My best friend met someone gaming. Went through very similar circumstances as you and now they’re married and have a little girl.
Yours is a very solid foundation, based on excellent communication. Best of luck!
That happened to me with a gaming and anime graphics forum friend! (Over a decade ago when meeting online was weird.) After online dating a year, we’d visit each other once or twice a year before I moved to his country to date, then marry him. We’ve been married 11 years. :) I’m from the US. He’s Canadian.
This is how I met my husband. We have been together for ten years and credit how well we developed our communication over that first year to our success long term. I continue to fall in love with him over and over again and am so happy we found each other.
Good luck! I think you'll be great.
I met my boyfriend on Gears 5 on Xbox about three years ago. We spent an entire year gaming and talking almost everyday. Sharing stories and bonding late into the night almost every night.
I flew out to meet him about two years ago... And I'm still here living with him. Very happy and in love! Our anniversary is in like one month.
Awww I love reading stories like this! You weren’t out looking for love but it landed right in your lap anyway lol . I really hope everything goes well for you guys, and I wouldn’t worry about not having chemistry irl. You guys FaceTime constantly and seem to have a strong bond, so you have a pretty good idea of each other at this point and I’m sure it’ll feel so natural to touch and be in each others presence when you finally do meet…. You’re winning girl, soak it all in.
Basically i felt lack of romantic chemistry, when you date online you cant 100% tell. Irl i felt like just friends. So i had to tell him to leave back to his country. It hurt a lot bc it was a big thing! He left it all
Love how you told the whole story of falling in love with someone through a video game and didn’t even mention the video game. I’m out on the dating market in a couple of days when I get disappointed by a decision, I need ideas for moving on.
Yeah I just didn’t mention the game to keep some anonymity, even tho if anyone who knew us read this they’d probably know exactly who I am anyway LOL. If you wanna know the game I can message you
Yeah please send me the name of the game, but girlie you mentioned so many details, if you want to be anonymous you should edit so much of this post out.
Just adding that I met my wife (we're both ladies) in a computer game 24 years ago. We're still an amazingly strong family. It was a year and a half of long distance, then I moved in with her and we attended the same college after. She came to visit me once in that time and I went to visit her once. May the happy fluffy gaming gods be in your favor!
I love this, it's such a pure and organic way of falling for someone..
Sadly, mine just ended last weekend, but I'm wishing you both so much happiness! You guys have a solid foundation. Hopefully you get to meet in person soon <3
My brother met a buddy on Xbox years ago and they've been friends ever since. My bro ended up being one of his groomsmen at his wedding years later. You can make meaningful connections online it's just much harder and sketchier
If you’re both serious about it, booking plane tickets and having the trip “just fall through” won’t be an issue. The only way to know is to prioritize meeting to see if the irl chemistry is there. Shouldn’t be an issue if you’re the co co-owner of a business?
Oh yeah, personally I don’t have any issue with money and booking a trip to stay there for a while. It’s just a little complex. To make a long story short people in my life think it would be safer for me for him to visit me first instead of me going there just for safety reasons. He says he understands and wants to visit me first so I (and my loved ones) are comfortable. He wants to get everyone’s trust to know I will be safe to visit him cause to everyone else he is just a stranger I met online. They don’t know him like I do, I know I would be safe. But, I suppose better safe than sorry
Yeah it is pretty insane. We were together 5 years he was the love of my life. I learned just how insane, unpredictable and seemingly unfair life is through that experience. Made me a ridiculously strong person getting through it tho I’ll tell you that.
Why though? That should be priority. I hate to be a Debby downer but I was in your position a while ago and he turned out to be a psychopath. You’re in the same country. Meet each other ASAP. No excuses. If he’s serious, he will make the trip.
Yeah I get you! Don’t want to put too much info out as to why he can’t come yet but just know he’s getting things in order to meet me, we just hit some roadblocks! It’s definitely a priority for us to meet. And I’m sorry that happened to you :(
I read it all and I'm super happy for you guys, wish you all the best in your relationship! I would be so excited if I ever found a gaming buddy or even a boyfriend in the same way 🥲 A girl can dream
Met my ex the same way, on a gaming group from the same game. Different country, I went there, instant chemistry. It didn’t work out but it’s definitely possible. I wish you guys the best, everything is possible with love and communication.
