I have heard from a friend that a guy is meeting a girl of from TSR. Do you think meeting people IRL is a good idea and what is your opinion on it?
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- 28-10-2015 23:07
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- 29-10-2015 17:40
i think it is a bad idea meeting people in real life who you have only met online before! they could be anyone!
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- 29-10-2015 17:44
(Original post by British Jesus)
I have heard from a friend that a guy is meeting a girl of from TSR. Do you think meeting people IRL is a good idea and what is your opinion on it? -
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- 29-10-2015 18:22
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- 29-10-2015 18:23
(Original post by sunshine774)
i think it is a bad idea meeting people in real life who you have only met online before! they could be anyone! -
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- 29-10-2015 18:31
(Original post by British Jesus)
But wouldn't you make the procedures to make sure that the person you are seeing is real. i.e facetime, skype, etc.I've done it before like that, not a problem. Get to know the person well and meet in a public place. Facetime/snapchat/skype so you get familiar with them first of course
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- 29-10-2015 18:35
Nothing wrong with it if you are prepared for whatever you might face.
I say that, but it is unlikely that I ever would. -
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- 29-10-2015 18:39
Just make sure u don't meet them in a dark alley and you'll be fine.
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- 29-10-2015 18:42
I'd wouldn't consciously make an effort to do so, but if the person's location was very nearby and he/she seems very nice, it doesn't seem like a bad idea to schedule a meeting in a public place.
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- 29-10-2015 18:43
If you have common friends or school or workplace or anything then sure why not. A complete stranger I'd want to know more first.
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I've met a lot of people that I met online in person - the trick is, like others have said, to be smart about it. I.e. if you've only seen like two pictures of them, you have no mutual friends, you've never skyped them or anything, it's basically a sign you should probably not meet up with them
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- 29-10-2015 19:14
i've met like 4 people off the internet haha, all good friends ^-^
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- 29-10-2015 21:05
I've done it. With one, we waited almost 7 years before meeting. (there are a few reasons for this)
It's fine as long as you're both sensible. In our case, we met in public and just went for a walk. My only complaint was that he gave me his cold. -
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- 29-10-2015 23:12
(Original post by OU Student)
I've done it. With one, we waited almost 7 years before meeting. (there are a few reasons for this)
It's fine as long as you're both sensible. In our case, we met in public and just went for a walk. My only complaint was that he gave me his cold.
You must have gradually became the best of friends or friends for life or something over the course of that duration.. -
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- 30-10-2015 06:28
(Original post by British Jesus)
7 years??? holy.
You must have gradually became the best of friends or friends for life or something over the course of that duration.. -
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- 30-10-2015 06:35
Yeah just don't be stupid. I've met a few people off the internet, s'nuffin. The internet isn't like it was 15 years ago where you think you're talking to Sarah, 21, hairdresser and it's really Dave, 53, nonce. People have too many profiles and accounts on things so it's easy to tell if something is dodgy.
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Met other new mothers from other forums, they were perfectly ordinary.
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- 30-10-2015 06:42
I've met a few people from TSR. I've not been murdered yet.
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- 30-10-2015 06:43
I've met a lot of people (member and ex-members of the site team) from here too.
Again, no issues. As long as you're both sensible, it's fine imo. -
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- 30-10-2015 06:50
(Original post by Wilfred Little)
Yeah just don't be stupid. I've met a few people off the internet, s'nuffin. The internet isn't like it was 15 years ago where you think you're talking to Sarah, 21, hairdresser and it's really Dave, 53, nonce. People have too many profiles and accounts on things so it's easy to tell if something is dodgy.
I wouldn't have thought it was particularly appropriate for you to be meeting Sarah, 21 in the first place!
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