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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n\n\n    You're probably caught up on the crazy story involving Heisman Trophy contender and Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and his fake girlfriend Lennay Kekua. If not, read all about it here. It's juicy and will make your head spin. It's probably the most epic catfishing story, ever. We live in an age of Skype, Google Hangout, and FaceTime...getting catfished should not be a thing.Anyway...so many parts of the this entire tale are mind-boggling. The one part I can't get out of my head is that Manti considered someone he never met his girlfriend and called her, \"the love of my life.\"Te'o, say what?So what the football star is saying is that the girl who he never kissed, never held hands with, and never did one of these great sex positions with is the love of his life?! Uh...Sure. Fall head-over-heels for someone you met on the Web. That's fine. Online dating is awesome. But saying you are in a full-blown relationship with a person whom you have never touched is another thing. Delusional, much?There's no doubt you can build a strong connection with someone you've never met, and fall in love. In fact, this happens all the time says Barton Goldsmith, PhD, author of Emotional Fitness for Intimacy. \"You see a picture, hear a voice, and you're hooked...especially if you're vulnerable.\" So why does this happen to people? Well for one thing, meeting someone online is very easy. And if you're not comfortable talking to people, falling madly in love with someone in digital land is likely.It's just that when it comes to relationships, a physical connection must exist. As in, you see the person often. There's more to dating someone than just talking to them from dawn to dusk via phone\u2014that makes them your friend, not your S.O.Do you think someone you've never met can be your boyfriend?P.S. Check out our hot new sex position: The Te'o.Want more from Dara? Follow her on Twitter @dadeeyo."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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