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Can you love someone you don't know?

So, i've seen the discussion asking if anyone has been in love with their DD character, and many people said they have. I'm wondering though, if it's possible to be in love with someone you have never met. I DD of real people, but I do not know them. I know how i imagine them to be, though, and i think i may love THAT person. So is it possible, in your opinion? I mean, don't we all love our characters? How can you not love someone who consumes your every thought? And if we love them, why can we not be IN love with them?

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Comment by Grace on January 22, 2013 at 2:28pm: Thank you, greyartist. And i think that it is definitely possible, especially in that situation. I think its that we feel as if we know them, even if we don't. I think about him all the time, and because of it I have made him who i want him to be, and in my mind, hes perfect. So, i do know him in a way, but the sad thing is, He could be nothing like that. He could be the opposite of what I want to believe and I'll never know. I think I love my version of him.

Comment by greyartist on January 22, 2013 at 1:10pm: Would it be love or obsession?

But I find your question very interesting. My son (in high school at the time) asked me that same question when my oldest son's baby was still born. He wanted to know why we mourned for someone we had never met. He didn't understand, I'm not sure I do either. But I mourned terrribly. I still do. So from that experience I would say you can love someone you haven't met. At least in a way.