In a long distance relationship, you must meet ASAP.  A year is too long,   You talk and see each other as often as possible and discuss your future together.  It can only work if you have both physical and verbal contact.  But it takes a ton of trust and love and not everyone can handle it.

My husband and I met online in a chat room, "dated" for 6 months and met in person.  We alternated visiting (we were in different states) for another year before I moved.  BUT we talked to each other for hours EVERY day.  BTW we are happily married now for 18 1/2 yrs :)

yes if you like each other enough and plan to meet why not?

yes a sensible distance relationship is fine.  try to keep 2 meters away from your partner.  im joking.

you 'met' a guy on facebook and based on that, you feel secure that hes not a creep and that hes worth meeting in person ?

i would advise you to go with a friend or two.  there is no telling what kind of creep you will end up meeting.  majority of guys have one goal and that is to get laid lol

so trust me,  all he wants is sex. 

Yes, if one person moves. Yet, be aware people are constantly on the fence and can go either way until deep love and commitment is established. We are always meeting new people as well. There are no guarantees in anything regardless of what plans were made. Look at all the divorces from people who were madly in love and promised forever at their wedding ceremony under God with friends and family in attendance. This is a risk anyone seeking love takes. No one can assure you of anything. Life happens. People change. People grow. People lose interest. People meet others. Yet, taking this risk is how we get the big reward...love...super duper madly, giggly, no u hang up baby, no u hang up sweetie, no you, no you....kind of love. So, just be your best you and give it a shot. This could be the love of your life. Stop worrying about can it work and work toward it working. 

Best of luck. Love feels good❤

Read what Kelly says, that's all you need to know.

If one of you doesn’t move, then I don’t see it working out. I also wouldn’t wait too long to meet them. If it’s been a while and you are still having trouble meeting them, then I would give up 

Yes.

My husband and I started out long distance.  We both lived in the same state but a couple hours away.  However, it wasn't strictly an online relationship (it is how we met) we did talk online, through text & video chat a lot but we also physically were together to and did normal in-person dating.  Normal dating that just took more planning due to distance, schedules, etc.

You really can't develop a stable & long lasting relationship with someone you aren't physically with and especially that you have never met.  Online you see what someone wants you to see, in person you get to see their everyday traits, things you like, things you don't.  You get to see how they respond to conflict, how they treat people and things like that.

Be careful if you intend to visit him in Illinois.  Developing a friendship with someone online can be a way of grooming an intended human trafficking victim.

Possibly, sure. Almost anything CAN work, but that doesn't mean it necessarily will.

Yes. It's a good way to get to know each other without sex in the way.

Yeah it can. I've been in a long distance relationship for 4 years now. I wish you all the best wishes..