meeting people in real life that you've met online...done it?

who has? i never have but i've met some people online who i wish i could meet in person. if you've done it before what was your experience? are the people the same in person as you had imagined? are they different? is it best to keep an online relationship online?

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also, where online did you meet? how old are you/were you? does that make a difference?

Done it, and will probably do it multiple times in the future. Sometimes people online are different in person, and it can make things awkward. But for the most part I haven't had that issue.

I also talk to them over the phone a few times before meeting them in person to get a feel for how a one-on-one real-time conversation would play out.

Some people will tell you that it's too dangerous, but those people are rude and disrespectful of your judgment with regards to your own welfare, so screw them. They seem to assume that you won't take basic safety measures like tell a family member who you'll be with and what time, or meeting in a well-lit public location. I trust that you have basic common sense, so I say go for it!

Married it.

Done it with three people I can think of. In 2 out of 3 cases we had talked a LOT online before meeting, and once we did meet it wasn't weird at all.  The other I talked to for a couple weeks online and we went on a date. It wasn't weird or anything, but we just didn't click. As far as I recall I can't think of ever having a bad experience with it.

done it. ended up traveling with that person. had a great time =) Others I ended up going for drinks with.

I've been good friends with a woman for about seven years now that I first met online. We are both pretty shy so I'm glad that we had the internet as an icebreaker.

I have met with 4 people that I have met online. Three being friends I met online and 1 my husband I met 9 years ago.

is there an age that is more appropriate for dating prospects? or no? where did you meet? an online forum? dating site?

i've done it. it's how i met my bf, the guy before him, and all the friends i hang with now. sounds wierd, but it's the easiest way to make friends/relationships when you're an adult nowadays. there's no more being pushed into class together, or meeting in band or the school play. you gotta make want you want happen, and for me, the interweb made it happen.

meeting online friends is easier than meeting online dates. the stakes don't seem as high if you go in knowing you're just looking for friendship. the 1st guy was (online dating) was hella creepy in person. he kept staring at me and licking his lips. 2nd guy, bf, was awesome online, over the phone, and in person. long story short, if you listen to your guts and your common sense, and have more than 1 phone convo b/f meeting (i didn't with Lips), you'll know beforehand whether you'd feel comfortable meeting them in person. 

chrissy are you 21? i guess from your screen name. if so, then that's fine for online dating. as long as you're an adult, looking for another adult to date, it's all good.

Original Post by jewelsmcblah:

Married it.

Ditto.

Original Post by cptbunny:

Original Post by jewelsmcblah:

Married it.

Ditto.

Ditto

Married mine, too.  It was right before my nineteenth birthday when I met Alex and he's a lot different in person than he is online.  Online he acts like a whiny, emo little girl that you just can't wait to slap with a dictionary.  In person, he's the complete opposite and somewhat of a genius.

I've met quite a few people from the internet in person.  Half of 'em are my best friends, the other half are better off on the internet where I can put up an away message when they get too hyper.

It's my goal to someday meet PG and have a few beers with her.  It's goin' to happen.  We just don't have schedules that sync up and she has no idea about it yet.

i met starlitocean a couple of weeks ago :)

i've dated a couple of guys i met online.  one ended up being an ass; the other is a friend now.

CD, i'm still here and you're not invisible.  and i'd love to have a few beers with you, but i'm not coming to toledo.

(speaking of invisible, remember that time i blocked you, because you were so annoying, but then i had to unblock every time you posted because i couldn't stand not knowing what you were saying?  that was funny.)

I have done it three times.

1. Was the same in person-we got along.

2. Was quieter in person and slightly weird--but we got along anyway.

3. Was way cooler in person.

None were crazy psychos.  I enjoyed meeting all of them.

I've met some Calorie Count friends in person at a couple of meet-ups in Washington DC.  It was really great spending time with the people I'd gotten to know through CC.  I've seen couple of them, who live not too far from me, several times, one on one and it was really fun.  I think having a mutual interest in getting healthy was the key.  We had plenty to talk about, and still do. 

I don't know if I'd agree to a first time one on one meeting, but I was very comfortable with a small group.

I've met 2 guys....unfortunatly both I didn't click with. 

The first guy was a good ole' country boy....nice, just not for me.

The 2nd guy was a very very creepy experience.  But honestly, you can get a creepy experience even with someone you didn't meet online.  Unfortunatly, this guy was a trip, he drove 9 hours to see me...which I was kind of freaked out about because after talking to him on the phone he did something very very weird, which is so not appropriate for this disscussion board.  Anyway, to say the least he freaked me out because after he got here, he said he wanted to move there and be with me 24/7.  yea, not my cup o' tea.

However, I did get to know my fiance online, granted we met and knew each other a year or so before, but I got to know know him online. 

Oh, and my brother met his current girlfriend online and she's awesome!  But like I said, you could get someone awesome or someone not, it really is dependent on people.  I've met people just in person who have freaked me out even more than that one dude....so, i think of online as a really big bar, you get the good and the bad. :)

wow, i wish i had been as lucky as all of you. every experience with meeting someone online had been bad for me. not horrible, they just all turned out to be completly weird and/or stalkerish.

I did it once a couple years ago - was temporarily moving back in with my parents in the boonies, so I tried to meet some local people in the "strictly platonic" section of Craigslist. I really hit it off with one guy online and we emailed a while. When we finally met up, he just seemed much less awesome/clever and actually kind of wimpy. It wasn't a bad experience per se, just a waste of time.

When I was in college (back in the Friendster era) I was involved in a couple music scenes. Sometimes I would meet cool people at shows, exchange contact info, develop a friendship online, and eventually start hanging out in person. Had much better luck with those, with the exception of one particular creep. *shudders*

I do have a friend that met her husband on eHarmony, though. He's pretty cool.

there are so many CCers that i want to meet in person but none seem to be nearby. i live in los angeles, you'd think there would be more people on here from around the area :(

WHERE ARE YOU GUYS MEETING THESE PEOPLE?? THAT'S THE IMPORTANT QUESTION :)

I don't know if you're asking specifically about dating, but when I was (and still am) apartment searching, I met a LOT of people from Craigslist that were renting out rooms. Everyone I met seemed really normal and well-adjusted, although I only met them briefly. Some people also are a lot nicer online.

I also met a guy casually from Craigslist, but he turned out to be a lot less interesting and articulate in person than he seemed on the internet. It was quite disappointing.

Most people want to meet in a public place. A coffee shop is always the go-to. I have met some people at their houses (only for renting!), but that was after a lot of email exchanges. I don't think I would meet someone casually at their house....