Who says that this doesn't happen in real life?! This troper fell in love months ago, and has been in a relationship with that same girl for a few weeks, and that started ''before'' she bought a webcam, so this isn't LoveBeforeFirstSight. This troper dares someone to say that this only happens in fiction!

It started on a forum. We liked to do Role Play together (text-based RPG, you sick person). This troper played a frost elf, and she was some sort of wind elf. As this troper's character got closer to hers, this troper got close to her. Eventually, he started chatting with her a lot, and the two became inseparable friends as they realized just how much they had in common. One day she asked to talk to him in private and proceeded to open herself up to him, revealing things she had never told anybody in the past, ever. As she broke into tears on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, worrying what this troper would think of her, and worrying that she might have ruined their friendship in telling him everything, he just laughed and revealed to her that they were ''exactly'' the same. That very second, true love was born. A week later, she got a webcam and the two could finally see each other's faces.

I have the annoying habit of gushing about a particular girl to anyone who will listen, and my best friend has himself stated that he's almost in love with her, literally without having met her, as a consequence.

My girlfriend of seven months and I met online two years ago. We had a friendly relationship together that began to strengthen in the last year. I don't have a webcam, but she does and it's been the only way I can see her. I have to take videos of me on my phone in order for her to see me. Finally, in December of last year, she told me she loved me and we've been in a happy relationship ever since. Well, sort of happy... My parents found out about her and were FAR less than pleased and it's caused a lot of problems as of late. But I think the strength of our bond, uncommon though it may be, will get us through this tough time. We plan to meet for real in August. I'm very excited to finally see her.

Good luck, man! I fell in love with someone over the Internet once as well, and I hope for your sake that it goes better for you than it did for me.