I am from Azerbaijan but we with my family immigrated to Denmark because of the situation in my country. Being a stranger here I was a frequent visitor of dating sites and different matchmakers, but I have never met any of my virtual friends in reality yet. Once surfing the net, I found matesmaster.com and stayed there because of their chat rooms and forum, there were so many Russian speaking girls there than I was more interested in chatting with them and did not pay much attention to the men around. My English is far from being perfect but I still prefer to speak English here in Denmark write in English when I chat but on matesmaster.com I could speak Russian and even my native language –that was great by itself.  Though I am only 28 years old but I have always been a girl with both feet on the ground, maybe because of the hardships we were to bear. When living in Azerbaijan I did not have a clue about internet dating and if anyone has told me just two years year ago that you could have feelings for a person you only talk with on the internet I would have laughed and think he/she was crazy. Well, now I know better and just want to repeat my favorite saying – never say never.

So even when busy while talking with girls I noticed a man who constantly send me short letters wishing great day and so on. He was from Sweden and that made our meeting opportunities better, but I even did not think about anything of that kind then. In the beginning we didn't talk very much just exchanging short letters, but after about one month it became more and more addictive. We talked every day and after a while we found out that we also wanted to hear each others voices. It seems it was not enough for us anymore "just to chat". I still remember the first time when he called me, I knew it was he calling – there were a lot of butterflies in my stomach - and then I answered the phone. His voice was so calm and pleasant to listen to, I loved it. Now we nearly did not send e-mails any more - but chat and talk in the phone every day. Soon, very soon, in a week actually he will come to Denmark to visit me. Of course I am nervous - I know with my mind that things can be different when you meet in real - but I also know that I feel something special for him. We have talked a lot about what would happen when we see each other - how to act, I have also discussed this with the girls from the forum and they wished us luck. It's a funny and strange situation to feel that you know another person so well but you have never seen each other. I am really very positive towards that meeting and I know no matter what happens we will enjoy that time together.

The only problem with internet dating I see now, you don't talk about this kind of love too much. I have not told my parents that I have never seen him before too, I lied I met him when visiting my friend in Sweden, that is not good, but it's difficult for older people to understand that you can met this way and that this kind of feeling can happen.
But it can and all I want now is to wish me and him luck.

Leila and Kent.