My sister has a long-time online friend who is funny and smart.  Suddenly i realize that i have a crush on him. We start talking to each other in private, first whispers in WoW chat, later instant messages and phone calls. I fall in love. I wait months to meet him, long to marry him, or even move in together.  But i have yet to meet him in person. This was how my sister met her husband, surely i can be just as fortunate. (Surely i cannot be so lucky.) He agrees to come visit for two weeks. I have been waiting for what seems like forever. For two weeks, i am overwhelmingly happy...but a part of me knows it cannot last. He chooses to leave.

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Suddenly, he doesn't want to talk to me anymore. He changes, seems more sexist and immature with each passing day. He breaks my heart. It remains unsaid, but somehow i know (believe) that he always wanted to be with my sister instead. I am so relieved that i didn't put out. (I wish that we would have made love).  It takes me nearly two years to get over him.