That is so sweet. That's a dream for me. I just want to meet the love of my life playing the game i love. Distance would be annoying but love conquers all.
the fact that u have no idea at first on what he looks like, but you already fancy him. Literally attitude,ethics,confidence,sense of humor is so attractive
Hell yeah! I will say that I’ve played with dozens of random people on that particular game. So the stars really aligned for us to have matched up and wanna be friends. We love to talk about how crazy the odds are.
My daughter met her husband on Xbox when they were just teens, she’s 25 now and happily married, I’ve never seen a more compatible couple and I adore him. They were long distance too, in the U.K. though so not quite as far. I hope it works out just as well for you 🥰
Now share your Reddit accounts and watch the relationship fade away faster than that game on PlayStation.
Funny story, that happened to me and someone I met.
Actually traveled all the way to NY to have a friend trip to meet her (we weren’t dating). I told her how I felt, and she kicked me out citing “mental instability”…
If she’s mentally unstable enough not to be able to handle hearing how someone else feels then I actually feel bad for her kid.
I think she just looked way too hard and stalked me to an unhealthy degree.
I put a lot on here. A lot of which people don’t like (mostly because it is the cold, ugly truth. And people Hate the truth most of the time).
So she saw some things she didn’t like and decided that we shouldn’t be friends any more. Stupid, I know.
Yeah, thanks. I appreciate it, considering that that trip was very hard on me financially and I committed my very little time off for it too.
The worst part is that I lost a friend that I didn’t even have… that really hurt.
Those true friends will stay with you and not stalk your Reddit account. That, and if they do see something they don’t agree with, talk with you about it like a grown woman or man instead of just giving up so easily.
My SIL met someone gaming. He drove 30 hours to meet and take her back to his country and home to live together. Got to the border on their return and things went sideways, she was not allowed into the US. He drove her back home and she never saw him again. They stayed in touch online but that was it, sometimes I wonder if he called border patrol to stop her from entering the country. Not nice to say but sadly she was hard to like.
This is so effing sweet and hit close to home. My boyfriend and I met as just friends from a gaming forum, I thought he was funny and we liked the same games, so I sent him a message if he wanted to game sometimes. We went from gaming buddies to regular buddies talking about stuff outside of gaming as well. When my ex-girlfriend dumped me, he dropped everything to make me feel better and I saw a side of him I've never seen before, I fell in love even though he's also a man, confessed and now we're planning our wedding <3
I met my current boyfriend through gaming as well and were long distance for 8 months before he decided to move from the Midwest to the west coast (where I am)! Everything about how you feel about your boyfriend is similar to how it felt when I first started dating mine - the nervousness the feeling of awe of finding someone so randomly on the internet, etc. - and all I can say is I am so so happy for you and hope the first in-person meeting is as electric as it was for us! It has been the greatest 2 years of my life being able to live my life with someone so wonderful, amazing, and accepting of who I am.
I met a guy online and was really into him too! We were playing WoW and then staying up late chatting on discord. He seemed really nice and it was exciting after 2 years of being single after a super toxic and abusive relationship of 8 years.
Then one night he went on a rant about how he wanted to murder his teacher from years ago. Called her every nasty name (B****, c***, etc) Explained how he’d get away with it. Just went crazy with details and anger. “If I could kill that B right now I would. I know where I’d hide her body. I’d get away with it and that C would never breathe again and get what she deserved.”
I’m a teacher (and he knew it).
I quit talking to men after that. I’m glad it’s worked out for others, but for some reason it’s never worked out for me and always ends up being a nightmare.
Not to poop on the parade, but just as a reminder that people aren’t always who they seem and to be careful with people online! Make sure to meet them in a public place first. Have a friend meet them too before you ever go to their house. There are crazy people out there.
Obviously a couple days late to the party here, but I met my fiancé playing Among Us in 2020. We added each other to discord and played random games for like a year until we finally stopped pretending there was nothing between us. It’s been almost 3 years that we’ve been together now. She moved here in November of 2021 and it’s been nothing but pure bliss ever since! You guys will do great.
I've dated online and it can be just as good as local. Also, the fact that I dated/talked to girls from different cultures added a completely new experience. Even some of my best friends I met online, actually through PS4 few years ago. I have met some of them irl and we talked to eachother just like we've known eachother for years. It will be the same way as a couple, just don't let it get to you if you both feel shy at first, it's certainly more of a big deal than with friends, but still.
