Who have you met....

[RisiaSkye]

Gotta say, my percentage has been pretty good. For myself, I've met 5 people, and all have become friends, at least friendly. Then again, I'm pretty selective about meeting people. I've been doing this for about ten years or so and have only met five.

Among my friends, there have been two marriages and one impending marriage. And all of those relationships are ongoing (fingers crossed). I have no idea how many people they have met all together, though. I have a lot of Microserfs and networld lifers as friends.

 

[Laurel]

It's gotta be lime Jello. With pineapple in it.

That would've been a cool thing - Xander, DCL, LL, me, & Manu. DCL & I will definitely hook up - we only live a couple hours away from each other, for crying out loud. LL too, though I may have to leave the man at home. He doesn't like lime Jello.

 

[April]

You know, I'm honestly surprised that all you guys living in So. Cal. haven't hooked up already! Shit, if I was there, I'd be e-mailing like a fool, trying to meet everybody. Hmm, I'm in desperate need of a vacation, maybe? Aww, probably not. Can't afford it, and my Mom would never let me take her truck. LOL

 

[WriterDom]

I've met between 40 and 50... one relationship lasted for a year and half, or that number would be a lot higher. A lot of those were just for coffee or a drink.

 

[Xander]

You know. Meeting Laurel and Manu, was a treat I never thought I would live to see. And it really was a treat (don't hit me Laurel )

And there's a whole lot of people here that I would not have a seconf thought about meeting.

You April! If i'm ever near you (even though I'm currently 15.000 miles away) I will let you know. Drinks and dinner is on me

 

[Purple Haze]

I finally talked with someone I admire on the phone, it was a very good experience for both us. She was even more sexy and intelligent than I had imagined, and it beat the hell out of typing. I'm looking forward to our next visit.

 

[Lovely Latina]

It's gotta be lime Jello. With pineapple in it...
though I may have to leave the man at home. He doesn't like lime Jello.

No Manu?

Damn.

*scratches the pineapple ring toss off her list of idears*

 

[Evesdemise]

Caught in the 'Net'

Well, I started chatting online in a little chatroom of a state that I didn't really know anyone in. After about a year of chatting in that same room, and never actually meeting anyone I chatted with online face to face, I was in my favorite room one evening, talking with a few of the locals there, when I got this whisper from someone whom I had just meant moments before in the room, and who seemed to be defending his lifestyle to someone else in the room. Now this may seem confusing, but it is the only way I can explain it. It is like being at a party where no one can actually see you, I guess. (I say that for the people who don't frequent chat rooms, which I myself now do very rarely .) Ok, well, back to the story here--

So the guy that whispered me was telling me how sad and lonely he was. I felt bad for him, and told him my life wasn't too great either at the time. We hit it off that first night in the chatroom, and came to be great chat friends. It was almost scary how talking to him each day became the most important thing in my life. One day, when I was told to leave a temporary part time job I took, just to get some extra cash in, it hit me. I mean that all I could think at that moment was, well, yeah, I can't do the job, because of my handicap, but, hey, I can go home, grab a Corona and jump online and talk to HIM . I decided that it was more than just chatting that I wanted from him. But I had a guy already.

My b/f was great, as long as he was straight, which was becoming more and more a rare concept. When he was drunk, he was very violent.My relationship with my chatroom man was a non-violent pat of my life. My chatroom friend couldn't touch me. I should rephrase that last sentence--this man COULD touch me with his words, and his music, because he would send it to me on wav files. He is a wonderful writer of music.

Anyway, this little triste went on for about four months. We talked almost every day online and once on the phone. I started to actually feel like one of those nuts in the chat room who feels they are cheating on their R/L partner by chatting with someone on the net. I really hoped someday to meet this guy. I had seen his pic on his webpage he sent me. But even if I could never know what he looked like, or if he was two feet tall with one red eye and a blue horn sticking out of his left ear, it didn't matter. I enjoyed talking to him more than anything else I had ever known. Sometimes it was erotic chat, and sometimes it was sad. And sometimes it was inspirational, but no matter what the theme of the long convo was, it was welcomed by both him and me. We fell in love.

