"Computer Love" - Zapp and Roger

Good morning peeps! Question: Have you ever met and fallen in love with someone over the internet? There are a plethora of "social networking" sites around these days that didn't exist as recent as five or less years ago, and people seem to be forgoing the traditional ways of meeting potential friends, lovers and in some cases spouses; opting instead for the internet. I can count myself in this category, because after years of resisting, I acquiesced a little over a year ago and joined one. I now visit two regularly; one semi-regularly and one that I recently joined just the other day. my original intent was not to meet a soul mate or date; I just wanted to correspond with people who shared some of my interests, which include a love of doo-wop music, sci-fi movies, cruising and trivia. The first site that I joined was dedicated to movies and related trivia about movies. Next, a male friend sent a "friend" request from another site, which I initially ignored. Several months later I received another invite from this friend and I decided to see what it was all about. After joining and posting a profile picture, I started receiving "friend requests" on a regular basis. I would accept the ones that shared my interests and so on. I have to say that I have made quite a few "friends" that I most likely would have never known had I not joined. I am enjoying these "friendships" and don't regret joining.

The third site was joined after I kept receiving emails from the site itself. This was a specialty site, geared towards the "mature" individual. In my profile I state that I am looking for pen pals and friends; not serious relationships. I have received over 130 views, 18 bookmarks, 128 flirts and numerous messages! What troubles me about this site, is that the requests I've received so far, are mostly for serious relationships. Some stories I've heard involve details that sound suspiciously similar: recently widowed; raising my child alone...etc etc etc. Haven't you read my profile? NOT LOOKING FOR A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP! (Not on this site anyway).

The site that has become my "favorite" site, is the one you are probably on also. This site has allowed me to reconnect with people I grew up with, relatives, celebrities, former schoolmates, co-workers, etc. I visit this site to play trivia games, send and receive messages, look at photos from friends and families and more! I joined this one after invites from co-workers and family members! This is truly a networking rather than dating site. I'm having a good time here, in spite of occasional glitches. Also, many of my friends from another site are also on this one.

The good news about all this is that I have met people whose friendships I now welcome, including the lady I started this blog with. I have met some really nice guys too. Have I met that special, special someone? That is for me to know and for you to find out! He could be reading this, you know! Please share your "Computer Love" or "like" or "friendship" stories, if you will.