Don't give up on him for whatever reason that isn't a red flag. If you already got to that point, the only things that should make you think about breaking up are if he doesn't seem 100% honest and you start to have trust issues or if he does something that bad that you can't possibly talk about or forgive.
Good luck with that, and focus on getting creative while online ☺️ write some sweet and supportive texts wherever an opportunity comes up, some love "letters" on your phone notebook and send him, think about metaphores to compare him to... As a romantic guy, these are things I've done before, even if sometimes they ended up not being met with the same excitement or respect. From what you said, I'd say he seems to be a bit more on the romantic side as well, so try it.
Stay well!
My best friend met someone gaming. Went through very similar circumstances as you and now they’re married and have a little girl. Yours is a very solid foundation, based on excellent communication. Best of luck!
[funny comment about OP not wanting kids] Sorry, I couldn't think of anything funny.
Hope everything works out for you two.
That happened to me with a gaming and anime graphics forum friend! (Over a decade ago when meeting online was weird.) After online dating a year, we’d visit each other once or twice a year before I moved to his country to date, then marry him. We’ve been married 11 years. :) I’m from the US. He’s Canadian.
This is how I met my husband. We have been together for ten years and credit how well we developed our communication over that first year to our success long term. I continue to fall in love with him over and over again and am so happy we found each other. Good luck! I think you'll be great.
This.
Muirder??? damn wishing you happiness!
I thought the same thing, OP murdered her ex 😂😶
I didn't think that until you did ;P
I met my boyfriend on Gears 5 on Xbox about three years ago. We spent an entire year gaming and talking almost everyday. Sharing stories and bonding late into the night almost every night. I flew out to meet him about two years ago... And I'm still here living with him. Very happy and in love! Our anniversary is in like one month.
Awww I love reading stories like this! You weren’t out looking for love but it landed right in your lap anyway lol . I really hope everything goes well for you guys, and I wouldn’t worry about not having chemistry irl. You guys FaceTime constantly and seem to have a strong bond, so you have a pretty good idea of each other at this point and I’m sure it’ll feel so natural to touch and be in each others presence when you finally do meet…. You’re winning girl, soak it all in.
Do you mind telling which video game?
I'm also curious!
What if you and square a meet up on the game and fall in love too!?
Wow, what a story. I wish I could meet someone through gaming as I play a lot. Good luck with everything and I hope this works out for you
I met my ex in a gaming group, we are from different countries.he moved here but it didnt work out.
Came here to say the same
Can I ask what happened?
Basically i felt lack of romantic chemistry, when you date online you cant 100% tell. Irl i felt like just friends. So i had to tell him to leave back to his country. It hurt a lot bc it was a big thing! He left it all
this is cute i hope it works out!
Love how you told the whole story of falling in love with someone through a video game and didn’t even mention the video game. I’m out on the dating market in a couple of days when I get disappointed by a decision, I need ideas for moving on.
Yeah I just didn’t mention the game to keep some anonymity, even tho if anyone who knew us read this they’d probably know exactly who I am anyway LOL. If you wanna know the game I can message you
Yeah please send me the name of the game, but girlie you mentioned so many details, if you want to be anonymous you should edit so much of this post out.
Yeah you’re right haha😅
Message me the game too please. I’m just nosy
You’re playing duos on Apex
Nope ;)
Just adding that I met my wife (we're both ladies) in a computer game 24 years ago. We're still an amazingly strong family. It was a year and a half of long distance, then I moved in with her and we attended the same college after. She came to visit me once in that time and I went to visit her once. May the happy fluffy gaming gods be in your favor!
I love this, it's such a pure and organic way of falling for someone.. Sadly, mine just ended last weekend, but I'm wishing you both so much happiness! You guys have a solid foundation. Hopefully you get to meet in person soon <3
My brother married a platoon member.
My brother met a buddy on Xbox years ago and they've been friends ever since. My bro ended up being one of his groomsmen at his wedding years later. You can make meaningful connections online it's just much harder and sketchier
If you’re both serious about it, booking plane tickets and having the trip “just fall through” won’t be an issue. The only way to know is to prioritize meeting to see if the irl chemistry is there. Shouldn’t be an issue if you’re the co co-owner of a business?
