This is gonna be pretty darn funny but i mean every word..I recently got xbox live (bascially a online gaming thingy where u can talk on mic while playing games with otheres threw the internet) anyways i was playing a snowboarding game and some girl came in the game and we got talking about stuff and i realized she was like a really cool girl from what i know..Anyways I got her email and we talk on msn every single day for hours and not 30 minutes goes by when she or i says when can we meet or stuff like that, only she lives like 3 proviences away..We always say like "i love you" and stuff and we exchanged pictures and shes like so amazingly beaufiul and whats really crazy is Im moving to whistler next year after im done highschool to snowboard and she said shes always talked about that and she would move with me (procrasition i know but this girl is sooo serious) we both LOVE snowboarding and would love to do that all day everyday in whistler..Anyways I dunno what to do, am i really weird to meet her like this? I cant explain how much we seem to be alike and even dream the same , like opening a buisness someday and stuff..I fall alseep talking to her on msn everyday and we talk on mic alot too, i dunno tho, what do u guys think?
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Meeting online?
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meeting offline is not all it's cracked up to be...you're young though, play it safe
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Dunno, but tell me how to get my GF to play video games please, that would make life fantastic-not only do we talk great i can also beat her butt in something. =)
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h3ll no. it
s way much better if a girl is better than you in something, cuz you don
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First off all if you ever meet anyone you have met online makes sure someone knows where you are etc etc....common sense really.....I have met up with lots of people that i have met online (I am 33!) and still have a lot of contact with most of them......and I am getting married to a guy I met online....we met nearly 8 years ago and have a son together.I wouldn't have dreamed of the dangers there are now with regards to meeting people in the 'real world' that you have met online.......and I know if I was younger.....I don't think I would meet anyone!
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if you get on well online then maybe you can be good friends when you do eventually meet up - its definately not strange at all to like someone like this. good luck if you guys do decide to meet up.
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Yer whatever you choose to do, makesure that you play it safe because you never know what it could turn out to be. I've had people declaring their love to me over MSN and things but never am I going to meet up with them (not just cos i got a girlfriend) because you never know. Take care
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you are in canada! moving to whistler. so does that mean you live in saskatchewan then? (as you said she lives 3 provinces away)
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That would be Manitoba: BC (Whistler) ---> Alberta (me, woot), Saskatchewan, Manitoba
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I really think you shouldn't meet her!!! That's dangerous!! :open_mouth:
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good luck w it for sure...saskatchewan is a very desolate place. hows your rave scene up there?
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i met someone onlinbe, and it wetn really well, so long as you play it safe and do everything the way advised you should be fine!! good luck hunni!!
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I'm 26 now, and, no stranger to getting chatting to people online, and, meeting up... not necessarily looking for anything, but, have done it, and, would do it again... first time I met someone online, I was 17, and, I thought: "God, what'm I doing", but, still did it... the internet is a new social order really, I don't think it should be strange to meet people online at all... a few examples, for those of you who will indulge me:
I'm a big fan of the Battletech universe... books and games, but, in England, it's not really that bigger scene, so, when I was 17 Wizards of the Coast released a Trading Card Game for it, and had a board to post on to meet other players, so, myself and a friend of mine used to drive down regularly to play, we even went to a few venues as far afield as Wales, and London, and, I made a fair few good buddies out of that!
Not so long ago, I found a shop that dealt in the Mechwarrior stuff (battletech resurrected basically) so, have been down there loads, got to know everyone from there, and, have another group of great friends, who incidently, I also have been known on occassion to play online games with!!
I'm also into the modified car scene as well (think american's call it "custom" rather than modified... so, just to give worldwide understanding :wink: lol) and found a new local cruise scene via the internet :smile:
Also, I've met a few friends via IRC as well, who've driven to meet me, and I've driven to meet them places, and we just have a few drinks together on a night out... it's all good fun!
Now, for the bombshell: the person I've fallen in love with, I met online!!
So, there you have my answer... personally, I believe the few spoil it for the many, the majority of people I've met online have been pretty genuine... I don't know if that's just me being naivé, but, I think there is less need for a facade here that people seem to perceive a need for in real life, but, of course, I would still take precautions even now when meeting anybody, so, yes, be careful, make sure people know where you are, who you're going to be with, and, have a contact name and address for the other person, not just for you ... unfortunately, as already stated... the few are there to spoil it for the many... but, good luck :smile:
Oh, and, I know a couple who got married after meeting on x-box live... and they were a continent apart! ... an english guy, and, an american lady, so, if it's indeed romance you're after, you never know :wink:
Dan
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Good post, but I don't think you realized how long it's been since this thread was active. The last time someone responded besides you was January 2005.
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lol, I'm pretty new to the forum, and, I hadn't noticed until after I posted, but, I thought it was useful, so I left it... though, this is totally off subject!! lolDan
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It depends upon how realistic ones expectations are. Some folks are real good at letting their fantasies dictate their reality...until reality bites back. Don't expect too much up front and you'll about break even...and occasionally get a nice surprise.