I had a few online relationships in my past. Met 5 men in person, had feelings for 3 of them at the time. Looking back, I'm glad that none of them lasted longer.
Met one woman from chat, met her bf, they set me up with his cousin. Talked and im'ed for 2 weeks, met, fell in love the first night (Friday), and by Sunday we were talking marriage. Married my husband 4 1/2 months after we met. He is my soul mate, truly. I had told him a few weeks after we met: "I have always loved you, I just had to wait for you to show up."