Can you have "real" relationships here?

online relationships are a lot different than real ones because you are never inside their "real" world . you can get to know them but until you fit i the day to day you will never know.

You can, but it takes effort. I tried it not even that long ago & quite honestly it meant a lot to me. But that's my first & last time ever trying anything long distance.

One thing someone told me is that people think online relationships aren't real. But they're very real when you put real emotions into it. You can't see each other in person so all you have is emotion & feelings to go off of. Communication. Those are all very valuable things in a relationship & we would fail without it.

The hard part is whether you can handle not being able to see or feel each other. You gotta be okay with pure emotion & most people honestly aren't

As REAL as it can be without TOUCH ...

A rare few have survived them, but nearly 10 times out of 10 , they're impossible....
It's like dead weeds at a deadend street.

Depends what youre looking for in a relationship.

I think its possible. But there are obvious hurdles.

Right, how does one define relationships? That's the initial question there then. Oh yes, one can fall in love on here like anywhere else. We're walking brains afterall. Yes, one can act as a parent on here too. There's enough compassion in each of us to actually give that a try. Nevertheless, after decades of experience on the internet it's my own personal opinion that there's first a minimun requirement too and that is to always try to be courteous

I don’t really know. I’ve had real feelings for people in the past, but distance matters.

No worse than anywhere else when you think about it...

I guess my thoughts are more "why not". If you have the mindset you can't, then yeah, you probably can't, but coming here for the express purpose of find your mate/significant other, then I'd guess you will 9/10 times be disappointed.

If you are open to life,one never knows what can happen...

It is possible but the truth is that you and your immediate partner have to want it to work. You have to push through those leaps and bounds to get to where you need to go.

Highly doubtful. I’ve had people say they’ve had feelings for me in the past, after chatting for a while, but I don’t see how anything other than friendship can be sustainable here.

No!

A friendship i think so, but some kind of relationship where someone has feelings, that has to be tested with some reality.

I think so

That depends on the person. There have been people who met through this site, had long distance relationships and ultimately closed the distance by meeting in person and are still together. Few as they may be, but even if there was just one example, it goes to show that it’s possible.

No not a true one. The majority of people here are too comfortable with saying things just to say them. Any relationship built on lies is doomed from the beginning.

I’m sure it’s possible, just unlikely.

That “depends” — primarily on who’s involved and what they’re looking for/what their expectations are.

It's possible but nobody would do it with honesty.

I don’t see why not 🧐. What do I know 🤷‍♂️

I like to think it is possible

I believe there are genuine people here.
Where it goes from there depends on them.

Actually, there are only three genuine people here that I know of.
Maybe two and a half.
Definitely two.
For sure one person.

I think you could but it depends. It’s about how much someone would want to invest in the other person.

I think I met a lot of nice people on here. But I’ve never taken it beyond just having fun and laughing.

I still think it’s very possible to have a real relationship with people on here.

I am not sure about long distance relationship on the internet. However I can be a good friend for online people. 😅

Define real? 🤔

I say no

Ild guess depends on your definition of real

No

No

I think because we’re also far apart like I’m in Canada most you guys are in US or Europe, so I think it’s so hard

I think there is a very small chance but yes but very small

Ben here since the site opened, and I have not had one as of yet.

Some people I know have. It just didn't make sense to me for 2 people to be involved online with zero chance of ever meeting IRL.

I doubt it you can catch a catfish tho

I just can’t let anyone here know my real identity. I rather not do it stays anonymous.

Yes.
There's a few couples who met on EP and here that ended up together

please define what you mean with "real relationship"...

It takes a lot of searching between catfish, people with only one interest and those not interested in a relationship, but there are some users who show a much completer and more real version of themselves here than you'll find at any dating site or in any bar. So yes, I think SW is a great website to get to know people at a deep level. Only downside is that is unlikely to find anyone remotely local, especially for those outside the USA.

Friendships...yes. I suppose that could lead to something more.

I do hope so

Please stop telling people we're dating, it's embarrassing.

Not while I`m still in the dungeon!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤨

Not really.

Hard to do that even IRL, much less here.

More like acquaintances