I'm not planning anything but i see people arranging it in chat rooms, and wondering soes it actually work out? did u stay in cntact, as friends? a relationship?
2007-04-08 06:06:38 · 48 answers · asked by purplegal 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
This is a complicated question that has multiple answers. If you are a minor, you should never meet up with anyone you have met online or exchange any personal information with that person (address, email, school,name, telephone number). If you are an adult, you should be weary of who you are talking to. Remember there are a lot of wackos, stalkers, sexual predators and weirdos pretending to be decent people online. This doesn't mean that everyone is a weirdo but you should think the worst before thinking the best (for safety's sake). If you want to meet the person make sure you have a good sense of them before you meet them. Chat online and exchange emails for a couple of weeks and then arrange to meet in a very public space. Also make sure to tell someone you trust who you are meeting with and where. Nowadays you just have to be careful. Good luck!
2007-04-08 06:15:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I made two very dear friends online, and also found a long-lost cousin. I have met them all, but only keep in frequent touch with one of the friends. They all live far from me. I'm also in an Oldies Music group on AOL from a chat room, and about 50 of us have a yearly barbecue, coming from all different states! I went once.
P.S. 1) I'm an adult, and 2) I think anyone should use some caution when meeting someone you met online -- don't meet one on one or in a secluded place for first meetings, let someone know where you're going, etc.
2007-04-08 06:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by catintrepid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've done it many times...met both one-on-one and gone to social functions arranged on websites or message boards visited.
I've never had a "bad" experience, although some were better than others. I've dated guys I met online, I've made friends with people I met online (including my current best friends) and through them went on my first cruise, several cabin trips, condo weekends ect.
Overall it's been a very positive experience for me...I just try to use good judgement in meeting people initially and then if that meeting goes well, we can see what happens from there.
I know several couples right now, who originally met online...some of them are married now.
2007-04-08 06:12:20 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have met a few I have chatted to online and have met a few just for a drink but always in a safe place but never let them know where I live unless I have known them long enough,I hav'nt had any scares and am still in touch with some of them,one good friend I have made and we are in contact most days although we dont often get time to meet up,when we have met up it is always in a safe place and I always drive myself home after he has gone.
2007-04-08 06:24:10 · answer #4 · answered by lynda k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have met several people from chat. only one turned out to be a creep. I dated one for a while, but he lived too far away to keep the relationship. we're still friends. I know other couples that met online and one moved to marry the other, sometimes from another country.
2007-04-08 06:36:28 · answer #5 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am now married (and have a child) with a man that I met online. My advice is never give your home phone number or where you live to anyone you talk to online. If you decide to meet do so in a public place (like a restaurant or a coffee shop) and drive yourself. It can work but be careful.
2007-04-08 06:13:46 · answer #6 · answered by Mandy W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I met up with a couple of people i met online and no, it most definately didn't work out!
I think you get to think you know someone but in reality how can you when all you have to go on when you meet is what they have been telling you through a computer?
2007-04-08 06:12:15 · answer #7 · answered by butterfly.bride 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I met up with someone from this site recently, she's very cool we are now good friends an hang out regularly. She's very dappa to!!!
End of the day as dodgy as it is, is it any more dangerous than meeting someone in a pub/club?
Yes you have to be carefull, always meet in a public place etc. but its just as scary as the real world.
2007-04-08 06:09:16 · answer #8 · answered by Whatever. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, i live with a man i met online and right now my best friend, who i also originally got to know online, is staying with us.
Met quite a lot of people, some i liked, some i didn't, and stayed in touch with a few.
2007-04-08 06:47:46 · answer #9 · answered by El 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I met him online just over two years ago. We talked on the phone after a couple emails, met face-to-face a couple of days later. He is my best friend, my business partner, and we share a home. We do not have a romantic or sexual relationship. As he is fond of saying, boyfriends and girlfriends are temporary. They come and go. Friends are forever.
2007-04-08 06:11:13 · answer #10 · answered by friendlyadvice 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