@Craigus - the girl you describe acts very similar to the one in question. She's texting me a lot and she's texting me like I'm her BF. But I've never met her or even heard her voice. I find the situation too weird. I ain't prepared to spend months sending pointless text/msn messages to her in the hope that one day she'll snap out her paralyzing shyness to meet me for a drink.

@kowalski - I think your assessment of her is quite astute. Your question is very pertinent as well (cheers). At this moment in time, I don't know how broken she is. But if she's as broken as I fear, then I'm not prepared to try and fix her. If she's only a little messed up, then I will perservere with her for a week and try to influence her mindset and attitude if possible. I'll determine how fucked up she is the next time I speak to her online.