I saw this section on the board, and I thought I would share about my relationship.

It all started a good 3 and a half years ago, when I was playing the MMORPG game Adventure Quest Worlds.
I met this girl (Angela) who said she was 13 (I was 14 at the time) , very shy, and never talked much. When she did talk, it was usually just a simple "Lol"

I introduced her to my friends, and she just became a part of our "Group." A week later, as embarrassing as it must have been for her, one of her friends told me she had a crush on me. I has just gotten out of a relationship, and kinda wanted a break. So, I explained, and she understood.

After about a month, I got her and my (Best)friend (Stephen) to date (with my expert match making skills, it lasted but a week)
So they broke up, and about that time, everyone we knew started becoming inactive. And we slowly did as well.

About 3 months passed, and I decided I wanted to see if anyone was online by chance. To my luck, Stephen was online. When we started talking I mentioned how I hadn't seen Angela in a while. After about 5 minutes of us talking about her, she came online. It was like fate had this happen, because it was just so random that I even went on the game, and to go on practically the same time as two nearly inactive people, it was just weird.

She was beyond excited to see that we were on, and I had never seen her talk so much. It was uplifting. She thought we forgot about her.
We all became active again, but it was just the three of us. It was great, we were all best friends.

A week later, Angela told me she had something important to tell me, but I had to go, so it had to wait until the next day.
The next day, she told me "I like you.. A lot, but I don't want my feelings to get in the way of our friendship."
I replied with "I like you, too.. But, it's complicated"

What made it so complicated, is my first crush. I found out she liked me. But something slightly sad happened. I didn't know her parents, I didn't know her last name, and back then, I didn't now much about getting in touch with someone, even thought it was so easy. So, she basically became lost to me.

I had one last chance to find her, and that was at a thing called "Vacation Bible School." It's a thing most Christian (Or at least Protestants) have for 5 days each summer. It's basically for kids, but my purpose of going was hoping to see her.

Of course, she wasn't there. I felt heartache, because I knew I was probably never going to see her again. But another stroke of luck happened. On my way home from Vacation Bible School, my older brother played a song called "Dear God" By "Avenged Sevenfold"
One part of the song goes like "Some search never finding away, before long they waste away. I found you; something told me to stay, I give in to selfish ways."

I was just sitting there thinking to myself.. "Is it Angela?"

Maybe a month or two later, I got online. I explained everything to Angela. We didn't start dating as soon as I told her, but we may as well have. I gave her my phone number, and she called me the next day at 11:28 AM.

We talked until 5:07 PM. I never had such a good time talking to someone. And it was like we never ran out of things to talk about.

That night, she sent a picture to my email, and I was stunned. I would have never thought she was as beautiful as she was and is.

A week after talking on the phone, she had to hang up. I quickly told her "Wait! I love you!" And she just sat there for a few seconds, and what was probably about 5 seconds felt like a whole minute (I know, wow, a whole minute. But come on, I just told her that I loved her for the first time, and she's just sitting there) of awkward silence.. Suddenly, the lightest, cutest "I love you, too" came through the phone, and she hung up.
I was freaking out. I was like "I probably just ruined everything"

But about an hour later, she called me back, and asked if I really meant it.. And I said I did..

After that, we went online and started going all lovey dovey in front of Stephen. Little to my knowledge, I had no idea what I was really doing. Getting so close to Angela like that set a time bomb inside of Stephen.

A day later, she once again asked "Do you really love me?" And I said "Yes, I really do. Do you love me?" And she said she did.
I said, "Then let's make it official.. Angela, will you go out with me?" She said "I would love to." With a Smiley emoticon.

Everything was amazing. But little did we know, Stephen was slowly turning into a villain. I know, it seems like some fairytale or something, but everything I'm saying is the solid truth.

A few months later, I lost my Internet (THIS IS THE SCARY PART. NO INTERNET OMGHIWUBIBWCIBWCIBWCIUBW) it was terrible, and I have no clue how I would have lived if I wouldn't have gotten her number.

Now, after 6 months of being together, she started randomly crying during one of our phone conversations. I thought she wanted to break up or something, but really, she had a secret to tell me. She told me she lied about her age, and she's really only 12 (Basically 13 because her birthday was a week away). I was 15 at the time, but in all honesty, I really didn't care. I did something slightly cruel, but just to make sure she didn't lie to me again, I acted like I did care, and I said I was going to start treating her like a little kid. But it didn't last long, I told her I was joking and whatnot.

