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posted by
BC-A
on January 7, 2014 at 12:38 PM
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That is nice, you had chance to meet online friends face-to-face.
posted by
etfindicators
on January 4, 2014 at 4:50 PM
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I have met gems and turds....the gems outweigh the turds...hhhhhhhhhhhh
My best friend lives in canada and she and I met in fb chat when they still had it and that was 6 years ago!
posted by
Annicita
on December 31, 2013 at 4:33 PM
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Re: Re: Kabu,
it really is a lovely story isn't it, and still so in love with each other.
posted by
Kabu
on December 30, 2013 at 7:18 PM
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Since I've been "on-line," I have met a few people via chat rooms, and of course Blog-it, but no one face-to-face. I guess I'm just not that brave . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on December 30, 2013 at 1:31 PM
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I doubt it happens often to many as it did to Wiley & Kabu.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 30, 2013 at 12:07 PM
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Re: Kabu,
You and Wiley are a miracle several times over!
posted by
Ciel
on December 30, 2013 at 10:01 AM
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I do know that Wiley and I had three days of getting to know each other before I came here to what as soon as I walked inside I knew was my home. That way if there was no chemistry we could shake hands and I would just keep on going.
ps....I shower regular LOL.
posted by
Kabu
on December 29, 2013 at 4:32 PM
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Re: CCT,
On the whole, I agree with you, but I don't think rationality is how most people approach life's little problems. And I agree, that mugging is a more likely outcome whether meeting in person or online. There are so many kinds of muggings, not all physical. And kindness is not reciprocated with kindness very often, nor loyalty with loyalty.
posted by
Ciel
on December 29, 2013 at 2:38 PM
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Wise advice you have there...I myself do not recall ever having met someone first online before seeing them in person.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 29, 2013 at 9:27 AM
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Well Ciel I think you have got to look at thing rationally,
just because one enjoys the intercourse of the written word.
One is just as likely to stand on a street corner and pick out
the first person one meets as subject for further gentle understanding.
Whether we like it or not sexual attraction is the most usual thing
that attracts people together, it is not perfect by any means.
This is not always the case of course, but I will leave you to
explain other means of attraction. I think meeting a stranger one
is more likely to get mugged than find happiness.
Things were different once girls married the boy next door or two doors away
it was the same environment and the aim was simple.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 29, 2013 at 6:38 AM
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blind dates. i've had a few. two men that responded to my personal ad. one was definitely a writer but was too weird for my tastes, another was with an air force dentist who most likely thought i was too fat and boring for him at the time, and another was with a lesbian and we've been close friends (platonic) for 20 years. you're right about the neutral location with limits on time. 
posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on December 29, 2013 at 5:39 AM
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