Ever Met Anyone From Online?

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Ever Met Anyone From Online?
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Thu, 04-08-2004 - 1:12am
yeah- how'd it go? how many have you met? how long you talk before you met? where'd you meet at(online and in person)? you still talk?

no- and i wouldn't, but i would

just curious

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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 9:34am
My DH had a chance to meet up with a group of people that he had met online.We play an online game and have talked to people we've met on the phone several times.So while probably alot safer then say meeting one on one with someone,we certainly would meet in groups.
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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 10:15am
Love the story! And DITTO on the getting pregnant!

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Mel

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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 1:20pm
Yep! I met two women that I met online here at ivillage. The first meeting was at a restaurant...my dh said, "they're probably a couple dirty old men..." lol. They weren't, of course. I think we met for the first time just before I had Caity so that would be probably July of 2000. The three of us still meet every couple months for dinner and we have a blast. In fact, I just hooked my SIL up with one of them up as a nanny. We all live within 10 miles of each other...

I plan on meeting a couple other people soon when they travel to this area...there are 2 friends that are coming this way later this year and hopefully we'll at least get to hang out for a few hours while they're passing through.

Sarah


Edited 4/9/2004 1:25 pm ET ET by suamomi

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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 1:43pm
I'm not saying there's no risk involved...and certainly you shouldn't meet someone if your instincts tell you "no".

But I think that it as just as risky meeting someone in the usual way. After all, you are complete strangers before you meet someone in the "real world". And I have met many wackos in the real world, believe me!

I personally don't think it's pathetic...I think it's kind of cool that you can connect with people that you otherwise may have never met.

Just my two cents...

Sarah

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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 2:33pm
hey there, thanks so much...I would love to be blessed one day, hopefully I will be, you too!

Diana

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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 2:47pm
I live in Michigan about 2 1/2 hours from Chicago and I wanna crash the party too! I'll be good this time I swear! :) When is it?
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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 3:15pm
well i didn't mean for this to become a debate or anyone to be put down for meeting anyone. I personally have met 4 people from online,all guys and i don't think there's anything wrong with it. You have to be careful as with anything. Like if you go to a bar or shopping and a guy asks you out how do you know to trust him and go out? Instincts. When the guys came to visit my mom was worried too..lol..the 1st one she called all the time to to check up on me.

1999-1st a guy from California came to spend weekend with me(i'm from OH) we had chatted for over a year on IM and talked on phone a few times.2000-2nd a guy that lived in a town close to me we chatted one night and met at the mall the next day for the movies(we ended up dating for awhile then became just friends because his job had him travel 9 mo.)2000- 3rd a guy i chatted with for awhile and talked with phone a few times decided to meet, it went ok but we didn't connect so was just friends. 2001-4th a guy i talked with for months came down and went on a double date with me and a friend,went great we ended up dating awhile and are still friends. And he talks to the friend we double dated with still.

It was fun reading some of your stories and that some of you found love and friends.

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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 3:43pm
We aren't sure when yet. It was rescheduled for Divine's television stint....she'll keep us posted on when it's rescheduled for.

I was born in Marshall, MI, lived in Battle Creek most of my life. You near there?

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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 4:14pm

Yep, several people.


Very soon after I first experienced the internet I wandered in a chat room. I met a great bunch of people there and formed a tight group with them. This was the summer of 1996. I formed an especially strong attachment to a certain young man there and we chatted for hours. He came to visit me for New Year's Eve that year. We had never met face to face or even exchanged pictures. I lived alone and he was coming to visit and bringing his cousin (also a guy) with him. In retrospect it might not have been the brightest thing to do, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.


Later that spring I invited everyone from the chat room to my house for Mardi Gras, including this special young man I had met

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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 4:19pm

Can be a dangerous thing to do. Most advise against it. I wouldn't. No reason to.





Yep, that internet is a scary place. Most advise against it. I wouldn't. No reason to.


Yep,

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