I'm another who met my SO online! We met in a random Yahoo chatroom on December 19th, 2002. We IMed each other for almost 5 years and became great friends, helped each other through bad breakups, were always there for each other, and tried desperately to ignore the fact that we were falling in love. We finally gave in to a long distance relationship, without having met in person, on May 5th of '06, and after a year of long phone conversations (and some great phone sex ) he put me on a plane from Sacramento to Atlanta. I spent the summer with him and went back this past Christmas. Now I'm planning a move to Georgia towards the end of this Summer. I also have several very good friends online as well, a few of which I have met in person. What my stories boil down to is, as long as you're careful, take the time to get to know someone, and make sure other people in your life are aware of your plans to meet them (just in case!) It's really an AMAZING new way to meet people!