Youth, disappointed in online love, kills self
Found on Sydney Morning Herald on Friday, 05 January 2007
A 17-year-old Chinese youth, disappointed his online girlfriend turned out not to be the woman of his dreams, has killed himself, state media reported Friday.
The youth from a town in northeast China "hung himself after a catastrophic meeting with his online sweetheart," the Xinhua News Agency said.
"To his intense disappointment, his dream girl turned out to be a plain lady who was more than 10 years older than him," Xinhua said.
The disappointed youth immediately returned home, and told his parents what had happened only after the woman telephoned him.
They tried to console him, but he was found four days later hanging from a tree.
He should have been happy; his love was female after all. Most online lovers would be surprised to find out that the dreamgirl they're chatting with is in fact an overweight trucker in some cheap YMCA outfit. Seriously, the Internet is a weird place; never take anything serious without proof.