online relationships should be more like friendships..how can you have a romantic relationship with someone you have never met? If you meet someone online you can fall head over heels for what the person is typing but then again they have a bit of time to think about every little word they say or have a friend helping them out. Its better to break the ice online and then actually meet up. There are lots of sites that are more activity based so that way if you are nervous about first dates you at least are going to be going somewhere that you both enjoy. One of the sites is macthactivity.com, its a fairly new site but its giving away one year free premium...