I have made so many friends over the years, from all over the world who i still after 10 years are very close to. what makes me giggle is people who say no u cant make friends online or what not. why the hell are they online chatting to people in the first place? admittingly, past experences have taught me that not everyone online are honest people, but then that goes for the real world also, but online, people just get a kick out bring someone they are not in real life, bullys for starters. But yeah, im to much of a honest person, what u see online is what u get in person
I have a friend in Wales that I met because i bought a bass guitar on ebay. That was 8 years ago. She emailed me to see if it arrived safely,I answered,and since then we talk nearly every day. I've helped her through some tough times,we've exchanged presents for Christmas & birthdays,I know her better than I know my neighbours. We've been through all sorts of stuff together,sometimes she advises or helps me,sometimes I'm the one helping. We talk on the phone,by email,and a few times by skype. I have pics of her,she has some of me. Ditto videos-I make short videos of places I drive my truck to around Europe. No-NOT perv vids,just places like Rome,Bucharest,Moscow,etc. But - we've never met,never tried to and have no plans to. That may seem strange-I suppose on some level it IS strange-but she's my very good friend,the friendship has gone from strength to strength...but there is NOTHING sexual about it. I'm very fond of her,she returns that fondness-but neither of us would ever pretend we're soulmates or lovers. So,yes,you can make real friends on the net.
I really never speak about her,Crayola,she's a friend,not a trophy. Her name is Michelle,but I call her Squishy.
Yea, i just asked cuz well, that was what the thread was about too. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKG5Km-XT_I
Don't get me wrong sweetheart,I didn't mean to offend-I really never think to mention her when I'm with my mates. Squishy is just someone I've known for a long time,but never met...and you can't know a person for years without getting to know their idiocyncracies and characteristics-which in turn dictate whether the friendship has a future. Ours just sort of took off,and wanders along.
same... i've never mentioned any internet friends to people i know outside of this medium but i have had a couple friends very similar to how you described - one of which i would describe as one of my best friends i met her allegedly, but i cannot remember (at the time girlfriend of a guy i bumped into in a pub). thereafter, she added me on facebook and the last couple of years we have always just chatted and got along text, phone etc. - she is my rock quite a lot of them time. however, not from my lack of trying... she won't meet me because she is 'shy'. i am happy with the situation however.
I dunno... I've gotten lots of friends online. Hell I've gotten laid through message boards. I think online people are quality people. Some people aren't who they say, but usually you can screen people well enough. I've met a half dozen people from here.
The only people I've ever met from the net are on biker forums. That's mostly because we attend 'meets' or see each other at the TT races. Oh-and a bloke from Bristol who owns a 2nd-hand guitar/amp shop. He's a truly amazing bloke,a pleasure to jam with and one of natures gentlemen.. Tho' it works the other way round-I've mentioned sites I go on to various people and consequently met them on there under user names so not known who they are until suddenly a pm arrives...
I've met about 2 or 3 really good friends online, that i've been talking to for about 2 years now! There was also this girl at my school that i barely knew at all, until one day we some how started talking over facebook, daily. Now, almost a year later, she is my girlfriend. Just goes to show you can meet/get to know people online.