long distance relationships through snail mail and were perfectly happy doing that. Now, we can chat in real time, and we can even set a specific hour during our day to speak with our partners online.
2. At least One Meet Up – Regardless if you meet once a year, once every two years or every six months, 
what matters is you meet up after your initial introduction online. The big issue is that after the meet up, you are back where you started: online dating. Nonetheless, you will notice that every meet up changes the way you communicate online. Meeting offline, even infrequently, is like a reaffirmation of the unbelievable chemistry that you suspected since the start of your friendship.
3. Take what is given, keep demands to a minimum – Men and women have needs; emotional and physical needs that require sating once in a while. Online dating is tricky enough for dating singles as it is, and additional pressure (asking to call without considering the time difference etc.) makes it even more difficult. Savor the time you spend sharing experiences via email or chat and express your emotions in a manner that won’t lead to fights. Apologizing when you said something out of line and keeping the conversation cool until a truce is waged are some of the ways to increase communication efficacy across the miles.
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5 years later he’s still my personality equal.
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Hi cricky!
thanks for gracing the thread and congratulations again for having a wonderful relationship.
hi evilwoobie, nice read, but being happy in an online relationship?? hmm, why not have a real relationship instead?
@melancholiac
Some people have no choice. They live in separate countries, or different states. A meet up every now and then is fun but not possible all the time.
I was in an online relationship and now we’re happily married. It took 3 years for us to meet each other and for him to meet my family…another year for me to meet his family…another year for me to move in with him and have our civil wedding…and almost another 3 years for the church wedding. It was tough, but it’s all worth it. And we are still together.
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@timi
Wow, congrats! A few years f developing your love for each other online is short when you consider that you have your whole life ahead of you.
Hey! Your post is fun reading. Most LDRs posts can be quite serious. But you make it really engaging. We are also in LDR. We’ve been together for over a year now. The difficulties we had were sometimes overwhelming but we found that it made us stronger and affirmed our love for each other. While waiting to get together physically we decided to write a blog together. We’re both opinionated and by doing this we are learning more of each other. He Said She Said is a Love And Relationships Blog. We share a little of our life there as well as give tips and other pensive thoughts about Love Realtionships. We even called the blog “our baby”! Mushy but LDRs have to be creative to keep the flame burning. You did great! Keep up the great work you’re doing!
Hey! Your post is fun reading. Most LDRs posts can be quite serious. But you make it really engaging. We are also in LDR. We’ve been together for over a year now. The difficulties we had were sometimes overwhelming but we found that it made us stronger and affirmed our love for each other. While waiting to get together physically we decided to write a blog together. We’re both opinionated and by doing this we are learning more of each other. He Said She Said is a Love And Relationships Blog at http://www.khalilanddiday.com. We share a little of our life there as well as give tips and other pensive thoughts about Love Realtionships. We even called the blog “our baby”! Mushy but LDRs have to be creative to keep the flame burning. You did great! Keep up the great work you’re doing!
@Khalil and Diday
Thanks for sharing some details of your LDR with us, I really appreciate it. Yes, love can be found online and I’m glad you did! Keep the flame burning!
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Thank you, I really need to know this especially when my girlfriend birthday is coming soon. Hopefully I will be able to get the right birthday present for her.
Ah, this is something I could relate to. Thanks!
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