Yeah, that whole online relationship thing never works.
I used to play this online game late at night. Quite often, when I played, I'd see this other guy playing, too. We were both quite good, and often finished 1-2. We occasionally would "chat" in the chat window, and he was stunned when I told him I was gay. He was gay, too. We flirted a bit, but we obviously weren't going to get into a relationship - that whole online relationship thing never works.
But after exchanging chats, and e-mails, he finally asked if I'd be willing to give him my phone number. And, after a lot of hemming and hawing, I did. He called me. I answered the phone by saying, "This better be good." We had a laugh about that. And laughed about this being the next step, since that whole online relationship thing never works.
We started talking on the phone quite a bit. Every day. For hours. About everything. We didn't have that much in common, but we did share a rather wry outlook on the world at large. The phone bills were piling up. He said, "I could possibly save money if I just came out and saw you." I thought about it quite a bit, and finally I agreed to see him, but only if he stayed at a hotel. After all, that whole online relationship thing never works.
He came to visit. His pictures didn't lie. He was average, like me. I took him to dinner, then back to my place to chat. We ended up in bed. He never did get a hotel. Ah well. It was a quick thing. I certainly wasn't going to fall in love. After all, that whole online relationship thing never works.
I took him to the airport, and after dropping him off, I drove home...and cried on the way. Damnit, I was falling in love with this guy...and there's no way he felt the same way. But on our next phone call, I admitted that I had cried on the way home. "Don't feel bad," he said. "I cried the whole flight home."
I visited him once more, then he took the big plunge - he moved 2000 miles to live in my city. We weren't going to live together, though - that whole online relationship thing never works.
But, as it ends up, my lease was up at the same time he moved out here. So we got a place together. Knowing full way it would never ever last, since that whole online relationship thing never works.
That was nine years ago. We've got a condo together now. And we'll be the first to tell you - that whole online relationship thing never works.
Lex