“The tale of Melbourne couple Scott and Nicole McIntyre’s 12-year romance involves four internet platforms, 45,000 emails, a Craigslist posting and three continents. The pair lost contact several times after they first began communicating via Yahoo Chat in 1998, picking up the threads of their connection through the internet several times over the years. They were both living in the US at the time, relatively close to one another, but they never met or spoke on the phone. “We just chatted a couple of times about music and films on Yahoo Chat – nothing came of it other than a friendly chat,” Scott said. “We briefly reconnected in 2003 and exchanged a few emails about life until we lost contact again. “I thought about her a lot and every time I met someone with her name, I’d think about her and wonder how her life was going… The pair had still never heard each other’s voice, much less met in person. They re-established their connection, sending up to five hundred emails a day as they got to know each other again. It started off as a platonic friendship because Nicole was engaged to someone else. But after they met near Nicole’s Massachusetts home in March this year, it became clear they had feelings for each other.” w/ photo
