Can you fall in love even though y'all met through social media

It is not how one meets that matters, but how one reacts when one meets the other person in real life.

Understandable

can one fall in love if they meet at a super market rather then a park

for a change i agree with Dodo

its how you get along that matters
and how willing you are to fight to keep those feelings alive

1out5 couples meet online isn't that what they now claim?

Totally believe the spark can be there...What you do with it after that depends on the couple.

I do think one thing people have to be very very careful of is NOT building a fantasy relationship. Keep it real...

Then absolutely it can be done... Gotta have that meet and greet and bring it real...

LDR are hard work at times..
Communication is the key if that fails then all is lost.

There ya hit it on head and maybe there is something to be said for meeting sooner rather than later


yes this goes against my nature for I tend to move slowly and carefully but at least you would know right away if there was anything really there

I am going to assume you are mostly asking "can you fall in love online?"

So, can you fall in love online? Technically, yes.

Love is simply a bonding process of chemicals that establish and continue feelings and emotional association with another person.

You can delude yourself and trigger the same chemicals, bonding with your idea of who they are.

If who they are in reality is close enough to how they represented themselves and how you interpreted how they represented themselves online, then it will stand when you meet offline.

If there's enough disparity or insecurity though it will break through the "delusion."

But for practical purposes you technically "can" fall in love having met through social media.

Many people do, at least for the short term until the reality catches up to the imagination.
You'll hear things all the time like "they were totally different in person than I thought they were online. I was excited to meet them, then meh."
They spent too much time yakking online.

The most difficult part is the communication that generates the image of the person you build associations with.

Most communication is not the crap that comes out of the mouth or hands via typing.
So the idea of who they are that you form based on words on a screen will almost never match up with who they are in person.

That's because that "most communication" that was lacking in text (or even via phone and skype, which are not really better than texting) is filled in from your own head, with your own bias, based on your personality, your hopes, your fears, your expectations, etc.

Who you come to see them as (before meeting) is about 90%+ your imagination, and 10% reality.


That's why it's always a better idea to meet offline quickly, and form a relationship based on direct interaction.
To limit texting and phone calls and go experience life together.

You can fall in love with someone you met through social media, but the longer you stay on social media, the less that love will survive when faced with reality.

Thanks y'all you all have a point