Cyber Love Story of the Week – Lisa and Kevin
Mar 12th
Lisa joined the online dating site OkCupid while she was still in college in southern California. She was busy working on her thesis on online dating for her major in Sociology so she thought she’d give the free site a try. She participated in their “quick match” game where each participant receives a picture and some information. She saw Kevin’s picture and clicked on “yes.”
Kevin was working as a computer programmer in northern California when he received an email from Lisa who lived hundreds of miles away. Fortunately fate brought them together when he also clicked “yes” when he saw Lisa’s photo. It was the epitome of a digital cupid!
As a student and waitress, Lisa couldn’t financially justify a flight up to San Francisco just to meet this guy she’d been talking to over the internet, so she painstakingly called in every favor of everyone she knew in order to get a job interview in San Francisco. It took her 6 months to secure the interview and another month to pick her outfit (not for the job, but for their first date.) Oddly enough, she ended up getting the job, and was able to move up to the same city where Kevin resided.
Because they were so far away, and didn’t meet for so long, they had the opportunity to do something that many people don’t get. They were able to get to know one another as friends. They hadn’t met in person, and didn’t want things to get romantic until they had done so. But they had such an incredible passion for one another, that they stayed up late every night talking on the phone for months, learning every detail about one another before their first date. Lisa and Kevin liked talking so much, that it was a short leap to full-fledged relationship. The first time he kissed her, she had this incredible jolt and got the strongest feeling that this was the person she was going to kiss for the rest of her life.
The relationship grew quite quickly and she moved in with Kevin. They have now been together for 19 months and she couldn’t be happier with him than she already is.
Congratulations to Lisa and Kevin where a simple class experiment turned into a beautiful relationship of love.
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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Sandi and Mark
Feb 19th
Sandi and Mark met online on eHarmony.com in December 2005. On their first phone call, they spent two hours talking to each other. There was an instant connection. The couple’s first date lasted six hours where Mark brought Sandi flowers, they had lunch, went ice skating, shopping, and took a ride to the beach.
After Mark saw Sandi’s beautiful green eyes and through getting to know her, he realized that she was someone very special. He realized that his heart felt something like he had never felt before. Mark called Sandi after their first date to let her know what a fantastic time he had. He asked Sandi for a second date and they went to San Diego to watch the Chargers play football.
As a die-hard football fan, Mark couldn’t believe that the two kissed throughout the entire game. He realized on the second date that they had fallen in love
Both Sandi and Mark were working long hours when they met and they wanted to find a way to spend more quality time together. The two decided to go into business together in the Wellness industry and formed AmeriSciences, a nutritional company formulating products with Nasa/Johnson Space Center.
On July 7, 2007, Sandi and Mark were married on the beach. It was a dream come true for both of them. The two walk on the beach almost every day together and their love continues to grow.
Congratulations to Sandi and Mark, our Cyber Love Story of the Week couple who believe in love at first sight.
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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Amanda and Ryan
Feb 5th
Amanda’s roommate, eager to date, wanted to join Match.com. However, she preferred to have Amanda join with her – safety in numbers, she thought. Amanda originally declined. She had no interest in online dating. Fast-forward two weeks later, when Amanda’s roommate confessed that she secretly had put up an online dating profile for her without her knowledge.
After the shock had passed, Amanda went to her account to cancel it. Out of curiosity she peeked at the five guys that Match had selected for her. One of them was pretty cute and she couldn’t resist sending him a quick email. The next week Amanda and met Ryan for coffee. They began to date and the more time they spent together, the better it got!
After a year of dating, Amanda left to volunteer in Africa for three months. With very little access to email, phone, or other forms of communication, this time apart was something that was going to make or break their relationship. Amanda knew when Ryan never tried to convince her to stay and was fully supportive of her dreams, he was the one. The week before her trip, Ryan road his bike on a century ride and raised over $6,000 to support the children Amanda was going to help. After surviving this time apart, Amanda moved in with Ryan on her return. They have lived together for 3 years – including a move from Orange County to New York City and then back to California where they both now reside in Los Angeles. Upon their return to LA, they took a hike. Ryan then asked Amanda to marry him.
