Are US-UK relationships common?

Thanks to everyone who replied. You made a girl feel a little less alone in the world!

I met my husband on a UK chat site nearly 4 1/2 years ago and glad I did.  It hasn't been easy but certainly an adventure.  Good luck to you!!! 

Hi I met my hubs online and we have been married for 6 years in feb 2009....we met in a chat room and started to email each other then we started talking on the phone...he was ready to meet in person after like 2 months of talking i waited until 5 months had passed until meeting in person...

Heh. The stupid thing is, I felt comfortable getting in touch with my (now) partner online, because he lived way, way away in Britain and couldn't *possibly* think I was flirting with him...on account of, that would be silly.

Now here I am sitting in a farmhouse in Sussex surrounded by sheep.

Seriously, WTF?!

LoL! I thought the same thing. I thought there was no possible way of meeting this guy from England. We met in person 3 months later.

Me and my DH met in person after 3 months of on-line chat.  The funny thing was, I was, jokingly, looking for 'dates' for when I moved to the UK for university so my uncle wouldn't have to find me any.     Bad joke, but here we are.

On-line relationships are, of course, getting to be fairly common.  And not only are US-UK relationships fairly common, they've been going on for a long time.  My parents were a US-UK couple who moved to the US after my dad's stint in the US Army was over...I've just completed the circle...

Very common, as I think you've figured out through this thread.  My husband and I will be married two weeks as of tomorrow and we met on the internet.

...On-line relationships are, of course, getting to be fairly common.  And not only are US-UK relationships fairly common, they've been going on for a long time.  My parents were a US-UK couple who moved to the US after my dad's stint in the US Army was over...I've just completed the circle...

I forgot about DB's parents! They were a US/UK relationship. The same as yours, his father was in the US military and she lived near the base. They moved over here when his stint was over. Unfortunately, that marriage didn't work out and DB moved with his mother back to England.

OK, I know this is totally off-topic, but Belita, your sig is hilarious! I crack(er! ha!) up every time I see it! lol

OK, I know this is totally off-topic, but Belita, your sig is hilarious! I crack(er! ha!) up every time I see it! lol

Thanks! I thought it was perfect for UKY when I saw it. 

Defiantely not alone that is a fact! I met my fiance on myspace jsut over a year ago...and now I'm living here in England with him getting ready to be married in a month:)  I understand how scary it is but the fact it is if it feels right don't fight it! Have to try for it Good luck to you!!!

Wow! Some of you have incredible patience.  A year is my limit.  Of course, even if I fell head over heels at first sight, or he did, I would still wait a year to be sure.  If I were in my twenties, then I might be more cautious, simply due to lack of life experience.  Now, I think I've dated enough men and different kinds of men to know what will work for me and what won't.  You have to listen to your intuition.

I'm glad there are so many of us out there, living the dream or trying to.  If you do nothing, nothing will happen.

I met my British boyfriend online, right here on UKY of all places. I wasn't looking for a relationship, but instead came here to find information for my daughter who wants to attend college in the UK in a year or two. I ended up posting on some of the forums regularly and became very good friends with someone else who is a member here. We have since fallen deeply in love and hope to meet this coming year. I have to admit that I've never been in a LDR or ever expected to be in one, but love can strike anytime or anywhere, even when it's least expected. Now, I just wish the immigration departments of BOTH countries would just make it easier to be with someone you love :\\\'(

I forgot about DB's parents! They were a US/UK relationship. The same as yours, his father was in the US military and she lived near the base. They moved over here when his stint was over. Unfortunately, that marriage didn't work out and DB moved with his mother back to England.

Interesting - my parents' marriage fell apart as well, but my mom is more American than most Americans I know, and is not coming back to the UK any time soon...

I think my mom lived about 30 miles from the base - on a whim, my dad and some of his buddies decided to travel a long way for a pub visit!  They met then, chatted a bit, he offered her his lighter to light her ciggie, she kept the lighter and knew he'd eventually come back to the pub just to get his lighter!  Which he did, of course, and the rest, as they say, is history...he was stationed at Molesworth.

And now back to our regularly schedule programming. 

I too met my American girlfriend online, through this very forum.   I'd already been a member here for a couple of years when she joined, and we just started exchanging a few private messages about some of the things being discussed, realized that we share the same values and beliefs, became very good friends, and things developed from there until we both came to the realization that what we were feeling toward each other was much more than just friendship.   

Never having been in a similar position before, there is certainly an element of strangeness about feeling so close to somebody I have yet to meet in person, but we have shared so much that I sincerely believe we have a far better understanding of each other than do many couples who have met through more traditional means but not spent as much time just writing and talking to really get to know each other. 

Its common on this website! I met my husband though a website in late 1996 and met him in person in Feb 1997, 12 years later and almost 2 kids....life is sweet!

Enjoy the long distance relationship thing, it was the most exciting time of my life! I would do it all over again if I could!