I think so, because love is all about how you feel and many things can attract us to another person. Whether it's the best basis for a relationship is another matter, but I think anyone can build an emotional connection from a distance.

Fantasy is easy. Reality is hard.

Another viewpoint is that we're assuming that the person you think you're falling for has actually represented themselves honestly. I've begun paths to relationships several times, and when the in-person meeting finally arrives the person does not look like their picture or is a total dud in person compared to how they write, or even speak. I've always enjoyed writing first (are they articulate?) then a phone call (do they sound like Daffy Duck?), and finally the blessed day arrives where we meet. One case, many years ago, led to a wonderful relationship (since ended but we remain friends). Every case is different. And anything is possible. As a former president once said "Trust, but verify."

Yes. I will elaborate later. This has recently become a reality for me. Previous to this experience, I easily would have replied with, "no."

I think it would be possible, but for me, highly unlikely. I might really really "like" someone, but love, that's a whole different thing. Too many things can be missed in a virtual relationship.

I don't think so. I've chatted with men online and had a really good connection. Been super excited to meet them. But then after we meet in person....not so much. Sometimes the chemistry just isn't there in person. But I do think you need to meet in person to truly fall in love.

I'm chatting with someone now and in my opinion he's reading way more into our conversations than I am. He said "I'm falling for the personality who you are." I don't think you can truly "fall" for someone until you've met in person. I'm preceding with caution.

It happens all the time and even with me. One falls in love with an idea. Face to face meeting can be a small part of the love equation. I fell in love with my late partner long before I met her. We spent a lot of time on the phone and got to know each other. Does hearing a voice count as meeting? It was a long distance relationship and I found that the chemistry when meeting can send bogus messages. It is often better to get to know someone and maybe fall in love before meeting.

Of course this idea of falling in love with an idea is used constantly by famous people. One can also fall in hate with someone. We don't need to meet tRump to know how we feel about him.

I think it's at least possible for you to THINK you're falling for someone, then, as others have said, when you finally do meet F2F, there is no chemistry or perhaps they aren't who they represented themselves to be. This is something that could be borne out on this site. LOL! Personally, I dislike long-distance relationships and feel they are very difficult to make work for all of the obvious reasons, but as we all know, it is difficult to find like-minded people so we work with what's in front of us. Seeing everyone here is making me rethink the possibility of meeting someone who is located far from me.

it takes me a very long time to fall in love because I have to determine the honesty of the person and what we have common interests and our ability to Communicate and compromise when we don't agree and it takes many months to develop.

I believe one could think they've fallen in love with someone online, but you never really know until you're sharing physical proximity. Once things 'get real', you can find that you were mistaken about your initial impressions.
Some people are REALLY good at presenting themselves online. When the real world shows up, and they have to be who they said they were, things can change awfully fast.

that is one thing I like about this website you get to know a more personal basis

I think so, to a certain extent. If the contact is consistent and the sharing is deep enough to form tight bonds and get the dopamine and oxytocin flowing, then anything is possible. I have forged very close friendships, occasionally bordering on romance, even, with people who live in faraway places as far away as New Zealand and the UK (I live in Texas). In the final analysis, we were lonely people who made a connection that worked at the time.

Me? No. Hell-to-the-no.

Anyone else? Not for me to say--but I will anyway. Sure, you can "fall in love" (whatever that means)...but it's not going to be with a whole person. Good luck with that...

I would imagine so and I would hope so it makes life quite interesting.

Fall in Love I would say yes. Stay in Love I imagine it would be a lot more difficult.

Yes and my own experiences online have shown that to be true.

I did fall in love with someone who I hadn’t met in person. We spent a lot of time chatting obviously before we ever met. But I had already fallen for her before we met in person.

yes, if you have communicated enough. When you are in love with someone, think what it is about them you love.

Well...I certainly thought I was madly in love once, with someone from a distance! And, when I met that person, I was almost in shock at how the relationship seemed in person! I think that I convinced my psychic into a love that never existed! But, then I have never been very satisfied with 'mail ordered' anything! I have found real love to be a little boring and often times hard work. I would never trust euphoria, again!

I disagree. The answer is no, you can't fall in love with just "messaging" online. If you think you're falling in love, it is loving the "image" you create from the words that do not fully express the personality of the other. You can't truly know someone unless you spend face-to-face time with them. Otherwise, you're falling in love with an illusion, something created from inside yourself, not the other.

Perhaps I'm misreading your question, @Silvereyes. I think it's possible to fall in love with someone you've never met, but I'm assuming that physical contact will be made at some point, not that the relationship is continued only at a distance.

I think it's easier than ever to do because of technology. You could be in constant contact with each other throughout the day via texting, email, Snapchat, whatever ... plus calling. I like to think of myself as a good communicator so perhaps that's why I see it as viable. Granted, it could be an easy method for someone to be deceptive (hiding romantic partners, or criminality) but, hey, we get that in person as well.

So I'm not looking at it as a constant, but I wouldn't discount it, either.

I think it is, at least until reality kick you in the teeth.

LUST Probably. LOVE Maybe but rarely.

Personally, I don't believe so. However, I can be drawn to , hooked on, and other things based on what I know, think I know, and what I infuse into his personality (which is dangerous to truth).

Good question. I think almost anything is possible. It depends on the two people involved.