Comment Re:Why should it be any different? (Score 1) 313
I agree. I met my wife online on an IRC channel back in 1996. She and other room mates were trying to find out more about a friend of mine because one of their group was considering going on a date with him. They were basically trying to find out if he was a creep or safe to meet. When they found out I met them they spent the next 5 hrs asking me every question under the sun. I talked to my future wife a few times but lost track when she graduated college. Then the summer of 1999 she got a new laptop and was messing around and stumbled back into IRC and I happened to be online. We arranged a date a couple days later and got married in may of 2000. Thirteen years later we are still married and have two kids 7 yrs separated in age. When I met my eventual wife on our first date she mentioned some insight she learned in her experience with dating. Everyone has issue and problems. You arent looking for someone problem-free. You're looking for someone with issues you are willing to live with. Pretty insightful actually.