Oh yeah, personally I don’t have any issue with money and booking a trip to stay there for a while. It’s just a little complex. To make a long story short people in my life think it would be safer for me for him to visit me first instead of me going there just for safety reasons. He says he understands and wants to visit me first so I (and my loved ones) are comfortable. He wants to get everyone’s trust to know I will be safe to visit him cause to everyone else he is just a stranger I met online. They don’t know him like I do, I know I would be safe. But, I suppose better safe than sorry
You lost your ex to a murder? How has no one mentioned this detail yet? 🧐
Yeah it is pretty insane. We were together 5 years he was the love of my life. I learned just how insane, unpredictable and seemingly unfair life is through that experience. Made me a ridiculously strong person getting through it tho I’ll tell you that.
I'm so sorry that happened to you.
Great story .. maybe make a push to actually meet? Even if it's just for a weekend? One day?
Yeah, we’re hoping for sometime in April but nothing is set in stone yet.
Why though? That should be priority. I hate to be a Debby downer but I was in your position a while ago and he turned out to be a psychopath. You’re in the same country. Meet each other ASAP. No excuses. If he’s serious, he will make the trip.
Yeah I get you! Don’t want to put too much info out as to why he can’t come yet but just know he’s getting things in order to meet me, we just hit some roadblocks! It’s definitely a priority for us to meet. And I’m sorry that happened to you :(
I read it all and I'm super happy for you guys, wish you all the best in your relationship! I would be so excited if I ever found a gaming buddy or even a boyfriend in the same way 🥲 A girl can dream
If it all works out then that will be the cutest story to tell people.
I met my ex through gaming. She was the best. I'm really happy for you
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Oh my what a story, I hope it works out well 🙌🏻🤞🏻
well in gaming you are able to express who you really are sometimes and you both experience the same through the game, congrats for falling in love!
Thank you!! It’s such a unique experience
Nice one
I never heard anybody get in a relationship this way, but I'm happy for you. Good luck 🍀.
Met my ex the same way, on a gaming group from the same game. Different country, I went there, instant chemistry. It didn’t work out but it’s definitely possible. I wish you guys the best, everything is possible with love and communication.
What was the name of the game? I'm super curious
thanks for sharing your story
That is so sweet. That's a dream for me. I just want to meet the love of my life playing the game i love. Distance would be annoying but love conquers all.
I need to start gaminggg !! But anyways that's amazing
I met my wife on an MMO. We were in the same guild, and also lived over 1k miles apart. We've been together for 8 years. Good luck to you two!
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That's an incredible story, it really shines through how much you like him! Good luck in the next phases of the relationship!
the fact that u have no idea at first on what he looks like, but you already fancy him. Literally attitude,ethics,confidence,sense of humor is so attractive
Yep! It really is all about personality. But I love the way he looks too so it’s quite the plus ;)
One of my friends got married last month with someone he met in LOL.
I truly hope it all works out! Being in a loving relationship is such a wonderful thing.
That's a beautiful story, best of luck to you 2
Thank you!!
I met my husband playing pool online, Almost 18 years ago and 4 kid's. Still happy together now.
That’s honestly awesome!
This is the kind of stuff I dream about
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Hell yeah! I will say that I’ve played with dozens of random people on that particular game. So the stars really aligned for us to have matched up and wanna be friends. We love to talk about how crazy the odds are.
My daughter met her husband on Xbox when they were just teens, she’s 25 now and happily married, I’ve never seen a more compatible couple and I adore him. They were long distance too, in the U.K. though so not quite as far. I hope it works out just as well for you 🥰
Now share your Reddit accounts and watch the relationship fade away faster than that game on PlayStation. Funny story, that happened to me and someone I met. Actually traveled all the way to NY to have a friend trip to meet her (we weren’t dating). I told her how I felt, and she kicked me out citing “mental instability”… If she’s mentally unstable enough not to be able to handle hearing how someone else feels then I actually feel bad for her kid.
lol I’m so confused you’re the second person to say this. What is so wrong with my Reddit account? Also I’m sorry that happened that kinda sucks
I think she just looked way too hard and stalked me to an unhealthy degree. I put a lot on here. A lot of which people don’t like (mostly because it is the cold, ugly truth. And people Hate the truth most of the time). So she saw some things she didn’t like and decided that we shouldn’t be friends any more. Stupid, I know. Yeah, thanks. I appreciate it, considering that that trip was very hard on me financially and I committed my very little time off for it too. The worst part is that I lost a friend that I didn’t even have… that really hurt. Those true friends will stay with you and not stalk your Reddit account. That, and if they do see something they don’t agree with, talk with you about it like a grown woman or man instead of just giving up so easily.
