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“I’m M. I’m 19 and live in England. I have been playing World of Warcraft on and off since I was fourteen – thanks to my sister, who got me into the game.
I first met T. just over a year ago whilst being in a raid with another guild and a guy, who at the time, was my ‘in real’ boyfriend. T. and I didn’t really talk much, but I do remember him being there.

Between then and February I had stopped playing the game and ended my emotionally unhealthy relationship with my boyfriend. I was in a dark place and had foolishly quit my job. Having nothing to do all day, I decided to start playing again. One day I was doing the daily quest for the ironically event named ”Love is in the air”. To my luck I ended up in a group with T., but I didn’t quite recognize the name at first. We started talking and developed a friendship. A week later I joined his guild. We shared pictures of each other and carried on generally talking as friends for several months. When he and girlfriend broke up, I was there to comfort him.

I don’t remember a specific moment where I realized that I liked T. more than just as a friend. But I do remember a particular time where I was in a main city in the game when we were talking about my guy problems. He sent me a whisper saying ”You would be the perfect girlfriend if you’d live in Belgium!” My heart fluttered! I was excited and happy that he had said that, unsure if it was a joke, and at the same time sad as well, as I thought that this meant he would never want me in that way because of the distance.

In May we decided to exchange Skype and Facebook details. He wasn’t playing as much anymore due to exams, so we talked a lot outside of the game and went on web cam till late. Eventually in June we expressed our feelings towards each other. I had put ‘Life’s too short‘ as my Facebook status and he shortly replied by posting ‘… to not like you very very much‘. Just two weeks later I booked tickets to go Belgium for a week to attend a music festival with him in mid August. We counted down every single day whilst falling more and more in love with each other.

When we finally met, we felt slightly shy at first. But after a few hours it was as if we had known each other forever. I even ended up spending more money to stay a second week because I just couldn’t bring myself to leave. It didn’t go down well with my family though, who at the time only thought that we were friends – until the night before I was to leave. That’s when I finally told them.

I cherished every single moment with T. We were barley separated the whole two weeks and leaving him on the last day was the hardest thing I’ve had to do. It broke my heart not knowing when I would see him again and cried on the eight hour journey home. That’s when I definitely knew I was truly, madly in love with him.

It’s been a month since I left and he is planning to come over in a month’s time. We have even spoke about moving together in the future. Although it’s incredibly hard to be apart for what can sometimes feel like a lifetime, a particular quote has helped ease the pain:

”Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad, because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss.”

Hopefully we will be able to update this some day with a happy ending.”

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