Can We Really Find Love Online?

What is the craziest thing you ever did for LOVE? Or at least what you thought is LOVE? Can we find Love in all places? But in this age of iPad and iPhone where technology rules the world, can we really find love on line? Or are we just being crazy to believe we can!

I have a friend who once got drunk and called a guy on the phone, profess her undying love to him with tears involved. Romantic isn't it? Not when that guy is married, ten years older than you, your superior and the worst it was 4 AM in the morning. For the love of God we couldn't even imagine what was it like for her when she saw him again, plus our indignation for the fact the she gave this guy the ego booster ( he is not even handsome) of a lifetime! What in the world was she thinking? Was it the love bug? or Was she just CRAZY?.

Honestly all of us had done something either stupid, idiotic or devastatingly crazy when it comes to love. I for one act insanely autistic when I am with someone I really like. It is like I am socially retarded. But that's my deal. I get uncomfortable. Some acts forward and conceited like they were struck by lightning and in a moment they become the most intelligent and attractive person in the room! People's reaction varies and the degree is also surprisingly unpredictable.

My friends and I will talk sometimes of the many escapade this aforementioned friend of mine use to have. She is constantly trying to find love like if it is an endangered species or a mythical creature. But who are we kidding? It is a mythical creature! But the thing is she looks for it in the wrong places. Or what I think is a wrong place. She takes her chances on meeting people online, text mates or phone mates. People you've never met, no idea whatsoever but you become friends with over the phone or the internet.

Ok, lets face it, at this day and age you are a recluse if you don't even get the advancement of technology. Even old people knows how to use the internet. But can we really find LOVE online? I on the other hand have little confidence on that. Sure there are some who would testify about finding the real love of their lives over the net but hey! they are just really lucky people ( one in ten thousand ).How much of a percentage of that happening to each and every one of us! Because if it is that simple then we really don't need to be bothered with vanities, exercises, cosmetic surgeries and all the zaniest thing we do just to find LOVE. This friend of mine had more heartbreaks than heart burns from this so called online love affair.

Isn't it a little bit scary to commit yourself to someone you don't even know if he is for real? He could be a murderer at worst! For example I could say I am 5'10, fair skin, have a sexy body and very intelligent. But am I really? That's the mystery. All you have to hold on to is the belief that pray to GOD I'm telling the truth, cuz if not, damn! it's a waste of your time! I can attest that I have seen some people get excited to meet the person they have been texting to for months, thinking they found the right guy but when they saw each other face to face, they get disappointed and change their numbers the next day just to avoid that person. Some even get scammed or robbed by their online, on phone lovers. Are we really that crazy and desperate that we put our own safety on the line just to find Love?

What do we really look for when we talk to someone online? Let alone start a relationship? Is it physical appearance? But surely there is no certainty to that! Even after uploading all the pictures and photo albums because you can never really know. Or is it the way the person talks or communicate with you? How witty he was and how caring he was with you. But even that is no absolute guarantee that the person you are talking to is not insane! Is it safe to even risk your heart?

Having a date face to face is hard enough as it is especially those blind dates let alone date someone over the internet. Of course there is Skype or webcam but what kind of a relationship can you build by that. I'm not cynical or maybe I am a little bit but a little caution is not bad especially when your heart is on the line. I've had enough of my friend's crying over those guys who did not treat her right. So maybe that's where this cynicism is coming from. Although we can never really rule out the fact that there are some who have found the love of their lives while chatting. Maybe they are a match for each other! Who knows! Some even find love overseas. One can never ignore the millions of possibilities of us finding LOVE in wherever, whenever and whatever situations GOD will present it to us. All we need is the courage to recognize it.

Of all the whining and annoying things my friend did when it comes to LOVE, all I can say is that I envy her. Because at least she tries to find it wherever she can. She was risky and bold to meet strangers and gave them the time of the day. The trust that they are not a lunatic waiting for their prey. At least one day when she is old and gray she get to tell stories of her CRAZY LOVE LIFE to her little ones!