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Jan 23, 2008 7:38 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
br6869
br6869br6869kennesaw, Georgia USA7 Threads 145 Posts
So met this guy a couple of months ago on this site actually. We talked by phone, and IM for a couple of months. Sent pics back and forth, webcammed and all that good stuff. We seemed to really hit it off. All our free moments were spent talking to eachother in one way or another. So I decided to go to visit him.....
It was very dissapointing. All the chemistry we had was gone. This was my first time meeting someone who I had to get on a plane for. What the hell happened?confused
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Jan 23, 2008 7:46 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
Non verbal communication makes up over 80% of how we connect. All the calls and pics., can't replace standing within each other's space.
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Jan 23, 2008 7:47 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
br6869
br6869br6869kennesaw, Georgia USA7 Threads 145 Posts
Lesson to be learned. Thanks
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Jan 23, 2008 7:48 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
br6869: Lesson to be learned. Thanks


It's happened to me too.
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Jan 23, 2008 7:50 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
shenco22657
shenco22657shenco22657Strasburg, Virginia USA1 Threads 35 Posts
95% of the people on this site are incompatible, or they would'nt be here in the first place.professor
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Jan 23, 2008 7:51 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
starliteisbrite
starliteisbritestarliteisbriteThe planet earth....:), Ontario Canada56 Threads 7,327 Posts
Can I ask what it is you thought happened to the chemistry upon meeting???
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Jan 23, 2008 7:53 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
shenco22657: 95% of the people on this site are incompatible, or they would'nt be here in the first place.


7 out of 5 American males have trouble with statistics.
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Jan 23, 2008 7:53 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
br6869
br6869br6869kennesaw, Georgia USA7 Threads 145 Posts
shenco22657: 95% of the people on this site are incompatible, or they would'nt be here in the first place.

Understandable, but I had no idea that you could get along with someone so well on the phone but not in person. I would have imagined it would have been apparent after a few conversations. Now I know. I dont regret it one bit. It was the craziest thing I have ever done.
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Jan 23, 2008 7:54 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
br6869
br6869br6869kennesaw, Georgia USA7 Threads 145 Posts
gentlepaws: 7 out of 5 American males have trouble with statistics.
rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
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Jan 23, 2008 7:56 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
br6869
br6869br6869kennesaw, Georgia USA7 Threads 145 Posts
starliteisbrite: Can I ask what it is you thought happened to the chemistry upon meeting???
Well the first night was fine, great. Then the next day he played a dumb game on the computer all day except to take me out to eat. I need attention. A little pat on the leg doesnt do it for me.
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Jan 23, 2008 7:57 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
br6869: Understandable, but I had no idea that you could get along with someone so well on the phone but not in person. I would have imagined it would have been apparent after a few conversations. Now I know. I dont regret it one bit. It was the craziest thing I have ever done.


Don't worry about it. I was in my 50's when it happened, twice.
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Jan 23, 2008 7:58 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
shenco22657
shenco22657shenco22657Strasburg, Virginia USA1 Threads 35 Posts
br6869: Well the first night was fine, great. Then the next day he played a dumb game on the computer all day except to take me out to eat. I need attention. A little pat on the leg doesnt do it for me.
Don't you see? the computer is the problem, step back from the monitor and go meet some real people.
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Jan 23, 2008 7:59 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
starliteisbrite
starliteisbritestarliteisbriteThe planet earth....:), Ontario Canada56 Threads 7,327 Posts
br6869: Well the first night was fine, great. Then the next day he played a dumb game on the computer all day except to take me out to eat. I need attention. A little pat on the leg doesnt do it for me.


So it was there for you
...until his true colors came shinning through
I get it.....laugh

I hope it hasn't steered you from trying again....:)
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Jan 23, 2008 7:59 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
FlowerOfTheSnow
FlowerOfTheSnowFlowerOfTheSnowMalaga, Andalusia Spain23 Threads 2,212 Posts
br6869: Understandable, but I had no idea that you could get along with someone so well on the phone but not in person. I would have imagined it would have been apparent after a few conversations. Now I know. I dont regret it one bit. It was the craziest thing I have ever done.



Doesn't have to happen like that ... The person I met up with after messages and a few phone conversations we clicked! But we met as soon as possible so that it was real rather than let it build up to be part illusion/part imagination ...

From that esperience of mine I would say meet as soon as possible so that what builds up is real!

bouquet
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Jan 23, 2008 7:59 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
br6869
br6869br6869kennesaw, Georgia USA7 Threads 145 Posts
shenco22657: Don't you see? the computer is the problem, step back from the monitor and go meet some real people.
I was just broadening my horizons
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Jan 23, 2008 8:00 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
PeachesandRay
PeachesandRayPeachesandRayConcord, North Carolina USA72 Threads 1 Polls 1,358 Posts
shenco22657: 95% of the people on this site are incompatible, or they would'nt be here in the first place.


I disagreescold

Sheliawave
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Jan 23, 2008 8:01 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
JohnnyT
JohnnyTJohnnyTDublin, Ireland20 Threads 3 Polls 565 Posts
real people is the way to go. cs is full of paranoid women. impossible to meet anyone here.
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Jan 23, 2008 8:01 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
br6869
br6869br6869kennesaw, Georgia USA7 Threads 145 Posts
starliteisbrite: So it was there for you
...until his true colors came shinning through
I get it.....

I hope it hasn't steered you from trying again....:)

Sadlly it has.... Wont travel again
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Jan 23, 2008 8:01 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
"From that esperience of mine I would say meet as soon as possible so that what builds up is real!"

Exactly !
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Jan 23, 2008 8:03 PM CST For those of you who have actually met someone that you met on the internet....
PeachesandRay
PeachesandRayPeachesandRayConcord, North Carolina USA72 Threads 1 Polls 1,358 Posts
gentlepaws: "From that esperience of mine I would say meet as soon as possible so that what builds up is real!"

Exactly !


I'm in agreement here also...sounds like great adviceprofessor


Sheliahandshake
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