Dear Andrea!
I've read the internet love stories both in the Internet Kalauz magazine and on the web.  They prompted me to want to write and share our own story which – don't be surprised - but it began no less than 5 years ago, and is still going strong, and then some….  But I'm saving the best news last, now let me begin in the beginning, with our meeting.

In those days I worked at the JATE University in Szeged in the Department of English and had access to the internet.  I've used the IRC before but at that time someone had unexpectedly greeted me and his first sentence was:  ‘Hello you dear girl!”  To which I responded: “How do you know that I'm a dear girl?”

Anyway, I met a boy right there on the Internet.  He was from Budapest and studied at the mathematical department of the University of Science (ELTE). Somehow he was different from the other boys on the net.  I was pretty much getting tired of the fact that I could not carry on a decent conversation with any of them.  We talked a lot and it became obvious that we had a lot in common.  We became more and more impressed with each other as the days and weeks went by.  We ‘met’ almost on a daily basis in the chat and if that didn't work, then we wrote e-mails.  It often happened that we thought of the same thing, we felt the common tie and that we are important to one another.

Naturally, after a while we've exchanged pictures also and both of us liked the looks of the other.  We've talked on the phone a few times and as a next step the situation had ripened to where we began to think we should meet in person.  A month after our virtual meeting I traveled to Budapest where he waited for me at the Western train station.  This was the first personal meeting which, although caused both of us plenty of anxiety, was not a disappointment to either of us, on the contrary.  I really liked him and he seemed to like me.  It was terribly cold that day, so much so that the rose he gave me froze in my hand, but we couldn't really tell we were so involved with each other.  All day we've wondered around, on Margaret Island and the museum grounds.  We had a wonderful time together, so much so that by evening I've almost missed my train.

There was no doubt in either of our minds that there will be a continuation.  The following week there was more than the usual amount of communication between us and a week later he came to see me in Szeged.  From then on we met on every week-end.  Our love grew each day and it wasn't too long before we were planning a future together.

Six months later we became engaged and the following year in 1996 we were married.  I moved to Budapest and we've lived here since and we are crazy about each other.

We've not regretted anything.  Our first child is due in March.  I wish to all Internet couples the same joy that we have and are still experiencing.