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Have I ever considered dating online? Ummm… yes. Have I ever dated online? Ummm… can you define it?

Believe it or not, my first boyfriend ever was someone that I met online. I was planning a trip to Scotland and decided to try to find people who lived near where I was visiting so that I could meet people more easily. One of them decided that I should be his girlfriend and he eventually convinced me, too.

Now, I met him through ICQ (does that even exist any more?) and not through online personals, but to be honest, I used to trawl through the freebie dating sites just for fun.

I met a lot of really great guys online. Some of them flirted with me, one I very nearly dated, and a few became good friends. But aside from my first boyfriend I never dated any of them. Not that it was because I wouldn’t consider the idea- on the contrary! I simply had very low self esteem and unless a guy blatantly chased me down, I assumed he wasn’t interested. To be honest, even when they did blatantly chase me down I often assumed they were joking…

Now, my husband on the other hand? I didn’t meet online. I met him at work, where he had 8 hours a day to try to woo me. I guess it worked, as we’re celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary on Wednesday.

I discuss my internet marketing projects with my office-mate at work, and have actually got him hooked on a few IM bloggers for their entertainment value (sadly, both have given up their wild and wacky ways- but there’s a lovely video trail left which is ideal for settling back with a bowl of popcorn).

Today we got to talking about beer (long story short- I found some awesome recipes for beer bread) which lead into my blathering on about the two beer review vloggers that I know which lead to internet marketing, and so on. Both beer review vloggers live just outside of Chicago. Both are internet marketers…

And then you add in the web designer/internet marketer that I referred him to for his side business’ website… who lives in Chicago.

I tallied them up. How come so many of my internet marketing friends live in or near Chicago? And how come they all drink beer? And then I realized- Obama = Chicago. One of Obama’s most effective campaigns for the presidential election was via Twitter. Obama’s an internet marketer! (And he outsources just like the best of us). This whole thing filters down straight from the top!

So, if I want to be successful at this, does that mean that I have to move to Chicago and drink beer? I can think of worse things.

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