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No, never have, never will. I don't use the internet to meet people at all.
My purpose in using the internet is not to meet people either. But I did meet in person with another frequent poster in the C-D Retirement Forum. I was on a road trip which passed near where he lives in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, and we got together for breakfast at a restaurant. Both of us enjoyed it. No romantic interest contemplated by either of us (we are both male).
It is sometimes very interesting to meet someone in the flesh with whom you've exchanged ideas online for a while and whose personality and values you feel you've come to know.
I am open to meeting other posters in the future. I don't seek it out particularly, but I am in discussion with two other Retirement Forum posters on that subject right now.
My purpose in using the internet is not to meet people either. But I did meet in person with another frequent poster in the C-D Retirement Forum. I was on a road trip which passed near where he lives in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, and we got together for breakfast at a restaurant. Both of us enjoyed it. No romantic interest contemplated by either of us (we are both male).
It is sometimes very interesting to meet someone in the flesh with whom you've exchanged ideas online for a while and whose personality and values you feel you've come to know.
I am open to meeting other posters in the future. I don't seek it out particularly, but I am in discussion with two other Retirement Forum posters on that subject right now.
I met up with a dog rescue lady I met on Facebook. Several.
My family was kind of shocked. Lol. I've met up with family I found through genealogy websites.
I've met up with several people I have met through a pet rescue site years ago. I actually have an online friend who I met through that website and became FB friends with after that site went under coming tomorrow to spend a couple of nights here. We are keeping her pets while she travels. This will be our first in person meeting, but we've been friends online for years now.
I am old fashioned. I admit it. I'm in my 50s. I never met anyone for a date or friendship from 14 years old to now I didn't know or a friend didn't know well. This swipe left or right and social media stuff, or online friendships, are lazy BS, superficial, crap. The best new people I have met were not online. They were people I met through mutual friends.
I am old fashioned. I admit it. I'm in my 50s. I never met anyone for a date or friendship from 14 years old to now I didn't know or a friend didn't know well. This swipe left or right and social media stuff, or online friendships, are lazy BS, superficial, crap. The best new people I have met were not online. They were people I met through mutual friends.
I'm in my 50s also. There are some people I've chatted with online since the 90s. Another forum.
i post pretty regularly on this one local<edit> social media site and another regular poster invited me to an event. i have never met a person in real life who i met online. does this ever work out and people can become actual friends? or is meeting a real person different than an online persona?
I did meet up with a woman who became one of my best friends. I consider her kids my nieces/nephews.
I met my husband here on CD. I've also met several friends from an old AOL message board when I've been traveling in their state or they have been in mine.
I made a very good local friend through a food site. Local posters would arrange periodic group meals at area restaurants. Most were lovely, a few were real pills. A dozen of us still meet a few times a year but no longer make it an "open" event.
I also went on a 3 day cooking retreat last year with several I "knew" from the same food site. We discussed the trip by email and made a Facebook group for sharing info. We rented a house through VRBO, split the charges and cooked and ate to our hearts content. It turned out great! We have another retreat planned for this fall for a week.
I met a few CD people at a get together several years ago. It was fun and I had thought I had bonded with one woman. Then she later began extremely bitchy to me on this site. I no longer answer any of her posts or interact with her in any way. Made me avoid CD for a few years too since she is a prolific poster.
I have met some wonderful people through Meet-up groups. Sometimes it takes a while to find the right group. I'm now only active in one that I've been a member of for 5 years. Have joined two couples in non-meet-up things. One was too flaky for me. The other couple is terrific and we have much in common - attended their wedding reception and a few Holiday meals at their home.
Go for it! Trust your instincts and use common sense. The oddest part , for me, was actually seeing the people in real life. I guess on some level I had formed an idea of how they looked and most times they looked quite different!
I am old fashioned. I admit it. I'm in my 50s. I never met anyone for a date or friendship from 14 years old to now I didn't know or a friend didn't know well. This swipe left or right and social media stuff, or online friendships, are lazy BS, superficial, crap. The best new people I have met were not online. They were people I met through mutual friends.
Okay, but that's your experience. And, you grew up in a completely different time period. Plenty of people have met wonderful friends and spouses via the internet/social media.
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