Is it possible to be in love with someone you don't know personally?

By personally, I mean directly, or in person.

I'm just curious to know some peoples' opinions.

 

NO

 

no. you can't love someone until you know all their flaws and love them as a complete person. Loving someone from afar is not love, its admiration.

 

i thought i kinda loved someone i did know, and he knew who i was but we werent friends, and barely talked ever. i felt HUGE feelings for him, and thats why i consider it "kinda love", and because that has been the most i've ever felt for someone. ever.

everyone defines love differently. the way i define it is, very strong feelings -that arent lust- for someone. i think love and lust are two sides of a coin, and when you've invested towards one side, you start losing the other side. i dont think love has to be qualified by the mutuality.
so to answer the question, technically yes.
just my opinion though.

 

But suppose you did know quite a lot about that person, including their flaws. And you found appreciation for both their good and bad qualities. And it goes beyond just admiration because you are attracted to them physically as well, and have a desire to have a physical relationship with them.

If you knew enough about that person, and you knew enough about yourself as well, and could feel pretty confident about it, do you think it's possible?

 

With regards to the relationship sense of love most would say no. Love doesn't confine itself to personal relationships however so I don't see why not. Love is unconditional and omnipresent. If one accepts it and is willing to extend it at any time/any cost, I don't see why not.

 

nope.

that sounds like a crush.

 

i personally define love as caring about someone more than you care about yourself. I suppose it depends on your definition of love. I think its possible to know whether or not the potential for love is there if you were given the chance to be with them. I used to have a crush on someone that I knew I would fall madly in love with, given the chance. Whether or not you define that potential as true love is really up to you. Everybody probably has a different definition of love.

 

I think it's possible to form an emotional bond and start moving toward love without meeting, but I wouldn't quite call it love.

 

Yep, I pretty much agree with all of this.

Unless you really know someone in person, I don't believe you can love them.

 

They call it Lust.

 

infatuation

 

Creepy.

 

It depends.... if you meet someone on a site, such as a dating site or even here on hipforums... you may be able to love them. But only if both of you were totally honest, you are serious and committed... just like a more conventional relationship. But finding true love on a website is incredibly rare.
However, if you mean 'could you fall in love with people who you haven't talked to', the answer is definitely no, and I don't really think I need to explain that.

 

being in love with someone you have never met is called being a creeper

 

I think I love the tattoo on Nyxx's breast.

 

I agree.

 

you can be in lust.. I´m in lust with several people i dont know personaly.


Love? no. thats stupid.

 

it is very easy to fall in love with ideas...
it is harder to fall in love with something real... to love flaws... but it is more rewarding, because it is so much more complex.
to fall in love with the idea of something - you are just falling in love withyourself again...

 

How do you know that unless you have ever experienced love with someone you've never met?