Saw THIS ARTICLE about this guy in Taiwan who wanted to see if his girlfriend really loved him. What he did was essentially create an online alter-ego and exchanged emails with his gf as a guy named Mr. J. The rest of the story is for you to read… (press more for my local cache of the article)

Woman dumps man for his online alter ego
July 17 2003 at 09:45AM

Taipei - A Taiwan man who used a different identity through the Internet to double-date his girlfriend, has committed suicide after the girl fell for his email-based alter ego, a Taiwan newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Huang Tzu-heng, 20, a shop clerk in Taipei County, began dating his high school class mate Hsiao Lan in the Spring, the Apple Daily reported.

Hoping to find out if Hsiao Lan really loved him, Huang dated Hsiao Lan on the Internet, posing as “Mr J” while continuing to date her in real life.

As Hsiao Lao did not tell Huang she was dating Mr J on the Internet, Huang became frustrated because he believed lovers should share all their secrets, the report stated.

Then one day Hsiao Lan told Huang that she had fallen in love with “Mr J” and wanted to break up with Huang.

Huang killed himself by burning charcoal in his bedroom on Monday night, leaving two suicide notes, one to his parents and one to Hsiao Lan.

In his letter to Hsiao Lan, Huang wrote: “Do you remember your Internet friend? That is me. But I never thought our love would have such an ending.” - Sapa-DPA