The countless complexities of online romances

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This post was last edited by cflt111 on 2015-6-28 at 21:22. Five years have passed, and you’re still waiting foolishly, hoping earnestly, knowing full well that this is a love with no outcome. Yet you continue to cling to this feeling – why go through such hardship? I remember it was a rainy spring that year; out of boredom, you had the idea to find someone on the internet who specialized in interior design, so that they could teach you how to design. It would be great to have my own house someday and be able to design it myself! Plus, it would help pass the time – isn’t that killing two birds with one stone? So why not give it a try? Take action right away: pick up your phone and search on QQ. Keep searching, and soon “Designing the Future” will appear before your eyes. What a great username that is! It’s him; add him as your friend. And that’s how you two met. At first, it was just a symbolic gesture – you would greet each other every day, saying hello. But only you knew that you had something to ask of him; so you deliberately looked for reasons to talk to him, asking various questions. He was a patient person who didn’t refuse to answer or get annoyed by you; he simply listened. From time to time, after a while, I’ll chat with you for a short while as well. That day, he had just finished working on a design draft; it was already 2 p.m. He said, \"We’ve been talking for so long yet I still don’t know what you look like.\" Let’s meet! Okay, wait for me; I’m going to the county town right now. But since we’re in the countryside and it’s not convenient to get a vehicle, you might have to wait for a while. Yeah, I’ll wait for you. She rushed through several miles of mountain roads before boarding the bus to the county town. Once there, she hurried into an internet cafe and opened QQ. Her heart was pounding like that of a deer; she started a video call, and saw that he on the other end of the network was extremely handsome and charming, smiling as he looked at her. She was so stunned that it took her some time to recover her senses. “Well, I’m sorry to have made you wait.” It’s okay; you must be tired after traveling such a long distance. Rest for a while first. No, I’m not tired. I’m so happy to meet you. It took over an hour of talking before she reluctantly left the internet cafe and went home. Slowly, slowly, you don’t know when it started, but you began to talk about life, about dreams, about real life. It’s as if you could read each other’s minds – you know what he wants to say before he even opens his mouth. He says that when he’s designing something, having you on the other end of the internet to talk to him fills his mind with inspiration; sometimes it takes days to complete a design, but now it can be done in just a few hours. You’ve played a huge role in that! Before you knew it, winter arrived, and he told you that he was going on a business trip. You repeatedly reminded him to bring plenty of clothes and to take care of himself; at that time, you acted just like a young wife. And that’s how you fell in love over the Internet; QQ was always on 24/7 just for him. If his QQ avatar wasn’t visible for even a short while, you would feel as though your soul had left your body. He also cared about you at all times, and those days were the most beautiful of your life.