oh wow, you have actual proof. Somehow, when an internet/LD relationship doesn't work, it is proof that those relationships never work. The overwhelming amount of completely regular, real life relationships that also don't work out, however, doesn't equally indicate that all real life relationships are doomed from the start.
If your mom had started meeting lots of random people in real life and it didn't work out, you would not be saying "man, real life relationships NEVER work". no, you'd have some other reason for it, like that your mom was on the rebound or he was a jerk or whatever.
beamer:
do what makes you happy.
and please learn the difference between "they're" (short for "they are") and "their" (possessive adjective, as in "it's their house"), and "there" (adverb, as in "look over there")