I know this post has been around awhile but I'm a newbie and just saw it. Once back in the 90s I was home sick from work and bored to tears. I didn't have a computer but my daughter did and she showed me how chatrooms worked. I told her thx but no thx because you KNOW if they're on the internet then they're all serial killers right? :P She showed me how they had chatrooms for things like books, movies, etc. so I went into a books chatroom because I like to read and thought maybe I'd hear of a new author to check out. I made friends with a couple people there and we joined each others email lists for jokes, book talk, etc. Before long one person stood out. He lived on the other side of the country from me but I'd felt like I'd known him my whole life.
Flash forward to today. We've been together 12 yrs and he's the love of my life. We married, have a beautiful 9 yr old daughter and he's my rock. He moved across the country to be with me when we both realized we had something special.

You can definitely meet someone special online. Just remember that you have to use your common sense and go with your gut. If something gives you pause for suspicion then there's a reason. Good luck, I hope you find happiness online or not