Hi all,

In late October I met a guy online via a dating site. It's a bit of a tricky situation - I was on the site doing research for work and he was on there looking for a relationship. I live in Australia and he lives in the US, I was using a US site as that is what we needed to research and didn't really think I would be doing anything to actually meet someone.

Anyway, long story short, he asked me out on a date and obviously I had to decline due to a few things actually... #1 I live in Australia and #2 I just cancelled a wedding with the man I'd been with for seven years because we no longer had any spark left.

So we got talking anyway and realised within two or three days that we had a huge amount in common. We have a lot of the same interests and values and we are born on the same day (which probably explains why we are into so many of the same things). Things escalated pretty quickly and after only a week we were talking about meeting up IRL. I don't know if we were both serious at that point or not but last week I booked a two week holiday to the US, I arrive on the 19th January (about three months after we first started talking).

We Skype a few times a week, talk on the phone and online every day...We are pretty much inseparable. We have both said 'I love you' and honestly, I do love him - I have never felt like this before in my life. He said he has not told a woman that he loves her for over 10 years, if that is true then this is a big deal for him too. I hang to see his name in my inbox and get disappointed if for some reason we don't get to talk on the phone. He is all I think about and he is the same with me. I have a text waiting for me every morning when I wake up, he cannot tell me enough how beautiful I am, he showers me with love.

So this is where you guys come in... My friends and family have a few major concerns and I know they are just trying to protect me but at the same time I'm so love sick that I can't see if what they are saying is right... Their concerns:

The age difference, I am 12 years younger than him.
The distance.
The fact that he was looking for a relationship and I wasn't.
The fact that I may be 'On the rebound'.
The fact that he hasn't really had many long term girlfriends before. He says this is because he has not found anyone worth being in a long term relationship with and I believe him, but friends say that is a red flag and I should wonder why he really hasn't had a relationship.
The fact that this has happened so quickly.

On top of this he is European, just living in US for work. I have never dated a European man before and I have heard they tend to be super critical about their women. Obviously he has seen me on video and in pictures but like any other woman I have my lumps and bumps and after being with someone for so long who loved me just the way I was I guess I'm scared he is going to be super critical of that and lose interest...Not that there is anything majorly wrong with my body, I guess just after being with someone for so long I lack confidence with other men. I mean, everything else with us is perfect, this would be my only concern. Also the fact that I go to the gym like once a week and he sees a trainer three times a week and runs 10 miles each non-trainer day - So having a perfect body is a major thing for him. Will he care if his woman has a few wobbles here and there? Ha.

Oh also, he is super excited that I'm coming. Was begging me to book and has told all his friends and family that I'm coming. Called me on Christmas day so I could speak to his mum etc. So he is very excited, as am I, I'm just a bit freaked now after all his friends and family have been so supportive and mine have been the opposite.

I'm just asking for anyones take on this. Have you done something similar before? Do you really think you can fall in love with someone online in such a short amount of time? Any tips for actually staying with him in his home for two weeks, a may who has never lived with a woman before? Do you guys thing that long-distance love like this could work? Any advice on European men and their traits? Ha.

Any advice, ideas, outtakes would be much appreciated. I'm kind of regretting my decision to book as I'm over analyzing everything now haha!

Thank you!!!