So how did you meet? Well...

We met online, also, at the Yahoo.com date site (when it existed). I've never had anyone act negative about it when I told them. They think it's pretty neat.  I was so "head over heels" in love, I remember taking the laundry basket down to my basement to do laundry, then realizing I hadn't put any clothes in it. LOL

Funny how twitterpated we can get.  When hubby and I were still in the LDR stage, just before I flew over here to meet him, I was in management at a Wendy's. The manager on duty was supposed to keep at $50 and $100 bills in their pocket until the end of their shift. One day I was midshift manager, which meant I wasn't doing paperwork and balancing any cash drawers. I got home and was emptying my pockets to shower and found $500. I had an 'Oh NO' moment, then a good giggle because I knew my mind had been in England. I called and let the manager on shift at the time know I was going to shower and then I'd bring the money to her. She wouldn't have noticed it for several more hours until time to count down the drawers and do the banking.

Funny how twitterpated we can get.  When hubby and I were still in the LDR stage, just before I flew over here to meet him, I was in management at a Wendy's. The manager on duty was supposed to keep at $50 and $100 bills in their pocket until the end of their shift. One day I was midshift manager, which meant I wasn't doing paperwork and balancing any cash drawers. I got home and was emptying my pockets to shower and found $500. I had an 'Oh NO' moment, then a good giggle because I knew my mind had been in England. I called and let the manager on shift at the time know I was going to shower and then I'd bring the money to her. She wouldn't have noticed it for several more hours until time to count down the drawers and do the banking.

That is so funny!  But good thing you noticed it.
One other time I was thinking about my husband while cooking soup, went to open a bag of frozen peas and realized I wasn't standing over the soup pot. Had peas all over the kitchen floor, rolling under cabinets and such. LOL

And, the first time he ever phoned me up (we still laugh about this), I fell in love with his beautiful voice, was smitten, as he spoke "Hello?"   I then said excitedly, "You sound so CLEAR!"   Unfortunately, I must not have sounded clear to him, because his next baffled response was: " What???  I sound QUEER???!!!"   

That is so funny!  But good thing you noticed it.
One other time I was thinking about my husband while cooking soup, went to open a bag of frozen peas and realized I wasn't standing over the soup pot. Had peas all over the kitchen floor, rolling under cabinets and such. LOL

And, the first time he ever phoned me up (we still laugh about this), I fell in love with his beautiful voice, was smitten, as he spoke "Hello?"   I then said excitedly, "You sound so CLEAR!"   Unfortunately, I must not have sounded clear to him, because his next baffled response was: " What???  I sound QUEER???!!!"   

HAHAHAHAHA That's a good way to land your man!

HAHAHAHAHA That's a good way to land your man!

After he said, "What?? I sound QUEER??!!"   I then thought he had said "clear", so I answered, "Yes!"
Arrghh... took a few minutes to straighten that one out. LOL  Talk about first impressions. I'm lucky he didn't dump me right then and there. I still melt when I hear his voice over the phone.  He has a very soothing, soft tone with his lovely accent.

I met my fiance in person... but I'm the girl who is concerned that when I tell everyone I'm with an English man, they're going to immediately assume we met online.  Yeah, I admit it  

We actually met when I was living in the UK as a missionary for a year in 2005-06.  The part we tend to leave out about our story is the fact I was in the UK doing mission work as a youth worker and he was one of my youth!!  I was just 20 and he was 15-16.  So, the age difference isn't great (4.5 years to be exact   ), but it was the fact we used to technically have an almost teacher/student or authority/subject type relationship.  What I then explain is that he never really participated in the youth at our church anyways, so I never really saw him that way!

Anyways, we were friends when I was living there, but we both had partners at the time... so it was only a friendship (though we both admit to having some sort of feelings for the other).  We stayed in touch very little after I left, though we always had that connection that aroused excitement whenever we spoke.  So, when we reconnected one night on facebook 18 months ago... it all became history      

But, on topic.... Now it's so hard to tell people I'm involved with someone from England because 1.) I don't want them to assume we met online, because I don't want the reactions and the assumptions, and then I have to spend 20 minutes explaining how we met, and 2.) I had just gotten out of a 4 year long relationship that was an LDR for 3 years of it (1 of which I was in England meeting my future hubby! ironic   )... I had such a hard time with that relationship, that almost everyone I knew would have thought another LDR would be the absolute LAST thing I'd agree to!  So, judgmental eyes from my friends and family seemed something I wouldn't welcome :-(   BUT, everyone is accepting of me and my fiance, very supportive and happy for us :-)

I personally see nothing wrong with meeting online and I know that the statistic is something like 1/4 relationships now start online.... I guess I just don't want people to jump to conclusions and be narrow minded.  I've always been the one to drop everything and move somewhere new or just take big risks... but I still can't seem to just let people have their crappy opinions.  I can't stand people being narrow minded about my life decisions, or anyone's life decisions where they take risks to make their lives better.

Eh, screw 'em all.  We're happy with our foreign lovers, aren't we?  

I personally see nothing wrong with meeting online and I know that the statistic is something like 1/4 relationships now start online.... I guess I just don't want people to jump to conclusions and be narrow minded.  I've always been the one to drop everything and move somewhere new or just take big risks... but I still can't seem to just let people have their crappy opinions.  I can't stand people being narrow minded about my life decisions, or anyone's life decisions where they take risks to make their lives better.

