Can You Fall in Love with Someone You’ve Never Met in Real Life?

Falling in love is a process that requires you to know the other person and to have some deep conversations with them. Well, these conversations can happen face-to-face or they can take place over the phone, via Skype, via email, or on various chatting platforms. As you converse, you open up to each other and share your fears, feelings, insecurities, secrets, likes and dislikes, expectations, and dreams. You become so open and comfortable with each other that you feel like you can talk to them about anything, and like you can be yourself when conversing with them. You also discover that you have many things in common with them, and everything feels so real and natural that you are at ease with them.

Possibility of loving without meeting

While interacting online, you may get to like the other person’s humor. It is then true to say that face-to-face interaction is not necessary to get to know each other, as it can happen through various channels. In fact, some people argue that not initially interacting in person has the advantage of getting to connect deeply on an emotional level, since there is little chance of judging the other based on physical appearance. It is then possible to know each other and even love one another without having physically met. So, people can meet online through dating sites, which also hooks up other kinds of partners, like sugar mommies/sugar daddies and sugar babies—and fall in love and even end up as life partners.

The big question

Having seen that it is possible for you to know someone deeply without meeting them, to open up to them, and to even feel that you love them, the big question is: Can such love withstand the test of time? Can this love live up to the big expectations brought on by virtual interaction? Since there are many characteristics that are not discernible online or over the phone, would each person be able to accept the other’s imperfections, regarding both character and physical appearance, when they finally meet? You should then consider all these factors as you fall in love through the Internet or through other types of media that are not face-to-face.

Dreams Of A Future Together

After spending quite some time getting to know one another in a deeper way, you will feel you truly share a close bond. Also, since you may have seen them on Skype or another medium that allows video chatting, it is like you have already met them and are sure that you love them—not that you are in love with the “idea of loving them.” You actually start dreaming of a future with them.

Other Things Can Be Rectified

When it comes to falling in love without having met, you may not know some crucial things about the person whom you have fallen in love with online or over the phone. You have no idea how they eat, smell, behave, and react to various things. However, the proponents of this kind of relationship say it is possible to address or rectify these uncertainties.

Conclusion

It is possible to fall in love with someone you have never physically met. You need to appreciate that love can come through various circumstances, and distance should not be a deterrent, as technology can bridge communication and airplanes can take people from one place to another to finally meet. Also, you need to realize loving involves taking chances, and if you are aware of what you are getting into and have the courage to face whatever may come about, you can love someone you have never met.

Disclaimer: This post was a contribution of a guest writer.