Ever met someone off the internet?

i've had both good and bad experiences. I have people who i still consider friends that i originally met online, but then i did date one girl who i met from my school when i was in college who turned out to be a bad experience... i am always scared, but i make sure that we talk a lot online first before even considering it. with the girl i dated from school, we probably would have never met because of how different we were and our different circles and majors, but the internet brought us together.

I have met several people off the internet. One of whom is my ex-fiance. We met when I was 17 after about 6 months of chatting online. I knew he was a real person because I saw his name in a graduation photo at his highschool when my band had a practice there so I was not scared at all, just a little nervous that he wouldn't be the guy he seemed to be. My mom met a man too. They met in person in June 05 and were married in Jan 06.

I've had only good experiences with meeting people from online. I met my best friend - we've been friends for seven years now - online, through a roleplaying group. I ended up visiting someone else in her area, so we got together for lunch and we've been close friends ever since. I wasn't nervous, as I had chatted with her on the phone and we were meeting in a public place. I've met plenty of other people from online, and so far it's worked out well for me. The way I see it: meeting someone online isn't much different than meeting someone in a bar or club. They can both lie about who they are, and caution should be exercised in both cases.

I didn't meet any before , but I just see it is not the right way to find your friend.it is better to meet him/her face to face, on net you can't see things clear.

I have met several people on the internet in many different ways. I've met numerous females to date unfortunately never lasted long. The longest one was about 5 months. The problem is what she said when we first met was how she acted while we dated. Then as we were breaking up she said she was happy because I was holding her back from being herself. Which is so untrue because she acted just like her dating profile said. I also belong to a medical website and have actually met other diabetics off of it. ANd this summer I'm planning a huge gathering of people in Las Vegas from that website. I'm estimating about 15 people being there throughout the week. This will be the largest amount I've met at one time.

Never happened although it would be very interesting if it did happen.

till now this dint happened with me.and i am not even desperate for this.because i had heard many horrible stories about this kind of meeting.once i read in newspaper that a man in germany first make friends on internet then he calls the victim for meeting at his house and then commits murder.after reading all this i never felt of meeting any strangers.but if its absolutely nessecary to meet then i will take some precautionay measures.

nope. i wouldn't feel safe doing so

i have met a couple people offline...out of the 3, 2 went kinda bad. the first one we talked for over 4 years online and on the phone. he moved here...we were about 19 and stupid, thinking all would be great. He left after a month. I think he had mental issues. The other guy, we taked online, on the phone...seemed to get along just great. I went to meet him and he pretty much ignored me and would not answer the phone after that. The last one- the only good one- we were close in age. We talked online a little but mostly on the phone. We went to a movie with his friends and drove around, typical teenager stuff. My father in law actually met his wife online! They have been married almost 3 years now and I absolutly love her!

I did some online dating a few years back. The people I met were nice enough, but no one I ever made a real connection with. I have even met up with some people to teach them how to knit and that was fun, but I've yet to make any lasting friendships. My sister met her boyfriend online though, and they have been together for 5 years. He really is a sweet and wonderful guy. Also, thanks to him, I met my boyfriend of 4 years a little less than a year later. I think meeting people online is worth a shot. As long as you are careful, you can meet some really great people.

Initally I met my husband on the internet through a chat site. He thought I was a pest because I kept bugging him about the site (he was a moderator), asking him questions about how the whole thing worked. It wasn't until I met one of his cousins online and we got to sharing a few things about each other. I found out I knew some members of his family and vice versa. His cousin must of told him about me and somehow, we got to talking. Next thing I knew he lived in the same area as me, his best friend was a boy I dated a long time ago and he knew my older brothers. We met a couple of months later at a cafe for lunch. I took my best mate with me as I was nervous as hell. They got on like a house on fire and i just quietly sat there observing LOL. 1&1/2 years later he proposed, we got married the following year, and then we had a beautiful son a year after that.

yes i did. . and I married him too! He's four years younger than me. We met in a chat room and started IM'ing each other. then we got phone numbers. We met about three months after we started talking. He came here (he lived two hours away) and took me out to a movie and dinner. He ended up coming up every weekend and three months later he asked me to marry him! We have been married three years in June and have two beautiful boys together.

I have met a couple of people via the internet. One person I met in her country. She told me online that she was the same age as me but when I met her I soon found out that she was twenty years older. I think it is difficult to form genuine friendships on line, however, I do think it's a good way to keep in touch with people you meet in real life.

I have to admit that I have met someone in real life that I first had contact with on one of those singles websites. We had many conversations through email that led to many phone conversations. We were five years apart in age, but had so much in common. There were times we spoke on the phone for hours. I found this person very easy to talk to and vice versa. After a long time, we finally decided to meet in a very public place. I was skeptical to meet because you hear so many bad stories of things that have happened to people, but it turned out okay. We lived in the same small city and during that first meeting we both realized that we had actually met several years before. Needless to say, our first meeting went extremely well and we talked about anything and everything. I don't know if I would be willing to meet someone from the internet again. I had a great experience the first and only time and I don't know if I could be that lucky again!!

not everyone is looking to be married. Although Match.com--one of the largest online dating sites that spans six continents, 30 Web sites and 18 languages--is credited for a quarter of a million connections each year, 30-year-old Derrick Spurlock was looking for friendships, not marriage. The Dallas-based educator wanted to find single, likeminded women who were interested in building and maintaining friendships, and who understood the demands of his teaching and coaching schedule. "For me, Match.com was not the means of meeting the perfect woman/" says Spurlock. "My purpose was to meet people."

I have met several people off the internet. 2 are blogging friends of mine that I met through our blogs - we read and comment on each others' posts. I ended up going to France with one of them and it was a wonderful time. The other one was a local friend that doesn't live far from me. I have also met a few guys when I was single, from sites like match.com - I am still good friends with one of them but none of them worked out as far as romantic relationships.

I have met a few. One actually came all the way from the states to meet me and that did not work out good - had a discussion about it, feel ree to read it at; http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/703598.aspx (the reason I gave you the linkis because it is a long story ) I have also met people from the same city and for me it has been mixed experiances, some good and some bad =) I think it is a good way to meet new people though, but you shoudl always be careful!

i have actually met a lot of people in real life that i have first met online. It has always been a good experience, at least at the time. Later we may have drifted apart, though.

met like 2 girls i was about to marry , but things went wrong , and i m thankful for that , i know lots of couples who have met in chat rooms , i don t think it s weird, it s just new and we need time to get used to it ,

well how about it? well it was good to make lots of pals online!!! dont u ever meet peopl like that? have u ever actually met someone in real life who you first met on the internet? yeah... pleanty of people...was lucky to have met all the nice ones!! how close to you in age were they? all of them were elder to me by atleast 2 years.... no one younger anyways! how did you meet them online? most of them were from yahoo chat rooms...some from hi5 and freindster and orkut! where did u chose to meet them in real life? in my hometown when they had come here for some purpose! did u guys get along?? yes, i have no problem in mingling with people! were u scared at all? nope... dint have to! did u have a lot to talk about??? i blaber a lot and so we did! would you do it again wit someone else?? i can but i have no time to meet new people online again! bad experience from meeting people? not me!!! i was always lucky to get the right people!