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		<title>Can You Trust Relationships Online?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been single since I had a disastrous break-up with my ex boyfriend on New Year&#8217;s 2007. Then in January of 2010, I had finally decided that I was ready to jump back into a relationship because I seemed to be the only person in my circle of friends that was unattached. While I [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://thefriendsofmercy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/love-oinline.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-26 alignright" title="love oinline" src="http://thefriendsofmercy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/love-oinline.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a>I have been single since I had a disastrous break-up with my ex  boyfriend on New Year&#8217;s 2007. Then in January of 2010, I had finally  decided that I was ready to jump back into a relationship because I  seemed to be the only person in my circle of friends that was  unattached.</p>
<p>While I was in a gay chat room and I received a  private message by this person who, for the purpose of this article I  will call Andrew. When he messaged me, I looked at his profile and was  impressed by what I was reading. He seemed to have all the traits that I  was looking for in a potential long-term relationship. After we were  talking for a while we exchanged numbers and he called a very short time  later. We seemed to get along well, and I was totally interested.</p>
<p>We  began talking and texting each other a lot, but the only draw back was  he was on the west coast, supposedly dealing with the recent death of  his mother with family. Having lost a parent myself I knew what he was  going through and truly felt for his situation. It was great  conversation, and I truly enjoyed our talks and whenever I heard from  Andrew I got excited, and even had some butterflies. This communication  went on for a while and we began to learn more about each other. The one  thing that I did not like, is he did not like to be challenged, and he  would get a bit aggressive or annoyed.</p>
<p>Probably a bit premature, I  began to actually consider the possibility of having a serious  relationship with Andrew after only a few weeks. We shared our stories  of our past relationship experiences. I felt somehow closer to him  because we had been through similar situations. After only a very short  period of time I received a text message from him that read simply &#8220;I  love you.&#8221; I was so taken by this, I immediately called my best gal pal  and told her what had just occurred. I read he text message again and I  decided that &#8220;nothing ventured was nothing gained&#8221; so I responded with  my own &#8220;I love you.&#8221;</p>
<p>The lines of communication remained open for a  while longer and it was nearing the time for him to return home, which  was about forty-five minutes from me. I was totally stoked to meet him,  as I felt that I had already knew him for much longer than I did.</p>
<p>Then  one weekend I was on an overnight trip with a friend out of town and I  told him that while I was at a bar I was hit on by a couple of guys,  which was the absolute truth, but I turned them down because I was in  love with a very special yet mysterious person that I had been carrying  on with for the last two months. He seemed pleased. Although we never  actually defined our relationship, I just always assumed that we were an  item. When I asked him what does he consider himself &#8220;single&#8221; or &#8220;not&#8221;  he avoided the question. Then I responded by giving him a hypothetical  scenario that involved a person hitting on him to determine what his  response would be, he told me that he classifies himself as single.</p>
<p>Enraged  and severely hurt by this, I hung up the phone and went to bed. The  next morning on the way back home with my friend I decided to go on a  camping trip with two friends and I would have no cell phone service in  the woods. I sent him a text message that said &#8220;I will be going out of  town and be unavailable for a few days, I would normally inform my  boyfriend of this but since I am single I will inform you.&#8221; His response  was &#8220;I told you last night that I was your boyfriend,&#8221; I said no you  did not. He then blew up at me, and told me that I was insecure and that  he never wanted to speak to me again. I was hurt by this statement, and  when I tried to call him to talk to him, he reiterated that he never  wanted to hear from me again. My response was &#8220;how can you say that you  love someone and then just toss them aside at the drop of a hat.&#8221;</p>
<p>I  did not hear from him for a few days, then I received a call from him  at 2 a.m. and when I answered there was nothing, so I hung up the phone  then he immediately called back, and he said that &#8220;I rolled over on his  phone and it dialed you.&#8221; So I was like whatever, and we talked for a  while when I tried to explain how I was hurt by his comment about him  considering himself single. He said that no one would ask him out  because he has not left his house. I was like whatever and after a few  minutes of chatting we hung up.</p>
<p>About ten days later I received a  call from him and he informed me he was home and at his brothers house,  and that he had been home for a week and had not heard from me. I told  him I did not even know you were coming home and I had not heard from  him either.</p>
<p>The wound from the break-up was still fresh and I felt  stupid for getting feelings for this person that I had only knew via  telephone conversations, text messages, and picture e-mails. I felt so  stupid, that I wanted a relationship so badly that I completely  abandoned all my logic and common sense for this person that I was going  to be in a relationship with and possibly start a life. How could I  have been so impulsive and completely buy into what this person was  telling me? I just wanted so much to have someone in my life to share  all those little moments, and have a last call of the day to.</p>
<p>A  week after our last call, I received an e-mail that he had sent me a  friend request on the social networking site Facebook. As I accepted the  request I browsed through his profile and under his relationship status  it said &#8221; in a relationship with&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;.&#8221; I just stared at that and  thought &#8220;WOW,&#8221; am I that easy to get over? Did I really mean that  little? Was I completely off base about the time we shared? I sent him a  text message that said &#8220;I hope that you will be happy in your new  relationship,&#8221; or something to that affect. He quickly responded with &#8220;I  just started talking that that guy yesterday, and I put it up there to  piss you off.&#8221; Now I am thinking to myself why would you want to do  that?</p>
<p>I have not heard from Andrew for a while now, but I see him  online, and each time I see his name online I am immediately put off and  for a brief second I catch myself thinking of what might have been and  wonder if I instant message him will he answer?</p>
<p>After this  experience I wonder can you ever trust what someone says online?</p>
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