Keeping your online life separate from your offline life

I do agree to some extend ,I have met some online friends one time . What I did I plan a group meeting for all the members in that group and we all meet up and it was a real nice day , we go out for ice cream and skating we were teenagers and I arrange for one adult to be safe and we talk to all the parents . That day was amazing but after I moved away and My phone was stolen I loss all contacts with my private group .

Most of my friends online are real friend offline only few from other site that have not met. But if ever had a chance I want to meet them also and to know more about them if they are real in sincere online or offline.

Hi Porcospino, Most of the person fear to meet online friends,even girls and girls and boys and boys also fear to meet and fear to give email or phone number. But though online and off line friends are separate, I do not have any objection to met with my online friends I have already told you I have met two online friends, still I am waiting to meet one on line friend since two months she is talking to me on phone. Have a nice day.

Half of my closest friends are those who are my online and offline friends. Yes, it's been 5 years when I first met these good people from a social site. We started chatting, adding each other and then decided to meet in person since we (most of us) live in same place. After the first meeting, there comes next and next until we find ourselves hooked to each other. Yes, the age difference doesn't matter. I am the oldest in the group and just few of us are married- most of them are singles (but we are all ladies) The friendship is still very much intact and growing stronger, maybe there's some connection that bond us all. Some of them are working abroad and each time they visit our country, we always get the chance to met each other for bonding moments.

Hey thanks for such a nice topic. Well i would like to agree to your friend's point of view to some extent. Our online and offline lives are completely different and so are others. We often present ourselves in a good way online and hide all possible sadness and sorrows online. We often misunderstand our online friends and think that they are the perfect ones but we should not do this every time unless and until we understand them fully. It is very difficult to trust a person online. So it would be better if our personal and online lives are kept apart to a certain extent. What say?

Nearly most of my online friends , i know them in real life , the rest is just online :)

Personally I have met quite a few people in real life that once started out as only people from online, and am actually quite Glad that I have. I think many times when you start out being online you keep a little bit of distance and reserved. Then you learn to let the others in, and next thing you know you do feel a kinship and a Trust and wish you could meet them. Anyone really feeling this way might be missing out on a lot of Fun memories and times in the end.

hi porcospino. i think that our on-line personality is part of our off-line personas. i certainly would like to meet my online friends here in mylot. in fact, just a couple minutes ago, i replied to a number of discussions about just that. it seems that a couple of mylotters based here in manila are setting up a meeting this month. i asked for details of the meeting to be sent to me so i can see if i can join. i understand the point of your friend and for a good part of my life, i think i also prefer to keep my online life separate from my offline life. what i portray here in mylot isn't my whole personality although it does give a glimpse of what i am like off line. anyway, i will still be joining the get together although i'll still be guarded and not divulge too much personal information about myself. i'm sure the other mylotters will understand if that is the case. cheers and happy mylotting!!!

Hi Porco, i am looking forward to meeting you and the other online friends in the future. As for me, as long i can communicate well and understand each other well, it is no harm to meet our online friends. Recently, i had met one of my online friends and happy to be able to spend some time with her. Both of us seems to have a busy offline matters to settle daily, so we can't plan much gathering together. So, i am waiting to meet you in future, when you have the opportunity to visit my country. I will let you know earlier if i am able to visit your country in future.

hello porcospino, nice to see that you already had 100/100 rank huh? i believe not most people here have the same rank as yours... congrats on that! well, i can see not all people have the same opinions and views in such and offline and online friends might be well separated when we want to keep them separated. just like your friend said, it's better to separate them cause not all your characteristics will be seen when you don't see them personally. but those who personally see you knows your every movement but not all knows deep inside of you. I guess it depends on how you truly managed to become a better person and just afraid of being seen when you are just an imperfect one. there can be insecurities in life we can't help not to face. being online we can respect our views in life, even without seeing each other, we can feel that this person is being true. though not all are willing to be seen...it just takes time. If they find the person who they feel comfortable talking with and wanted to see them, the more friendship feeling they would feel. sometimes, it's better to feel something comfortable first before meeting those online friends... how about you? what do you prefer then?

I have a few online friends I would like to meet. But my reason for responding is because I just (a few weeks ago) read of someone meeting an online friend. They had so much in common, it seemed. I don't remember how long they were friends online before they finally met. When they did they had very little to discuss and it was a disaster. I think they spent the weekend together, one had gone to visit the other. After that they never kept in touch. The person who wrote it said they wished they had not met. I thought it was odd. I mean, if they had things to talk about online, wouldn't they have found things to discuss in person? But I would like to meet a few of the friends I have. Don't know if they would like to meet me, though! Interesting discussion.