In what is sure to be one of the craziest cyberculture stories of the year -- and almost certainly a future romantic comedy -- a Bosnian couple is getting divorced after falling in love with each other online.
Assuming this story is not a hoax, it's both hilarious and tragic, which makes it even more hilarious. A husband and a wife were having trouble in their marriage. Both of them went online, using fake names, and started looking for soul mates who could help them escape the prison of their dissatisfying and claustrophobic marriage. They found those soul mates, people who understood them through and through, people who let them vent about their marriage and who rekindled romantic hope in their stony hearts. Finally, the two cyberidentities decided to meet in real life. Let's hear from the wife what happened next: "When I saw my husband there with the rose and it dawned on me what had happened I was shattered. I felt so betrayed. I was so angry." The real-world marriage is now over, which is sad, but at least now the man and woman are free to marry the people they fell in love with on the Inter....oh, wait. Never mind.
Have any readers ever had bonafide online affairs? Have you ever spoken to people on the telephone, or met them in real life?
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 3)
1. How's that for irony...
colamum at 8:42AM on Sep 18th 2007
2. Kinda reminds me of the song "Escape" (The Pina Colada song).
FL Chick at 9:35AM on Sep 18th 2007
3. I thought only us stateside folks were this stupid when it came to marriage.
If they were sensible, mature and intelligent they'd have stepped outside of their box for a second and realized that they could have repaired their relationship.
I feel sorry for whomever they'll end up with next.
Summer at 11:17AM on Sep 18th 2007
4. I was a bit shocked to read this about Barry Manilow. But good for him, with his talent and money why should he or anyone for that matter do something that they don't want to do. We all have our favorites on the view and though I like Elizabeth and agree with her views much of the time, I will admit she is not my favorite host of that program. I used to love ROSIE till she became a co-host of The View. I just couldn't stand her big mouth! I quit watching. Now with Goldie on...am loving the show once again!
PJ at 11:31AM on Sep 18th 2007
5. Barry MANILOW NOW SOUNDS LIKE A NAZI LIBERIAL WHO ONLY WANTS TO HEAR WHAT HE THINKS IS RIGHT AND NO ONE ELSE. DIDN'T HITLER DO THE SAME AND HE TOO WAS A NAZI LIBERIAL. NO MORE MANDY IN MY HOUSE, HE CAN GO TO HELL WITH ALL THE OTHER LIBERIALS IN THE USA.
Elizabeth Williams at 12:12PM on Sep 18th 2007
6. That's the funniest damn thing I've heard in a long time, kinda like the Pina Colada song, but these bozo's didn't hit if off.
victor58 at 12:33PM on Sep 18th 2007
7.
Summer, yes, I agree (3).
Sadly, the couple didn't realize that they had stripped away the day-to-day crap that accrues to a relationship and got back to what they originally loved about the other person.
But there is something awful about the deceptions they'd carried on for so long with each other. Their deceptions trumped their ability to forgive each other. Pride? Hurt? Who knows?
Liz at 12:59PM on Sep 18th 2007
8.
"If you like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you'd like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the Cape
Then I'm the love that you've looked for
Write to me and escape."
Joe at 1:12PM on Sep 18th 2007
9. Too bad they're Bosnian instead of Polish. It would make a better punchline. What a couple of idiots! Obviously they were made for each other, but their pride got in the way of their happiness. Please tell me there are no children involved. I'm going to pull a Dr. Laura and advise they both get sterilized before they contribute to the gene pool.
OomYaaqub at 2:11PM on Sep 18th 2007
10. Too bad they're Bosnian instead of Polish. It would make a better punchline. What a couple of idiots! Obviously they were made for each other, but their pride got in the way of their happiness. Please tell me there are no children involved. I'm going to pull a Dr. Laura and advise they both get sterilized before they contribute to the gene pool.
OomYaaqub at 2:11PM on Sep 18th 2007
11. Wow, all the stuff they each told about the other to each other, other than low-down, was probably embellished - and taking a cue from each other's stories about the other one...and on, and on...Otherwise, its another same-oh thing.
margaret Callinan at 2:59PM on Sep 18th 2007
12. Perhaps they should sue one another for Alienation of Affection!?
Gonzo at 3:06PM on Sep 18th 2007
13. Elizabeth,
Nazis were not liberals lol
5. Barry MANILOW NOW SOUNDS LIKE A NAZI LIBERIAL WHO ONLY WANTS TO HEAR WHAT HE THINKS IS RIGHT AND NO ONE ELSE. DIDN'T HITLER DO THE SAME AND HE TOO WAS A NAZI LIBERIAL. NO MORE MANDY IN MY HOUSE, HE CAN GO TO HELL WITH ALL THE OTHER LIBERIALS IN THE USA.
Elizabeth Williams at 12:12PM
Dan Hughes at 3:23PM on Sep 18th 2007
14. Who is this Elizabeth Williams anyway? "Nazi liberals"?? She would need a severe head injury to be upgraded to moron. Darn those Nazi liberals!! What were those Nazi liberals position on the Holocaust, anyway, Liz? Enlighten us. Idiot.
mike at 3:35PM on Sep 18th 2007
15. "When I saw my husband there with the rose and it dawned on me what had happened I was shattered. I felt so betrayed. I was so angry."
Pot, meet Kettle.
peri8 at 5:24PM on Sep 18th 2007