The couple will be married in September in an intimate ceremony with family in Jackson, Wyoming in September 2010.
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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Christina and Grant
Jan 22nd
Twitter love. Is it a new fad or here to stay?
Meet Christina and Grant. Read how they memorialized their love within 140 characters.
Christina, a technology and film journalist, met Grant in 2007. Grant was a part-time writer and full time software developer. They were working together as hosts and producers of a video podcast distributed by AOL titled “The Squadcast.”
“We had fantastic chemistry on camera, and it was honest — that same easy comfort between us existed off camera as well”, says Grant. That chemistry took a while to reach a boil, but in March of 2008 the pair began dating.
The couple was an instant hit. “I can’t imagine a more perfect mate.”, Grant explains, “I know it’s cliche but, Christina for me was like finding the missing piece to the jigsaw puzzle.” Christina adds, “Grant is my soulmate. I think I knew he was the one, deep down, long before we started dating.”
A little less than a year later, while Christina was away covering Macworld, Grant popped the question via Twitter.
With both being early social-media adopters, news of the Twitter proposal spread like wildfire among the couple’s friends and colleagues. Christina recalls, “It was really nice to share my engagement with both my colleagues in San Francisco and with my friends and family all over the world — in real-time.”
Although “The Squadcast” ended production and Christina has since left AOL to join the juggernaut social media blog Mashable as a staff writer, the couple are still going strong. Christina and Grant plan to tie the knot in 2010.
Congratulations to Christina and Grant, true techies who prove that twitter love is alive and well.
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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Tyler and Alan
Jan 8th
Cyber Love Story of the Week
It’s true what they say that people pay close attention to the relationship status feature on Facebook. Meet Tyler and Alan and find out how his crush came true in real life with a little help from Facebook.
Alan first discovered Tyler when she was being interviewed as an up-and-coming pop singer on television in Fall of 1989. “I’m glad my first exposure to Tyler was her answering questions,” said Alan. “Otherwise, I would have just emphasized her gorgeous looks and sex appeal. Instead, because of the interview scenario, I was immediately smitten by how intelligent, articulate and down-to-earth she seemed. She was my first true ‘celebrity crush’ from that point forward,” added Alan.
Later, in 1995, Alan worked in Beverly Hills, California with a friend named Robert whose girlfriend, Tamar, just happened to be best friends with Tyler. Robert offered Alan the opportunity for a formal introduction, but Alan respectfully declined when Robert informed him that Tyler was already romantically involved with another gentlemen.
Fast forward to 2009. Alan noticed Tyler on the friends list of an acquaintance on the popular social networking site, Facebook. Alan sent Tyler a friend request, and Tyler accepted. Once again though, Tyler was categorized as “in a relationship.” To Alan’s pleasant surprise, her relationship status changed to “single” approximately two months later, and Alan did not waste any time expressing his interest and attraction for Tyler. After exchanging phone numbers, the romantic chemistry between Alan and Tyler took off immediately.
After close to six months of constant phone conversations and endless emails, Alan and Tyler finally met face to face on December 29, 2009. The two shared their now solidified love affair with all their Facebook friends and made it “official!”
Even though the new couple is maintaining a long-distance relationship for the time being (Alan resides in Northwest Indiana while Tyler lives in Southern California), the two plan on being together permanently before 2010 comes to an end!
Congratulations to Tyler and Alan, proof-positive that sometimes the best things in life are worth waiting decades for.
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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Dana and Kyle
Dec 25th
Cyber Love Story of the Week
Meet Dana and Kyle.
Dana resided in Colorodo and joined the online dating site, ChristianCafe.com. She went on several dates with semi-decent guys, but none sparked her interest. One night, a chivalrous man from Kansas City started chatting with Dana. This man was Kyle and he drove 8 hours to meet Dana in Denver. Within 2 weeks, a whirlwind romance began.
Their first date was on New Year’s Eve. After spending quality time together, Kyle called Dana from the car ride back to Kansas City and told her he wanted to pursue her wholeheartedly. He proposed to Dana on Mt. Evans after a long hike. He wrote his proposal on his hiking sock in a permanent marker, which simply said, “Will U Marry Me?” The two plan on getting married in February, 2010 in St. Louis.
