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"We chatted, we exchanged numbers, we started talking and I was surprised to find out that she lived nearby," he said.

After two years of chat room tutoring, I discovered that as I chatted, and as I became more and more comfortable with the students I was working with, I did make some attempts at the kind of humor I usually include in f2f conferences.

So we've received letters from women who have moved across the country to be with each other once they've chatted for a year.

Once they've chatted a few times, people can begin to develop a pseudo life online and get caught in the same trap as the ancient Chinese philosopher who dreamt he was a butterfly and then spent the rest of his life wondering if he wasn't just a butterfly dreaming he was a man.

The coincidence of finding another gay man in the college town of 10,000 people amazed them, so they chatted for weeks and finally met at a restaurant for dinner.