On-line friendships

[Sky Dancer]

They come and they go.

What's your best experience with them?

I had a woman that I corresponded with for many years that I met on a crime forum. We became close friends.

I've lost touch with her.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

In years of being on forums there are only 3 people I ever spoke to on the phone.
And that was only after knowing that they are in fact who they say they are.
I have never met one in person...however if I find myself in California...there is somebody there I would like to have a few beers and a cigar with.

 

[Sunshine]

In years of being on forums there are only 3 people I ever spoke to on the phone.
And that was only after knowing that they are in fact who they say they are.
I have never met one in person...however if I find myself in California...there is somebody there I would like to have a few beers and a cigar with.

I'm sure I know to whom you refer. However I would like to kick him in the nuts. Maybe you could deliver the message. And from his blustering I figured out who he was LONG before he was on the Admins FB page. Yes, I spoke with the Admin there on the phone several times and he's a FB friend..

There is a TN forum I'm on and I know every person on the forum by their real name and also where they live and work. They have meet ups, but I've never been able to attend one.

 

[Sky Dancer]

In years of being on forums there are only 3 people I ever spoke to on the phone.
And that was only after knowing that they are in fact who they say they are.
I have never met one in person...however if I find myself in California...there is somebody there I would like to have a few beers and a cigar with.

I've regularly IM-ed a number of people before and spoken on the phone to two.

 

[Sunshine]

I also live about an hour away from Mudwhistle and another member of a different forum. I really should have coffee with them, but when I'm through their neck of the woods I'm either in a hurry or tired.

 

[Mr. H.]

Got to be good chums with a guy on another board. A few years later, while on a visit with my kid in L.A., we hooked up and went to a party and a concert. Great guy, Navy vet.
We stay in touch but not as often. I do intend to visit him again some day.

 

[Unkotare]

They come and they go.
.

Like everything you've ever done, failure?

 

[WinterBorn]

I met my wife online, and we have several friends we talk to on a regular basis.

My oldest son met his fiance' on an online dating service. And my middle son met his g/f on a NaNoWriMo website. So my family has had good luck online.

I have met friends face-to-face several time, and have not had a bad experience yet.

I think the upside of online friendships is that we see what a person is like inside before we see the outside.

 

[Unkotare]

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[jaw2929]

Mainly just have two that I can think of, where I've met and/or talked to on the phone. Known 'em both since about 2004 or so I believe. Still good friends online.

 

[Lovebears65]

I have met several people I have chatted with online. There is one that I talked to on the phone from England and we even sent each other gifts at one time. We lost contact. I wish I could find her again she was very nice.

 

[zzzz]

Had a coffee with a women I met a couple of years ago on line this summer. Had a good time. She was here from Cali. Plan on meeting up again next year when she comes back through Indiana.

 

[syrenn]

The internet is a global world. The sites i am on, someone somewhere is always on line. I have good friends all over the country and world. They come to see me, i go to see them. We hang out, gallivant around and have a good old time. It also helps to live in an international hub. It takes a long time for me to get comfortable enough to meet someone though. One of my friends from AU spent last holidays with us and staid for 6 weeks. The time before that was Disneyland, Vegas and NYC.

YIM, Skype and a headset.... are a fabulous way to talk domestic and international. Of course there is also the phone

 

[Liability]

They come and they go.

What's your best experience with them?

I had a woman that I corresponded with for many years that I met on a crime forum. We became close friends.

I've lost touch with her.

HER best experience was losing touch with you, no doubt.

 

[Unkotare]

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[syrenn]

http://www.amazon.com/Shallows-What...1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321854568&sr=8-1&tag=ff0d01-20

and

where did you post this link? ..... the net.

 

[Unkotare]

You were programmed to say that.

 

[syrenn]

You were programmed to say that.

And you were programed to post it...and respond

 

[Tank]

They come and they go.
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Like everything you've ever done, failure?

Unkodick

 

[Unkotare]

You were programmed to say that.

And you were programed to post it...and respond