Congratulations to Dana and Kyle whose faith brought them together on ChristianCafe.com
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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Haleh and Itai
Dec 11th
Cyber Love Story of the Week
Haleh originally joined JDate because she wanted to try and meet a nice Jewish guy. While she was not a super-religious, she knew that Judaism was important to her. She knew that one day when she wanted to have children, she wanted to share the culture with a family. In 2006, Haleh was dating, but not meeting Jewish men. She thought if she signed up for the online dating site, JDate, she might meet a Jewish guy.
Haleh was on JDate for only a few months, when she contacted someone with the screen name “NJGuy” in a simple flirt that said, “There is an opening in the sweetheart department, please send resume.” What she didn’t know then, was that Itai was a day or two away from ending his subscription after months of trying to connect with someone. Timing is everything because he immediately responded to her flirt.
Haleh had no idea that she would meet the man that she would spend her life with.
In early December 2008, Itai asked Haleh to be his wife and she said “YES!” The two were married in October, 2009.
Congratulations to Haleh and Itai, our Cyber Love Story of the Week. Sometimes it pays off to pay attention to those casual flirts.
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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Gail and Daniel
Nov 27th
Cyber Love Story of the Week
Gail joined the online dating site Match.com in July of 2005. She wan’t really looking for someone and had not been cyberdating for a while. Daniel contacted Gail, and at first glance she wasn’t interested in him. When she realized that they had some mutual friends in common, including the local minister, she decided to check into it further.
When she was told that Daniel was a great guy by her Minister, she agreed to meet him for coffee. That first date lasted for hours and so she says, the rest is history. They both knew after a few months of dating that they would get married someday. Everything just clicked for the two of them.
After 9 months of dating, Gail and Daniel got engaged. Two years after they met, the were married in a small ceremony by the same Minister that gave Brad the vote of approval in the back yard of their new home. It was second marriage for both of them and they both truly believe they were lucky to find someone who shared their same values.
Congratulations to Gail and Daniel, our Cyber Love Story of the Week from your friends at CyberDatingExpert.com
Cyber Love Story of the Week – Lynne and Dave
Nov 13th
After a very odd experience with cyber dating involving a daytime talk show, Dave was referred to Match.com by one of the show’s producers. Several months later, Lynne responded to his online dating profile headline which simply read “I Like Cake.”
On their first meeting at the Formosa Cafe in Hollywood, they found they shared a lot of core interests: theater, Scrabble and a passion for baseball. But alas, Lynne had met another guy on Match and Dave was given the dreaded “friends” speech.
Feeling a connection, Dave played the “friend” card as well as he could. He arranged post-season baseball group get-togethers and stayed in phone contact with Lynne on a regular basis. Dave soon won over her sister and enlisted her as a conspirator.
Dave’s strategy worked. Soon the other Match guy was out of the picture. This led to years of Scrabble tournaments, trips to Texas and Tahoe, and attending over 40 Dodger games together.
Dave proposed at the Neil Diamond concert at the Hollywood Bowl three years later on the anniversary of their first date. They were married on Oct 3, 2009 in Los Angeles.
To celebrate, they invited the all guests to the Formosa Cafe the night before. The Dodgers clinched the National League West title on their wedding day.
Congratulations to Lynne and Dave who prove that by being “just friends” might result in finding “just the one.”
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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Paula and Jeff
Oct 30th
Jeff had just returned home from college and had successfully lost almost 100 pounds when he put his online dating profile up on JDate®.com. Coincidentally, Paula went to the same school as Jeff and they were both Dodger fans. There wasn’t an instant connection, but over a period of time the two became close.
Then, on Christmas morning 2008, Jeff wrapped an engagement ring in a big box and put it under his aunt’s Christmas tree. It was Paula’s first time celebrating Christmas, and when she unwrapped the gift, she thought she found an empty box. In a romantic gesture, Jeff got down on one knee and asked Paula to marry him. She of course said yes and the two just sat and hugged each other that morning.
On May 30, 2010, Paula and Jeff will exchange marriage vows before all of their family and friends.
Congratulations to our Paula and Jeff who met on JDate®.com from your friends at CyberDatingExpert.com.
