Can you fall in love with someone you've never met?

I think a lot of it is due to how people live nowadays. People are busy and often don't have the close ties to their community that was once common-place.

On-line dating and chatting is convienent. You can fit it inbetween school and work and talking on your cell. lol. Well, you get the idea.

I do think it's important to stay grounded in reality, though. I never got into on-line dating sites or anything like that - just chat and forums. However, I have friends who have; and they have this little mantra: After a short time, meet or stop talking. Don't waste your time or get too emotionally invested.

It happens countless times that folks can start to fall for the person that is mostly built up in their head - that's why it's good to get a check with reality as soon as possible. To make sure the person is who they are presenting themselves to be, and if there is any real chemistry.

That fantasy aspect can lead people to go half-way across the world and somehow believe that life, work, and regular relationship realities won't come into play. But it doesn't have to be like that. It IS real: two people with real lives and feelings. People can get hurt.

Feelings are feelings. I haven't met anyone on this forum, yet I genuinely care about the people here. It's weird, but it's true.

You just need to use common (or not so common) sense like in anything else. And take safety precautions.

Anyways, to the original query: I think you should go out on a few dates with different people, and/or find more time with your friends going out and having fun, meet new people, cut down your internet time with this guy, decide if you want to meet and if so make solid plans to do so (and figure out if this is even a possibility for you in your real life).
If there are no plans to meet: say good-bye so you can get over these feelings and focus back on yourself and what is going on around you.

Sorry for such a long post! I think this is a situation may folks find themselves in, and it's not that weird. It's a genuine q.

peace