When I met people from Compuserve I was living in WV & then OH. I met people in SC, VA, OR, WA among other places & even spent a week in England with Compuserve folks from the US & England.
I happened to be traveling a bit - to an annual scientific meeting in a different city every year, sometimes to visit other friends. A couple times just to get together with a group of folks from the Cooks Forum... 32 of us got together for 4 days...
..in Charleston SC in '94; little groups got together in Wash DC a number of times. I had 2 romantic relationships that grew out of online friendships; traveled a bit for them (Seattle, Philadelphia, Fairfax VA). Then 4 women from the US...
..decided to go to London, to get together with about 8 Compuserve members in England, most of whom opened their houses to us & cooked great meals for the whole group. It was really a wonderful experience, all of it. And nothing creepy, ever.
Wow, Susan! Thank you so much for sharing! I believe that it's good to be concerned for ones safety, but not so much so that it prevents the person from experiencing new things! Personally, I'm very open about myself. Anyone who converses with me,
Yeah, I'm pretty transparent online. On Compuserve, real names were required, so it would be easier to check up on someone. I don't remember any serious concerns about people posing as someone else, but there might have been. Most of us knew each...
other QUITE well before meeting, sometimes for a year or more, and the group get togethers were an additional safety measure. Sometimes it was just a meal together in a restaurant for 5-6 of us, if someone from father away happened to be in town.
Well, everyone knows my last name. Many know my first name. Some even know my middle name.
I fully understand and respect why so many are paranoid about their identities, but some take it to an extreme
When i fail, i just beat my cat mercilessly. She loves me for it too. Know why? 'Cause why the fuck would I ever actually beat my cat? I hope you know how stupid that comment was. There, handshake, no more bad blood. I'll even follow you again.
Id like to meet reb, if hes around my age. Id be creepy if hes 40 years old. Taking a road trip to massachusetts next year to go to the gathering of the vibes with some friends. I might make a stop in Michigan.
Nick I understand you. There was a poll asking if you would meet SoH users you follow. I made a comment that it depends on who, because it would be creepy if I were to meet someone half my age.
We talked a lot on here to the point where it got ridiculous (.5 GB of data in 4 days). Then we started texting and that got ridiculous (4K texts a month). So we Facetimed (2K min a month). And then we met up in person. And the rest is history :)
Convincing a guy that he won't lose his username if he changes his name to something else, then back to his name with the caps that he (like all of us, well, except lower-case me), lost with the update.
Oh ok. I was a little worried too... I have a common username and the little paranoid part of my brain was worried that someone would choose my username in the 5 seconds I wasn't using it.
I'm thinking you won't be able to, morelove, but go for it, if you can. That'll really confuse people when you start talking about... certain topics. Like circumcision. And alt medicine. And having little kids.
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