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So I met this guy online that I really like and I've known him for about a year. We just started talking on the phone a couple days ago at around midnight for like 2 hours and just yesterday we IMed each other for like the entire day and talked about nothing. :P

Problem is, we live about 600 miles away from each other so we can't see each other.

I'm 15 and he's 15- what do you suggest? Does he feel the same way about me?

It sounds like you guys are pretty into each other, considering you're talking over the internet and all. Spending so much time speaking like that is good and all, but like the others said: Take precautions, be wary, and think this over.

Like they said, you can never be 100% sure with who you're talking to on the internet. I've known one of my best friends for three or four years now, we write letters and talk on the phone and stuff, but my parents are STILL wary. I'd suggest that if you don't feel comfortable telling your parents, or a responsible adult about this, at least tell a friend -- Just in case (God forbid) something should ever happen.

Not only that, but it's also always that you can't tell how a person REALLY feels over the comptuer/phone. People are always a little different, and can adjust themselves to how the other person seems over the computer, while when in person, it's not quite so easy.

However, if you're very interested in persuing something other than friendship, it's going to be difficult. It'll be difficult to talk much once school starts up (if it hasn't for you yet), flirting won't be the same, meeting will be difficult, cheating is a ton more convenient, etc.. Personally, I'd recommend that ya'll stay friends. It's much easier, and lets you have the chance to get a boyfriend a bit closer to home.. If you still felt the same about this guy after a while, when you can drive, I'd say go for it, but it'd be very difficult now.

That's not saying it wouldn't work at all. You'd just have to make sure you're VERY patient if you did decide to go with it.

I can't say whether or not he likes you back -- It sounds like he does. Most guys wouldn't invest so much time on a girl, nonetheless one he met on the internet. You'd have to talk to him about it, I suppose. (;

Just try to give it time, and see how things work. (:

XOXO
KAT.

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