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You can find love almost anywhere, in a pub, at a coffee shop, in a book shop or as is becoming increasingly popular; via the Internet. In this digital age more and more people are turning to the Internet in the hope that their ideal partner is doing the same thing.

Many people look down on internet dating and assume that those who participate in it must be sad or desperate. This is not the case. When I started using chat rooms I wasn't sad or lonely and I wasn't incapable of getting a date. I was simply bored and thought it would be a fun way to pass a bit of time. I definitely didn't expect to meet the love of my life.

The first time I logged into a chat room was a disaster. The guys all appeared sleazy and immature. I'd receive messages such as "What you wearing?" or "What's your favourite position?" I found this entirely inappropriate and did not even respond to such messages. I chatted to a few guys but none of them stood out as people I'd even want as associates let alone as a romantic interest.

After a couple of months of using chat rooms I decided to join a dating site. I wasn't particularly bothered about meeting anyone but my friend signed up so I did too. I found this experience even worse. Guys who I clearly had nothing in common with would badger me with messages. One guy sent me 47 messages in three days. If I did want to date him before, I certainly didn't want to now.

I closed my profile after a month and told myself that online dating just wasn't for me. However, a year later I found myself back in the chat rooms. Although the idiots and perverts were still present I found myself having some pleasant conversations with a few guys. Wanting to stay in contact we exchanged instant messenger details.

Over the next few months I went on three dates with guys I'd met in chat rooms. They were all decent enough and we got on well but there just wasn't that spark. We remained friends though and to this day I still speak to each of them.

I continued using chat rooms but not as regularly as I used to. Then one day I got chatting to this guy, let's call him Tom. The first thing Tom said to me was "Hey, how are you?" It was a welcome change from "You got cam?" and "bra size?" We chatted for hours, about everything and nothing.

We continued our conversation onto MSN and I discovered that he only lived in the next town to me. We'd been to loads of the same places and had probably crossed paths but had never met.

Tom was different to any guy I'd ever met before. He was smart and funny. He was interested in me, not just interested in 'doing' me. We decided to meet after just two weeks of talking. We had planned on going for a meal and then to the cinema but we lost track of time and only managed the meal.

We had a couple more dates after that and then Tom asked me if we could make it official. He wanted me to be his girlfriend! Two years later, we're still going strong. Meeting on the Internet has made no difference to our relationship. To us how we met isn't important, the only important thing is that we did meet.

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