Have you ever met someone in ""Real life"" who you origianlly met online?

Question

how did it go??

Answer 1

Yes. Add me to those who met their spouse online. He was in San Diego (former Navy fighter pilot), wasting time by playing hearts at Pogo online. I had been living out of the States for 10 years and was trying to learn how to use a computer, by playing hearts at Pogo. (Okay, there are better ways to learn.)

We spoke and wrote constantly for the better part of a year before we met. We were like old friends by then, knew where we differed and had covered the issue of faith completely.

We did have a very humorous moment when we first met. I'd gone to New Jersey (where we live now) to meet him for the first time, and was staying at his father's house. Back in North Carolina, my tennis partner was in a state of paralysis, worrying about me going off to meet this guy. The first evening I was there, she phoned. My husband answered, and when she asked for me, he just deadpanned, "Who?"

We all had a good laugh, after the smelling salts at her end.

P.S. We're still best friends and love each other many years later. We still laugh all the time and are very silly together.

Answer 2

Yes - several. I lead an online study group on PalTalk. About 5 years after the group started, they organized a "Weekend Reunion"and I had the opportunity to meet almost 50 people from all over the US and Europe that I had previously known only online. It was a wonderful experience. Many of them are now close Friends and we visit one another as often as possible.
Since I travel quite a bit - I get to see some of them fairly regularly. I actually look for opportunities to meet with most of the folks (there are exceptions) I've met online if I know I'll be traveling to their area.
I try to be discerning and I've never met with anyone that gave me "bad vibes" or that I hadn't had a change to get to know fairly well online first, so to this point, it's all good.

Answer 3

I used to be part of a majordomo mailing list for the Black Crowes back in 1994-95. I met someone attending University of Indiana at the time, and I was stationed in California. We became friends, and maintained our friendship for 6 or 7 years through email exclusively (no phone calls, etc.).

I had to go to Indianapolis on business in 2000 or so, and asked if she would like to meet for dinner when I was in town. We did, and it was actually the first time we had ever seen one another's face. We are still friends to this day, and have even vacationed not only to one another's homes, but once to NYC (to see the Black Crowes, ironically enough, on New Year's Eve in 2005).

Answer 4

Yes, I met with an Everquest guild member over Chinese food, while I was on a business trip.

He knew me as the guild leader/web master, and wasn't prepared for my confession that I was also the cute wood elf he had been flirting with.

A month ago, 8 Track Mind and I came real close to throwing back a beer together, but the schedules didn't quite line up.

Answer 5

Yeah. I met someone on MySpace about a week and a half ago who lives in the same town I work in, so I told him to come see me at work some time (I work at a store in the mall), and he did a couple days ago. It went alright. I talked to him online and once on the phone before I met him in person.

I also met my ex on MySpace, but I found him by browsing classmate finder, so I'm sure I'd have met him at school anyway. It only lasted like a month though. :(

Answer 6

Not "in real life," no. But I regularly email, and occasionally speak on the phone with, someone I met online. I have other friends I met online that I email fairly regularly, too. If things work out, I'll probably be meeting at least two of them this spring; one lives only a few hours from me.

I have a good friend from high school who met his common-law wife at an on-line atheism discussion board (she's a moderator there to this day). She moved from CT to SC to be with him. It worked out well for them. (Funny story: I told them that I thought it was soooo romantic and they both rolled their eyes at me simultaneously.)

Answer 7

No, I really don't think I ever will. Since I'm not looking for a relatioship with anyone.
All I want to do is help people (if I can ) with answers they are looking for. Since I'm older ,I have a great deal of experience under my belt and I study the Bible, As long as I can help ,I don't need to meet anyone. Hey take care.

Answer 8

I have lots of times. I do take precaution's-meeting in a public place, taking the time to chat, have some coffee. Then we part and if there is a connection there maybe go out sometime in the future. 8:)

Answer 9

Yeah! My boyfriend of almost two years now! He was living three hours away and drove down to see me, it was freezing that day, but we had a good, if not semi-nervous, time.
My dad was convinced that he was a pedophile before we met...hehe

Answer 10

No. But my housemate used to meet up with women he "met" on myspace, and dated a few of them for reasonable periods of time. They were surprisingly normal.