This is an example of a relationship in which the people, feeling strongly attracted to each other online, exchange pictures, phone calls and finally meet. This is one end of a spectrum, the other end of which would be people who fall in love online but maintain their love relationship entirely online, only relating through text. What might be the differences in "love" for this hypothetical couple as opposed to the case study example?

A relationship based entirely online is much different than the relationship described in the case study. When a love relationship is maintained entirely online, through text, that is really as far as it can go. The couple can not get married, have children, or start a family. It my opinion, a relationship like that is only half of a relationship. While I am not too sure yet about finding love online, I do think that if love is found online, meeting is very important if the relationship is to grow. If your goal is to find a companion, someone you can talk to, then a strictly text based online relationship can be just fine for you. But if you want children and a family, although I am sure that it isn't impossible to do strictly online with technology and all, I am not sure it would be as fulfilling as actually being together and sharing these times in person. I honestly have never heard of a couple who have had a love relationship strictly online and have never met in person. I would be interested to see if it actually is possible to get married and have children in this type of relationship and if people have actually done it.