Let's put it this way: I was initially "friends" with my wife - a relationship largely conducted over the telephone or email, since we lived at opposite ends of the country, and I met her though a professional connection (she worked at an advertising agency that supplied commercials to the TV station where I worked, and part of my job was liaising with her) - but when we met in person, sparks flew. After a couple of weeks of off-the-charts chemistry, we were both determined to "ruin" our friendship, and the rest is history.