Letters to the Editor
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You Have to Own It
LW, I too, used to be embarrassed to admit I was dating someone I met online. We'd agree to tell people, "oh, you know, through friends of friends" which inevitably led to stammering and crazy tales that screamed to everyone that we were ashamed. And then, one day I met B---- online. And suddenly I wasn't embarrassed anymore. However it was that I managed to meet this great man, it worked. There is no shame in finding true love and a partner to grow old with.
Now, when I look people in the eye and tell them that we met on match.com, there's no more awkwardness, I no longer feel like people are judging me, or that I failed through "normal" routes. Instead, people either recognize the joy I've found or they show a glimmer of hope that maybe they, too, can find Love with a capital "L."