Anyways. We became even closer. We're 2 years, 6 months apart. (Even though she's taller than me by a half of an inch -.-")

Now let me get to the point about how Stephen becomes a villain. About 8 or 9 months of being together, Angela was having a friendly conversation with Stephen on MSN while me and her were on the phone.
Later that night, Angela said she had something to tell me. She told me that Stephen said he wanted to break us up. I was desperate to see why my use-to-be best friend was trying to do this.

Where I live, my phone would have EDGE 80% of the time, and 3G 5% of the time. The rest of the 15% goes to just no service, or a couple of bars. I used MSN on my phone to talk to him, and he said that I stole Angela from him, so he's going to try and break us up.
I became furious with him. But, he did have his chance.
Back then, I showed little mercy to anyone who gave me crap, and I was pretty mean about it. I said this: "Even if you did manage to break us up, which is impossible, because some basement rat like you couldn't break a nutshell in half, it's not like she would go out with you again. You bored the heck out of her, that's one of the reasons why you two broke up, remember? Yeah, she told me everything when you two were together. How does that make you feel?"

He left, and we didn't talk until a year later. (I finally had Internet again, so it was WAY easier to talk to him) Angela finally got us to talk again, and we made up, apparently. After a week of us being friends again, Angela told me that he wouldn't stop calling her pet names, and acting like he was her boyfriend.

I told him nicely to stop, but he refused. I told him to find his own girlfriend, and if he needed help, I would try to. He then said "Why would I need help from you? So you would make me fall in love again, and then steal her from me?" I once again said "Look, dude. You had your chance, and now you're just being creepy." He left, and we never talked again.

We still talk everyday on Skype. Hours, and hours. Never running out things to talk about (Most of the time)
I love her even more, and she is really starting to get super beautiful. To me, she really is the most beautiful girl in the world.

Anyways. That about sums up everything interesting. (Of course, there are more private matters in my relationship, but those are to be kept secret) I hope you like my story! !

Note: I may have not gotten all of the dates right, it was just an estimate of how long everything could have been. If you want to add everything up, be my guest.

Friendship: 1/??/09
Anniversary: 8/15/09

Joshua & Angela, going on 3 years. <3

I've gotta say I'm a little shocked that you would be willing to give up your best friend for some little kid you met on the Internet... that's just me though, to each his own.

Very nice story. Kind of reminds me of my story a little bit, minus the loosing a best friend part. That's gotta suck.

Anyways, I'm happy for you and your girlfriend.

It might surprise you to learn that I met my girlfriend here, on this very website. It's been a great 5 months so far, and will be a great rest of my life with her.

I would post my story sometime, but I don't feel like it. lol

Awww what a cute story!! 

I hope you guys are super, super happy together!! 

I'm glad to hear you guys found each other and have been together for so long. That sort of reminds me of my fiance and I. He's 6 years older than me and we also met online. We are currently long-distance, but we've lived together for a total of 98 days over the course of a few visits to each other.

We also spend A LOT of time on Skype with each other. It's so great to be able to see each other and talk for as long as you want without phone charges, isn't it?

In high school, I had a falling out with a close friend and it started when I was going out with my first boyfriend. Sorry it happened to you, it can be really terrible.

What I do suggest: Don't give these people more chances, because it can lead to even worse drama. People are out of your life for a reason - and if you've given them a second chance and they screwed up - then that's where they should stay.

HandOfBlood : It isn't like the girlfriend made him choose sides. If I had a close friend that wanted my girlfriend for himself, I'd just as quickly turn against him - a real friend wouldn't want to mess with my relationships out of jealousy. He quite honestly seemed at least slightly unhinged anyway. A week long relationship shouldn't have left that kind of impact on him.

KiddoCabbuses : No I know that I'm just surprised that he took something that started online so seriously, and besides part of the bro code is not dating your friends' exes... but I don't know how that would apply in something that's online.

Synaen : WOW, I was really intrigued with your story. I was like, "Is that it?", when I got to the end of the story. Haha. Sorry you just told your story very well and stories or experiences really grab my attention. As for what your friend did, well I've had something similar happen to me. Long story and I'll tell you about it in a private message sometime if you're interested in knowing. But that's great that you and your girlfriend were able to find one another. I am very happy for you. I hope to hear more about how well things are going for you.