Is it possible to fall in love via social media and the phone but never meet the person face to face?

[Oldman]

It goes without saying that it is the modern version of those long ago letter writing romances. And I know from experience how quickly it is possible to fall in love. But I don't believe you can Truly love someone in a romantic way, until you meet them. That's not to say however, that romantic love does not spring from these types of courtships. I believe what happens though, is that as people communicate through the Internet and get to tentatively know each other, they fall in love with the idea of loving this person. Then when they at last meet, if the person is all they expected, that love of the idea of loving them is immediately transferred to the actual person. Though that isn't the way we consciously think about it, it is however, the way the mind works.