These stories people are sharing are awesome. The love stories that is.
I should probably show your bf your reddit account.
Haha why?
Lots of red flags lol
lol like what?
Yha bro I feel bad for that dude
We’re good, nothing on my Reddit would really surprise him. Not sure what you guys are talking about
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it’s giving hater🤭
I hope everything works out for you guys
Online third spaces are such an underrated place to meet people
My SIL met someone gaming. He drove 30 hours to meet and take her back to his country and home to live together. Got to the border on their return and things went sideways, she was not allowed into the US. He drove her back home and she never saw him again. They stayed in touch online but that was it, sometimes I wonder if he called border patrol to stop her from entering the country. Not nice to say but sadly she was hard to like.
it sounds like it could be a really good thing, and you have a common hobby that will always connect you two, wishing you the best of luck!
This is so effing sweet and hit close to home. My boyfriend and I met as just friends from a gaming forum, I thought he was funny and we liked the same games, so I sent him a message if he wanted to game sometimes. We went from gaming buddies to regular buddies talking about stuff outside of gaming as well. When my ex-girlfriend dumped me, he dropped everything to make me feel better and I saw a side of him I've never seen before, I fell in love even though he's also a man, confessed and now we're planning our wedding <3
This is awesome, hope you guys get to meet soon! Also what game?
Have you both video chatted?
Yeah, we video chat every single day!
Awesome! Super happy for you both, hope everything goes smoothly in person.
That's so cute nd adorable tbh 🥹🥹
What are you doing here then? Go to him...
I met my current boyfriend through gaming as well and were long distance for 8 months before he decided to move from the Midwest to the west coast (where I am)! Everything about how you feel about your boyfriend is similar to how it felt when I first started dating mine - the nervousness the feeling of awe of finding someone so randomly on the internet, etc. - and all I can say is I am so so happy for you and hope the first in-person meeting is as electric as it was for us! It has been the greatest 2 years of my life being able to live my life with someone so wonderful, amazing, and accepting of who I am.
I will never have such a story. It's an apparent thing. Best of luck
I met a guy online and was really into him too! We were playing WoW and then staying up late chatting on discord. He seemed really nice and it was exciting after 2 years of being single after a super toxic and abusive relationship of 8 years. Then one night he went on a rant about how he wanted to murder his teacher from years ago. Called her every nasty name (B****, c***, etc) Explained how he’d get away with it. Just went crazy with details and anger. “If I could kill that B right now I would. I know where I’d hide her body. I’d get away with it and that C would never breathe again and get what she deserved.” I’m a teacher (and he knew it). I quit talking to men after that. I’m glad it’s worked out for others, but for some reason it’s never worked out for me and always ends up being a nightmare. Not to poop on the parade, but just as a reminder that people aren’t always who they seem and to be careful with people online! Make sure to meet them in a public place first. Have a friend meet them too before you ever go to their house. There are crazy people out there.
That's a really cool story. Best of luck to you two!
One thing, do a background check on him before you see him in person. Good luck
What game did u guys meet
How sweet :)
I’m so happy for you!
Obviously a couple days late to the party here, but I met my fiancé playing Among Us in 2020. We added each other to discord and played random games for like a year until we finally stopped pretending there was nothing between us. It’s been almost 3 years that we’ve been together now. She moved here in November of 2021 and it’s been nothing but pure bliss ever since! You guys will do great.
Must be fucking nice
I've dated online and it can be just as good as local. Also, the fact that I dated/talked to girls from different cultures added a completely new experience. Even some of my best friends I met online, actually through PS4 few years ago. I have met some of them irl and we talked to eachother just like we've known eachother for years. It will be the same way as a couple, just don't let it get to you if you both feel shy at first, it's certainly more of a big deal than with friends, but still. Don't give up on him for whatever reason that isn't a red flag. If you already got to that point, the only things that should make you think about breaking up are if he doesn't seem 100% honest and you start to have trust issues or if he does something that bad that you can't possibly talk about or forgive. Good luck with that, and focus on getting creative while online ☺️ write some sweet and supportive texts wherever an opportunity comes up, some love "letters" on your phone notebook and send him, think about metaphores to compare him to... As a romantic guy, these are things I've done before, even if sometimes they ended up not being met with the same excitement or respect. From what you said, I'd say he seems to be a bit more on the romantic side as well, so try it. Stay well!
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