How hard is it to find a language partner through the Internet? My friend and I want to find a language partner, and we made some requirements: 1.it must be "she"; 2.She must live in Shanghai since we want to talk face to face. 3.She want a language partner to practice Chinese. 4.We want to meet the partner as soon as possible. 5.I put my requirements in italki’s searching bar and there are only about three who can meet the requirements and logged in italki in last 1 week. I sent my request and i wonder when or weather can i receive a reply. 5.Then I search for the language learning group in douban.com, they are all Chinese. 6.Maybe I should try to find her offline. but if i can find this person in my real life, why would i search it in internet?