I've even explained to people you run the same risks meeting someone online as you would in a bar/atwork/church/the grocery store/etc. As it gets more and more common, people's opinions of meeting online are slowly starting to change for the good. I've learned that people's opinions of people meeting online are the same as people's opinions of everything else, and have quit letting it bother me, or trying to defend my choice. Someone may think I am odd for wearing a purple shirt instead of a green one but that has never bothered me, so why should I let someone upset me for meeting my husband online instead of a way they approve... especially when it is a stranger.

I've met people who met each other online, and only lived a block or two away from each other. Love is meant to be, and when you find that special person, WHERE or HOW you met is merely a small part of the big picture.

I have no problems with telling people I met my partner online.
Most people assume dating sites, and thats where we correct them (we met on a chat forum) The majority of my healthy and successful relationships were with people I met on the web, and generally long distance..

We have no issues with it. If people have a problem with it, its their problem to resolve, not ours. Theres no shame with meeting people at a hobby, church, pub or online. Not everything works for everyone, so no one should look down at one way or another.

I love telling the story of how I meet my fiance on line.  I have been very lucky that I have only had one person give me a hard time about it.  We meet on plenty-o-fish.  He got on one night after watching Love Actually.  There is that one guy that goes to Milwaukee to meet woman.  So he started looking at woman from that area for kicks.  I went on there because the only real place to meet some one in Wisconsin is a bar and that is not me.  The reason I started talking to him is because I thought he was safe because he was in a different country.  That and he was so charming to talk to.  Not perverted like most men from my state were being.  I feel blessed every day that I meet him.  I never thought that I would meet some one that I would click with like I did him.  At least the people in my home town get it for the most part.  I'm related to half of the town.  They like to joke and say that I didn't want to take any chances that him and I were related LOL.  I tell every one that it doesn't mater how you meet just that you were lucky enough to have meet. 

When we get annoyed we just say "British Husbands.com" or "American Wives.com"  they usually dont do much prying after that

Heh. I am also one of the few who met in person first (through a UK mutual friend who was living here in the US for a couple of years. For realz!) Then we emailed for a year and then started chatting... then he came here for a friendly visit that ended up with us dating by the end of the 2 weeks. So, I usually just say we met through a friend and then "just kept in touch... one thing led to another.." Most people are nice and think it's cool. But I agree with the prying stranger thing! Since I just got engaged, everyone at work is asking questions. Then random people (parents/whoever!) nearby will hear my answers and start questioning, too. I had to have a conversation with the shoe selling lady at school yesterday about it. I wanted to say "NUNYA!" but I was polite. I find that people in the UK are curious, too, though. Lots of random people asked me questions when I was there!

Thought ya'll might like this BBC article, Love in the Time of Social Media

Honestly, I have received a mixed response from people about how we met, too. We were young teenagers who met on a creative writing website, and kept in contact until we were old enough to afford the trip to meet each other. From the moment we met, we knew it was right. We were engaged on that trip and married on the next. Even though we were "together" since about 2000 and married in 2008, people still think we rushed it because that was mostly online dating... Everyone has their own timeline of when things are right and when they're too early or whatnot, they're always going to differ. We found each other and it was better than anything I'd ever experienced, and didn't want to live without it. And it's worked so far, 4 years of marriage, a 21 month old son, and a daughter on the way.

I dislike the opinions I tend to get from random strangers about how we met and whether it actually counts. You know what? When I was 17, my father disconnected the internet because he said he didn't like me having an online boyfriend and wanted me to be in a relationship he could see. So he set me up with a guy from church. That guy was... well, let's just say he wasn't living up to the Big Guy's standards. I date another guy my dad likes, and he ends up being a drug addict who cheats on me and takes all my money. And blah blah blah. Years of misery spent on these guys absolutely wasted because I still ended up marrying my "not real" boyfriend in Scotland. Just because you're dating someone "in the flesh", doesn't mean they don't have the capacity to lie about who they are right to your face. Like a PP said above, there are nice people and there are creepy people both online and offline. I was very lucky to find the right kind of man.

To sum this up, I was on the phone with him back in 2007 and my Aunt said loudly, "You don't know who he is! He could be an axe murderer!"

To which the then boyfriend quickly replied, "Well I've never murdered any axes." Lol.

I met my DH in an MMORPG called Perfect World International in April 2009.  Our characters played together and he was the Guild Leader.  The characters, SilverSais and Duska were married in game in July 2009.  I even made a video on you tube about their lives on the game lol.  Anyway I finally got enough courage to ask him for his phone number and called him.  I came over here to meet him in Nov 2009 and stayed for 4 weeks and went back home.  Was home for 6 weeks and came back in Feb 2010,  got married in May 2010, went back for the spouse visa then came back home here.......its a long story about how we got married so won't tell it here.....anyway we still play MMORPG's and now we are playing Lord of the Rings Online. I tell people when they ask how we met and sometimes they are really interested to know all about it.....haven't met anyone yet who thought it unusual......and my son was a little up tight when I came over here the first time and did mention the "axe" murderer to me......I told him I was not scared but I am sure if I hadn't called him when I got here in the UK he would have had the FBI looking for me........