I think mine was a little different from most.
I was made redundant in 2000. With my dosh I bought a computer and really had not a clue. When I finally started to get on the net (I had been widowed for 7 years) I started looking for some pen friends to get back up in to life again. I had a reply from a Mexican lady and to cut a long story short we are now married for 6 years and I now live a zillion miles from the UK, still cannot speak Spanish but get by. Quite some introduction to the computer!!!