I developed a relationship with a guy that spanned 2 years and we never managed to meet. He came to my hometown once, emailed spontaneously, and I wasn't there to receive the message. I went to the city that he lives in, and the same thing happened. We discussed meeting on lots of occasions, but we both later decided that we didn't want to ruin what we had made to that point. (We started off emailing, progressed to Instant Messenger, and then phone calls.) We talked for a long time about it, and after we made that decision, we eventually started to to correspond less. It was fun while it lasted, but I think the reason why it did end is because neither of us wanted to be disappointed. In retrospect, I'm glad. He was a good friend at the time, but I would have been more disappointed if it ended because we didn't like the looks of each other, the sounds of each other, or just plain couldn't talk the way we did without having seen each other. I wonder though, what would have happened if we did meet? Hmmmm.
