Are you comfortable meeting people from the internet in real life?

Australia
March 6, 2007 7:06am CST
The majority of my friends are people that I've met online. (How do you think I ended up in Australia? Hehe.) How do you guys feel about meeting people you know from chatrooms and games and such?
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@MsRetro (249)
• United States
11 Mar 07
I've met several of my 'net friends. My experience is that, by and large, people are honest about who they are online, and the ones that aren't honest are not going to go to any sort of meet-up. I also use the 'net to organize for local activism, so there is an assumption that everyone will meet. So, amybe that's colored my judgement a bit.
@zfactor (47)
• India
8 Mar 07
Yup... No issues with that, but are people in this web world real?
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@blueman (16509)
• India
7 Mar 07
no, i think most people in chatrooms and internet are fake. though there might be exceptions but i prefer meeting people in real life.
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@gary87 (129)
• India
6 Mar 07
i love chatting very much whether the person on the other side is a male or a female or whether i know him/her or not.... chatting is a way to express yourself and to know about others , so dont hesitate dear and just go for it, you will soon become comfortable with it, you have to be in it to believe it........
• Portugal
8 Mar 07
It's kind of strange to me to meet people a met online. I never did and probably never will. But I can say that I have some friends who did it and there are different endings to their stories. Some end in a good way and others not.
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7 Mar 07
Where are you originally from then? I am not SURE about meeting people from chat in real life. some personalities may differ and some people hide behind the monitor, some vicious, dirty and ugly personalities. they might appear to you to be nice at first, but in real life they are the cruelest SOB's! mind you MOST online chatters are professional liars. I met one person in real life. turned out to be a big cheater and a liar. my x-girlfriend. But looking forward to someone that would change my mind about online people. just to be my friend.
@meera88 (737)
• India
6 Mar 07
well iam really not comfortable while meeting people whom i became friends in net....cos basically iam a shy girl...n dont speak a lot when we meet face to face...but im gud while talkin in the net..... so in those meetings i had with my net friends...i had an uncomfortable time....n we had a lot of silent moments...ooooo....i dont like to think about that....
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