Are your internet friends Axe Murderers?

[lynnzop]

I have a RL friend who, quite seriously, told one of my internet friends (when she met her IRL) that she was "glad Lynn's Internet friends were not axe murderers." I'm still laughing about it.

So curious....have you ever met any of your Internet friends in real life? And how did THAT go?

I've met a number of the EA group in person. Spent a long weekend in NYC with a bunch (for a Midwest gal, that was quite the feat). I love them all dearly, and found that all that I met in person were just the person I'd "met" online.

[cristina1]

I met my husband online. I guess that worked out well. [img]wink.gif[/img] We met before it was heard of at all to meet someone online. (Early 96.) People's faces would really show the surprise. Nowadays, it seems everyone knows someone so the shock isnt so severe.

Funny story about that. He had come to NY back when they were looking for Tim McVeigh for the OKC bombings. They didnt have a picture, just a sketch. Hubby is tall and blonde and from OKC. My mom was about to call the FBI until they announced they had caught their man.

I have met a bunch of other friends online as well. (The only EAer I met is no longer active, though.) When I moved to Washington state and we learned that we would be without furniture for over a week because the trucking company couldnt deliver before then, our "axe murderer friends" brought us loads of blankets, and pillows and sleeping bags, a TV, VCR, and some pots and pans to cook in for that time.

[erisesoteric]

I met Dan (ba da baam) online. Here, as a matter of fact. I've met quite a few of the STPers, only one suspected Axe Murderer in the lot...

[Ski]

hummm Guess I'm safe then, seeing as how I've never met you.

[Wormie]

I've met a bunch of my internet friends and they are now some of my very best real-life friends. Hubby and I met in those pre-historic days before Al Gore invented the internet, but we met through a magazine personal ad.
There are a few internet aquantances, however, that I'd prefer NOT to meet in real life.

[mjfrombuffalo]

I've met online folks IRL about a dozen times now. Some of the meetings were rather awkward but a precious few were magical - just "clicked" right from the beginning, made the transition from typing to talking like that *snaps fingers*. Really cool.

[crazy a]

Came close, but not yet. I have spoken to Bran on the phone once, though, and that was pretty neat.

Oh! And I've spoken to Leesh briefly when I called in to her radio show.

(Although I think "axe-murderer" is a stereotype, I will admit to considering being a hitman with a friend after we got out of the Marines, and I'm strongly intrigued by how serial killers can go for so long without being caught.)

[conradd]

I've met quite a few of my online friends in the real world and have only been disappointed in one case and that was early on. All my EA friends are just as wonderful IRL as online - I'm looking forward to meeting more someday.

Deb

[Exotic Ginger]

I have met a bunch of my online friends. Most of them turned out to be exactly as I thought and I have had no big surprises.

[AsIs]

Jace! Don't tell anyone about that body you helped me hide!!!! [img]eek.gif[/img]

I've probably met about 30 or 40 people so far. I've met about a dozen of the STP'ers. I've kind of lost track. Some have been great, some not so great. But most people have been pretty much what I expected.

At another board I posted on before here, we used to yearly gatherings. We did four of them I think. I made it to three. We would move them around the country so different people could make it. First was Chicago, then Vegas, then Boston, then Vegas again. Once a group of us got together in SF as well. Some internet friends have become close friends.