Yeah, I agree. It would certainly take a lot of dedication and want to be able to keep an online relationship. I think in the majority of cases, they fail but there are a few that do work out. In fact, one of my friends parents met this way. However, like Yuna said, you can never besure of what the person really feels and you really are taking a risk because you don't know if what they are saying is in fact true.
Also, taking in mind the Greek way of "love" there are 3:
"Love" (platonic love, friendly love, fatherly love) is called "Agapi".
"To be in love" (loving your wife, your mate) is called "Erotas".
"Lust" is called "Pothos".
So you see, if you love someone and do not lust them, you can only love them in the Agapi form that being as a sister, brother or friend.
If you only lust the person, you don't love them in the Erotas type of way because you are only attracted to them in a physically way, not sentimentaly.
In other words, "love" over the internet is very hard to come by because I think that true love is a combination of many things, not just text. ^_^
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