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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate
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You know what though? Take out the "online" part of it and it could be any other relationship. We still argue sometimes, and it's still split about evenly between her hormones and my insecurity (also, our jobs suck). The fact that it all "just works" is what makes it so romantic/cool/wonderful/fill-in-your-favorite-superlative. Online, on the phone, long-distance love-letters...they all just serve the purpose of the communications medium; it's what gets communicated which determines whether it works.
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I'd like to add - and I'm talking about relations in general, not only romantic relationships - to me, the Internet simply gives me more offers of modes of communication. It gives me more (and cheaper) options of meeting interesting people and communicating with them. So there is no
essential difference between Internet relations and relations in physical life, just slightly different modes of communication. People are people, both in the virtual and physical aspects of life.