Eventually, my b/f found out about it, and realised it was more than simple babble in the chatroom with silly faceless net nutz. Then the guy who knew me better than my heart better than my own b/f, and yet had never met me face to face, called my house. My b/f went off and attacked me. The guy who was my friend called the police, and picked me up, out of my b/f's grip in the middle of the street, and took me away from there. We went back together later to get my things. He saved my life that day, and I have been with him ever since. I love him just as I did before he ever touched me with more than his words and music.

Sometimes, I guess, the heart can speak so many distant miles, that desire transends the boundries of your own reality.

And that is a true story.

Thanks for making it to the end with me here.

--Eve

 

[Sonora]

I've met five people IRL that I met on the net. The first one invited me to stay at her place. We had planned on going to a couple of basketball games. Her husband came home that night and a 2nd net friend drove down the next day. The four of us then met with a 3rd net friend and went to the ball game. It was a really great time. The other two I've met were also at ball games. In December if all goes as planned I will be meeting another net friend.

[Edited by Sonora on 10-07-2000 at 04:12 PM]

 

[GuyJD]

TO ALL THE GIRLS I MET ONLINE....

I have met several online female friends in person. I have to admit that the 2nd online friend whom I met was a true fox. She is about 4 years older than me and has the body of Tina Turner. To be quite honest, she inspired me to write my 2nd story, "THE BIRTHDAY BANG".

 

[Laurel]

*scratches the pineapple ring toss off her list of idears*

Hmm...Manu DOES like pineapple. Make it orange Jello and I may have some leverage.

You know. Meeting Laurel and Manu, was a treat I never thought I would live to see. And it really was a treat (don't hit me Laurel )

*SWAT!*
I didn't really want to spank you, but you asked for it.

 

[Cheyenne]

This happens to be the weekend I was supposed to be meeting a cyberfriend in RL- we talked about it in July/August. For a few reasons, it didn't work out and I didn't go to see him. Yes, I wonder what this weekend would be like if I were there with him. But I'm not heartbroken that it didn't turn out as planned, either. If it's meant to be, it will happen some time in the future. If not, I've made a good friend on the net and that's okay, too.

I haven't met any others in RL yet, but there are a few people from Lit that I wouldn't mind meeting sometime.

 

[ShyGuy68]

Close to a year ago I traveled to Massachussetts for a weeks vacation, and to meet a very good friend from the net in real like. It turned out great, and I had a great week there.

I went there again in april this year, and while I was visiting her, a friend came up from Tennesse for a long weekend, and this meeting also went great, and we're still friends.

I have also met a former boyfriend of my friend in Massachussetts while she was on vacation in norway last year, and they came down for a few days. I had talked to him a bit on-line too.

So totally I've met 3 people from the net in RL, and there are several more I would like to meet, but the distance between here and the states makes it hard to do.

 

[Carl East]

Until recently, I thought I was about to meet quite a few people from this very board, but as you all know, that fell through. So, in answer to your question, no I haven't yet met anyone online.

I can think of quite a few people I'd like to meet though, LL being top of that list, mainly because of her cute butt.lol

But there are a few people online that I would love to just chat the night away with.

Carl.

 

[WitchsKat]

I have met one person, who I can definately say was a cheap s.o.b. All our dates were at my home except for Valentine's Day, that was at International House of Pancakes and a movie @Universal CityWalk (where he asked for a student discount). It lasted two months, and thank god, he married the next poor sucker.

 

[Ezzy]

Shock horror

Dont talk about your mother that way WitchsKat.LOL

EZ http://smilecwm.tripod.com/cwm2/sleep.gif

Ooooooooooooops just noticed the "he". Sorry.

 

[Nicole]

LMAO @ Ezzy.

I was going to say .... "and your Mother doesn't count", but yours was better

 

[WitchsKat]

Aww hell....I think she'll understand....I hope.