With caution. Feelings can start online but until you meet and spend time with a person, you can't really know if it's love. I'd let her know that I was flattered and if you really do want to pursue this, perhaps you want to start talking on the phone and seeing how that goes. If that goes well, you may very well want to meet one day. In a public place. Using common sense. Assuming you're both of legal age. Again, I'd just be cautious and slow things down a bit.

Make sure she's really a girl. Have you seen her on any cam? Be careful and go slow is my advice.

At least she has gotten to know the real you rather than fall in love with your money or any other superficial thing. If the two of you have been completely honest with each other then i could see it happen. After all, if you have to see someone to love them, how would the blind find their soulmate?

I wouldn't discard it. A girl did the same to me and now she is my wife! Does she live in the same town as you? Have you seen each other on webcam? Have you talked on the phone? If you've been through these steps and you've had quite a while chatting online and you like her and she likes you, you need to move to the next stage, meeting in person. Good luck!

How can you be in love with a person you have never met? Words are just words and have different meanings. I realize that emailing or texting a person can get to be very personal. you feel like you really know this person. I say use caution. things on the internet are not always what they appear to be. You may fall in love with someones words, but seeing this person in real life can be a whole different ball game. Its like disc jockeys on the radio. you hear their voice and try to picture what they look like. most of the time its a real shocker to see this person for real. Same applies to the internet and lonely people. some will tell you anything.

someone was like that with me too that person still is and we were friends for over two years.

She doesn't love you. She loves her idea of you, that she got through your IMs, chats, and emails. Have you shared pictures, yet, and are you relatively sure that those pictures ARE of her, and did you send REAL pictures (at least one current) of you? I know it's shallow, but no matter how much you care about someone, for some, you need to "get used" to their looks - you hers, and she yours. (Don't take this as a negative, it's not. If you really care about someone, "looks" seem to matter less. It's just that neither of you really want any surprises when you DO meet in person! ;-) ) Since emotions are high, it's time to start talking on the phone. If that goes well, it's time to meet (public place for both of your protection). You will have to work that out, especially if you live very far apart. How would I respond? Based on your question, and possible fear of that (I may be reading between the lines, here), I think I'd respond with something like, "There are many levels of love. Since we haven't met yet, are you sure it's love or just a strong like? I mean, I think where to where we could say, "I love you", but are we really to where we can say "I am in love with you"?" And, if you feel you love her (as a friend), you can say those three words. Just don't say them if you don't feel them. You will have to explain what YOU feel. All the groundwork for love can be made before you meet, then, once you meet in person, it can move VERY quickly, but it's VERY hard to say you are IN love with someone you've never actually met. Somehow I feel like I rambled a bit there. I hope you understand what I mean! ;-)