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| Finding love online; Internet love stories | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 28 2007, 01:53:41 PM (3,130 Views) | |
| Susan | Apr 28 2007, 01:53:41 PM Post #1 |
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I stumbled across a really wonderful love story of a girl who moved to a new country where she met the man of her dreams. She has written a lovely story of their meeting her guy and the challenges of changing countries Ann's story I love reading stories like this, does anyone else have any good links to share? |
 
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| misatok579 | Apr 29 2007, 10:14:38 AM Post #2 |
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That was a great love story - thanks for adding the link Susan
 And it had amazing photos - its just beautiful up there in Canada
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Toni wife to Tye mummy to Marianna and Jonah  Jonah, left, and Marianna on their 1st Birthday - March 7, 2009  
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| minx | May 4 2007, 01:46:11 AM Post #3 |
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Thanks Susan! A lovely story. I love Canada - I have a brother who lives in British Columbia, and it is so gorgeous. |
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| EngineerJack | Sep 21 2007, 03:34:18 PM Post #4 |
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:eggplant: ...pffft,....internet love,..can't happen,.....impossible,......ole wives tale,.......some story that people like to tell,....bah,...humbug...... |
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| Jaffas | Sep 21 2007, 08:24:48 PM Post #5 |
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It's a nice story.
I've read it once before. Its amazing how many people meet online. The internet has really changed us, as human beings.. Marty and I would never have met if it wasn't for online games, and I know many of you guys have a similar story. Now we just need an easier way to be close to the ones we love, without the termoil of the immigration process.  That'll be the day.Tacky lovey-dovey smilies time!! :lurve: 
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Manda from Victoria, Australia Marty from Michigan, United States Together we're in Stawell, Victoria  See what we're up to: Our Old Miners Cottage - A blog for our house | |
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| misatok579 | Sep 23 2007, 08:40:25 AM Post #6 |
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I totally agree with you Jaffas!! |
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Toni wife to Tye mummy to Marianna and Jonah Jonah, left, and Marianna on their 1st Birthday - March 7, 2009
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| JenbeTas | Sep 23 2007, 07:40:21 PM Post #7 |
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We met online as well:) Now married 4 1/2 years :mrgreen: :yaay: |
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| Bindie | Sep 23 2007, 10:09:42 PM Post #8 |
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Huz and I, too! 10 years in Jan 08. |
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| elsja | Dec 5 2007, 08:37:45 PM Post #9 |
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I met my boyfriend online before coming here on vacation back in December 2005. I was real nerdy and went on myspace and did a search for people in Sydney. I just wanted to find some cool people who could suggest cool bars/restaurants and other things to do. Well, my boyfriend and I started talking and did so for about 2 weeks before I came here for my holiday. We decided to meet up- thought it may be just be a fun vacation fling at the most. 2 years later... here we are, in love and living together. He is the reason I moved here and now call Australia my home. I definitely found love online and I couldn't be happier! |
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| TerritorianTori | Dec 6 2007, 05:56:32 AM Post #10 |
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How funny - your story sounds eerily similar to mine! I met my husband online in 2001, wasn't really looking for a relationship or love. I decided to meet him in person when I was passing through Sydney in 2003, just thought we'd have a few laughs and that's it... but the rest as they say is history. 
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| elsja | Dec 6 2007, 08:13:01 AM Post #11 |
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It's amazing what you can find on the internet these days
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| dreamingsolace | Dec 14 2007, 09:06:08 AM Post #12 |
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my boyfriend and I met via an online game, too still play it to this day! it's a great way for us to spend time together doing something we enjoy, since he's in Oz and I'm not there yet. |
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| SuperMindy | Dec 14 2007, 10:40:54 AM Post #13 |
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My husband an I met online through a forum for a computer game we both play (The sims 2) Then he flew over to the states to see me and i flew over to the Australia to see him.. Then he flew back to the states for 2 months and proposed to me and we got married in Australia and are happily in love |
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| rdhay | May 16 2008, 03:20:15 AM Post #14 |
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Yep, we met online (5 years ago). As did my dad and his wife, and it looks like my BIL has done the same as well. Hey, that brings up a question I've yet to ask...(yeah, this part will probably be moved )Does the fact that you met online have any negative impact on the visa application? |
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| Jaffas | May 16 2008, 08:28:28 PM Post #15 |
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None at all that I've noticed. I'm sure the case manager just rolls their eyes and says to their colleagues "We've got another online meeting!". I'm sure the story Marty and I told made no sense - not knowing the game or understanding the social context.. it all worked out well in the end - nothing about "how" we met was ever asked to be explained further! lol |
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Manda from Victoria, Australia Marty from Michigan, United States Together we're in Stawell, Victoria See what we're up to: Our Old Miners Cottage - A blog for our house | |
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| shylady | May 16 2008, 09:19:53 PM Post #16 |
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:hugs: *agrees with Manda*
Nobody at Immigration blinked an eye at us old people, either, we met in a "GeoCities 40's" chatroom way back in 1998, I think :headscratch: As long as you've met IRL, and then produce a history together and document it, they have no worries :lurve: :goodonya: |
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| rdhay | May 17 2008, 01:27:24 AM Post #17 |
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Sweet! Thanks guys:) I was slightly stressin about that;) |
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| heatyb | Oct 18 2008, 05:51:12 AM Post #18 |
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yeah i wouldn't worry about meeting online at all! my fiance and i met through... gulp... myspace. But as long as you have met in person at least once there are no worries at all :) |
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| janders1957 | Nov 27 2009, 03:49:46 AM Post #19 |
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My wife and I met online. She's very private and doesn't like to have personal info made public, so I'll just say it was a site involving writing and neither of us was looking for a relationship at the time. We'd known each other a bit over 3 years by the time we married here in California in March 2009. |
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| AmbroseChick | Mar 17 2010, 06:10:49 PM Post #20 |
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I love the online love stories... I met my hubby online way back in 1996 and we met IRL 8 months later and 6 months after that we were married So we've been married for 12 years and been together for 13 in August. We have met people that met online back in the 1970's - she was in Alaska and he was in Florida. We also have friends who met online around the same time that we did - she was in NZ and he was in Canada. They are pg with baby #3. I have also met another couple - he is from Canada and she is from Aussie and they live up in Brisbane. Its becoming more and more common and immigration didn't blink an eye when we said we met online. A much different reaction then we got 12 years ago when we had to tell it to the American immigration.
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