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TRUE STORIES 1-10
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1 - So, What is Cyberlove?
My first
article about the advantages and risks of dating in Cyberspace was
published in the Hungarian monthly "Internet Kalauz" in April 1999 and
generated a lot of feedback which has lead to the following series of interviews
where people told me of their own cyberlove experiences. One year later,
Internet Love Story has become a regular column of the magazine, with a
new article and related opinions published every month. The web page you
are reading now is the online English version of my original magazine column.
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2 - Dangerous Games with Emotions
Beware! In Cyberspace people
are often not what they seem! In this interview a man tells his odd story
which should warn everyone who uses the Net for dating and flirting. "It's
amazing how people fool themselves and others on the net. I enjoyed the
story a lot, and was shocked by its unexpected ending" - noted one reader.
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3 - The Journey That Lead to My New Self
Several readers e-mailed
me adding their comments to Victoria's story. Little wonder, it happened
within a span of a few weeks that she decided to leave her normal life
behind and fly from Hungary to Canada to live with the man she had met
on the Net. Read what kind of surprises await her on the other side of
the ocean.
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4 - Seven Thousand Kilometers Here or There...
Do you think you can fall
in love with someone you have never seen? Gabor claims he is desperately
in love with the Malysian girl with whom he communicates intensively through
the net. He does not even know how she looks because the picture the girl
sent him was a group photo, and for fun she did not identify herself. Gabor
brings up an issue which is often mentioned by those who have experienced
cyberlove: appearance is of little importance, in cyber relationships more
emphasis is based on communications and inner values.
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5 - From a Couple of Hours, a Couple of Days
How can you develop a virtual
relationship into a real one? What do you mean by virtual love affair?
What is the secret of chat lines? Read Robi's letter to find out the answers.
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6 - The Date Continued on the Net
... then in real life: walking
on the Danube embankment, then up to the castle of Buda, then I took
her home... The main characters of this story have been living together
for a few months and look very happy. "I really did not think I would find
my partner on the Internet. I always thought this is a way for people who
have no chance to establish a meaningful relationship. I don't think either
Kriszti or I fit this category. However, it is life's unpredictability
that leads one down such a path." - explains Csaba at the end of the interview.
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7 - He Became My Best Friend
This is a short letter from
a young girl who was fortunate to find her best friend over the Internet.
Her story may contradict the opinions of those who say that chatting on
the net is totally superficial and shallow.
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8 - We Knew We Had No Chance
Are you unfaithful if you
have an online romance? What do you think? There must be many stories
on this topic, this is just one example.
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9 - The Meeting of Gabby and David
"I have never before experienced
what I felt when we first saw each other. I was so embarrassed that I could
not say a word in English for a whole day. I needed pen and paper to communicate.
It was completely different, because now I was facing someone totally strange
by his appearance, who might have known more about me than my mother. I
could not decide if I should hug him, take his hand or just walk
next to him"- it was such a special feeling. Of course things simply happened
happened step by step, first we hugged, then we walked, then we took each
other's hands" - tells Gabby, who attached a photo to her story.
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10 - I Would Be Less If We Hadn't Met
The love affair of Timusz
(Hungary) and Les (Canada) began in a virtual pub and went on IRL (in real
life). The days of their one week meeting will surely be kept in both of
their memories for the rest of their lives.
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