How many here have actually followed through and met those we chat with online as opposed to those we just chat with daily and never meet? Out of sight out of mind comes into play in this scenario. I've personally met many ladies in person that I initially contacted online. What are the contributing factors that make you crawl out of your comfort zone at home behind a safe keyboard and lead you to actually set a date to meet another fellow profiler, follow through and meet face to face in the real world? A keyboard is in the realm of the comfort zone but what makes your interest piqued enough to actually meet face to face and step out beyond your comfort and safety zone?

i am extremely uncomfortable , at a keyboard....i hunt and peck for the letters

I have not actually found anyone close by that I'd want to meet yet.

Yep i have, met one now i have a protection order against him, one found out he's on watchdog.com(huge mistakes) but that's over now, i found my true love and i married him

Well, I've met nine of them, and if that didn't convince me to go try something else, then nothing ever will....



Naivete, stupidity, an unrealistic trust in people....I think the piano had to fall on me a few times before I heard the music....

I've met face to face with friends, both male and female. If I enjoyed their company online, I'd take the next step. My best friend, I met online almost 10 yrs ago.

I meet people all the time, at least once a month. That's why I'm here. And you can only get so much of a sense of who a person is with words and a one dimenional image. I'm a person to person sort of person.

If only I could get Lexy to make me number ten.

As long as they ask nicely and follow the criteria, ie, meet in a safe place, name and phone #, possibly an address I will meet up with anyone. And I have. Male and female alike. I even watched one persons dog while they were making a move.

Two of my online friends came into town and I had the pleasure of a short, but lovely visit with them. I am waiting to meet my online bow of 6 months now, but our schedules and lives keep getting in the way. Ugh! We will meet sooner or later, and it's going to be awesome!

Nothing from here

Hey, I've SEEN the recaps of Cowboy Cop, Overbearing Oregonian, and the other alliterative antitheses....!

I can just imagine myself as a summary on the tail end of THAT group....!!

I think phone and webcam are good things to start if you are really interested

Since the computer is just a way to communicate not a way of life for me, or a place to hide my real self. Meeting people in real life is not a problem for me.

But Lexy... you already have a name....a good one.

Sexy Lexy Lexicon, far and above Frosted Flakes, Cowboy Cop, Staid Stick-in-the-mud, the 43 minute date....

I'll take my 90 days....

Ditto, although we met on a mutual interest site, not a dating site. She's English, and we've each spent about a month in the other's home, and it's been the most wonderful friendship!

YA GOT to get them ta chat with ya first. none of the ladies i have tried ta chat with will give me the time of day. so with that in mind it hard ta meet face to face. i seem like most of the site are that way any more. i think they are just gost and not real.

<-------- totaly a ghost

I used to live in Blenheim, South Island, New Zealand. Yup she was a psychologist and I met her online in a far away galaxy and long ago. I even went on to marry her. Needless to say I followed her and I'm here to tell you the grass is not greener on the other side. Well maybe I had the alps 20 mins in one direction and the 'Bay Of Clouds' Ocean with awesome surf 20 minutes the other direction, but point is, it fell apart once the glamour and allure of it all wore off. The lustre had just gone and the reality of it all set in with a quickness. At the end of the day you've got to be true to yourself. It's why they say never compare yourself to another person or you'll always come up short! I believe in online relationships leading to the real deal, even after my pseudo-negative personal experiences, but hey with life you've got to put yourself out there sometimes. Better to have loved and lost than to not have loved at all. Adventure is fun. I find online dating just that. A grand adventure! Not for the meek of heart, but it's a hell of a ride! A crapshoot never knowing if your true soulmate is right around the bend! Cautious optimism is the rule of the day! Follow it!