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I came back momentarily, just to get the opinion of my technologically savvy livejournal friends...
What is your opinion on meeting people online? If only you knew what I've gotten myself into simply from joining xanga. Four weeks ago today I got a random IM from someone who had found my xanga in a blogring. We started talking, realized we had a ton in common, kept talking, kept talking... to make a long story short, we have now progressed to talking on the phone, and there is the very real possibility of a rendezvous over spring break. He lives in Mississippi, however, so there are complications, but I have never met someone who was so easy to talk to, who was so pursuing of me, who is so supportive and encouraging and shares all of my beliefs. He's Reformed (number one on my list), and he is a senior at a Baptist college, and he is... incredible. The first time we talked on the phone was just a couple of days ago... we had talked online the night before about it, but just kind of in generalities; no numbers were exchanged or anything, and I just assumed that we would talk sometime within the next couple of weeks. But then the next day he got online and we talked for a few minutes and it sounded like he was going to have to go do homework, so I just said I had a really quick question, but before I could ask he said "Wait, I have a question for you first... what's your phone number?" I gave it to him, hands shaking, and about 10 seconds later my phone was ringing... we talked for two and a half hours. Then last night we were talking online, and both of us were kind of doing homework at the same time and I said that I had something I wanted to tell him about but just to let me know when he was at a stopping point, and a few minutes later he called and said that he just thought it would be better if we could just talk on the phone. Other things that have happened.. last night he signed off really abruptly right in the middle of when I was saying something and never got back online. I was kind of worried, just sure that it meant something awful, but then this morning he got on for like 3 minutes in between his classes to tell me that he was sorry but the network had shut down, and that he didn't want me to worry. He knows how I analyze things way too much.
He knows what I'm thinking. He legitimizes my feelings. He pursues me. He keeps his word. He listens, but isn't afraid to talk, either. My heart is overwhelmed. But am I crazy? Please tell me...
What is your opinion on meeting people online? If only you knew what I've gotten myself into simply from joining xanga. Four weeks ago today I got a random IM from someone who had found my xanga in a blogring. We started talking, realized we had a ton in common, kept talking, kept talking... to make a long story short, we have now progressed to talking on the phone, and there is the very real possibility of a rendezvous over spring break. He lives in Mississippi, however, so there are complications, but I have never met someone who was so easy to talk to, who was so pursuing of me, who is so supportive and encouraging and shares all of my beliefs. He's Reformed (number one on my list), and he is a senior at a Baptist college, and he is... incredible. The first time we talked on the phone was just a couple of days ago... we had talked online the night before about it, but just kind of in generalities; no numbers were exchanged or anything, and I just assumed that we would talk sometime within the next couple of weeks. But then the next day he got online and we talked for a few minutes and it sounded like he was going to have to go do homework, so I just said I had a really quick question, but before I could ask he said "Wait, I have a question for you first... what's your phone number?" I gave it to him, hands shaking, and about 10 seconds later my phone was ringing... we talked for two and a half hours. Then last night we were talking online, and both of us were kind of doing homework at the same time and I said that I had something I wanted to tell him about but just to let me know when he was at a stopping point, and a few minutes later he called and said that he just thought it would be better if we could just talk on the phone. Other things that have happened.. last night he signed off really abruptly right in the middle of when I was saying something and never got back online. I was kind of worried, just sure that it meant something awful, but then this morning he got on for like 3 minutes in between his classes to tell me that he was sorry but the network had shut down, and that he didn't want me to worry. He knows how I analyze things way too much.
He knows what I'm thinking. He legitimizes my feelings. He pursues me. He keeps his word. He listens, but isn't afraid to talk, either. My heart is overwhelmed. But am I crazy? Please tell me...