When you associate with people online, do you

[buckeyemomma]

wonder what they look like, wonder what they are really like? Can you ever tell by certain posts if they are sincere? Or if they put up a front online?

[tlspiegel]

It's funny you asked, because of all the talk going on now about meeting. I think for me, I have a clue about most of you. I probably don't know what you look like, but I do feel close to your feelings and thoughts. I've been accused of having esp/psychic abilities. I'm way off on the looks dept! I know that much, but I can tell certain things. I think MOST of you are sincere and caring. Some aren't. But most of you are. I was telling my friend tonight about all the stuff going on DoD. She's heard me talk about it - I've even given her freebies like phone cards. Searched them out just for her. She knows about my involvement and interest in members here. I mentioned to her, how the Forum has been around for a little over 2 years. How people are now starting to meet ea other in little groups (Mouse, Phred and Pippy) and also the tentative huge convention plans. lol I think it took a while for people to open up to each other, and most of us visited other Forums in DoD before coming to GCC and hanging here more than ever. It's been a growing process and really nice friendships are developing that will last a long time. My take! lol

[LocaChica]

I'm a big phony, I admit it. just kidding. Sometimes I wonder if people are what they seem, but for the most part I think they are.

[jsalba]

Originally posted by LocaChica
I'm a big phony, I admit it. just kidding. Sometimes I wonder if people are what they seem, but for the most part I think they are.

Yes, she is!




HAAA HAAA HAAA... Just kidding!!!!

[miriama59]

Jeff, you be nice! You sure have been acting up lately. What's up? True colors coming out? EH?

[mama2calli]

Well here's a mystery to be solved...this is Katie and I at Johnny Rockets in Nashville TN in September of this year! (well, you get half my face anyway!) Kath

[tasker109]

ive been online for about 5 1/2 years now. met a lot of folks and ALL but one have allowed me to see what they look like. oneputt lives in tennessee. i met him in mirc and saw him through a horrendous life experience. he lost his business, his wife and his home in one year. he is, or was, a successful businessman affected by the economy. to tell you the truth he was a miserable mess and he has often asked me why i stuck with him. the answer always is, because you needed a friend. he is very computer illiterate and wont listen to my teachings....hehe....i have told him over and over to go to kinkos and get a picture of him scanned and i will show him how to send it to me.....if nothing else he could mail me a picture right??? he sends me pictures of his kids and grandkids etc, but never of him. i was chatting with him last night and reminded him once again that i couldnt pick him out of a police line up! LOL....he said, well im cute and cuddly and look like im in my mid 40's although im 57....well great. now i could pick you out! hehe...anyway....im still waiting to see what he looks like....yes ive sent him picture after picture of tom and me....and we talk on the phone occasionally too....he talks to tom about finances and the market. really a nice man.....NOW anyway...hehe.....i even sent him a Rams t-shirt when we won the superbowl!! ah well....maybe for christmas he will send a picture.....keep your fingers crossed!!!

[hrdlife1]

As for me, i treat ppl online with the same respect and common decency i treat ppl in "real" life...i don't think i'm anonymous and can say whatever i like just because they aren't sitting right in front of me, i am pretty much the same here as i am everywhere else online or off...i happen to open up here a whole lot quicker than in real life, but that's only because i believe alot more ppl are sincere here than in real life...i get to know ppl on a deeper level so to speak here...and i am able to open up a lot easier too, i'm a very stand-offish person when you first get to know me but then once you do get to know me, ya can't shut me up LOL I'M A BIG WORRIER too, i always wonder what ppl are "really" thinking, and always afraid i've hurt someone's feelings without knowing it...but for the most part, i try and keep things light without being a big bummer, i hide alot of things from ppl in real life but seem to think it's ok to dump it all over yall, mydod buds, don't ask me why,i think it may be because whenever i need a shoulder or someone to listen, yall are right here...so maybe i'm alittle different only in that ppl get to know me quicker here than in real life LOL

[AndersonGal]

I think it is prob like in the *Real World*.
People have different personalities in different situations.

Ex:
At home or in private, I can be quiet, the loner, the thinker and such.
In public, LORDY!!!!! I talk to everyone, strangers seek me out to chat. Nobody that knows me *out* would ever think I had a shy bone in my body.

But, the ones that bother me are the ones who say they are one sex and turn out to be another or some big lie like that.

[freesurfer]

I think in chat rooms people hide behind their computers, but in here I think they are honest people.....


Now, don't let me down

[sushiosushi]

yup, i'm a pervert in real life too.

[devlina2u]

One thing I can tell you is I am very shy in person than here. I am so talkative here. I am not like that in real life.

[miriama59]

Dev, that's the same way I am. I am MUCH more talkative online than in person. I am very shy.

[Mouse7088]

Oh yeah...I'm talkative as all get out on here, but like when I met Pip and PHReD or talk to Tiggs on the phone I am soooooooooo reserved! NOT!..I wasn't always this way..believe it or not I use to be EXTREMELY shy. After I separated from my ex..I did a 360. I still am shy in certain situations (I still have never walked up to the front of the room when my 8 yro. gets a new badge for Cub Scouts, DH does it.) It's a lot different talking to someone for months and meeting them than it is to meet them for the first time w/o any "background" knowledge. PHReD I believe was a little more reserved than he is on here..he wasn't so quick to take what you said in a perverted way! LOLOLOL! Oh course Mrs. PHReD was right there to keep him in line! Pip....no shockers there...except in person she smiles and giggles a lot more..

[buckeyemomma]

I think I am more shy online than I really am in person. My kids get upset with me because they say I never met a stranger. Everywhere I go I love to talk to people. It is just the way I am. Now, if I do it when dh is with me, he gets angry. He says "you know everyone" and when I tell him I never met them before, he acts like he don't believe me. Before I had kids, I traveled with state fairs for a while and you learn real quick how to be open and keep attention. I still traveled some when a couple of my kids was little, but not state fairs because I had my cousin keep my kids and I wanted to be around close to see them but still make money. the more friendly you are at a job like that, the more money you can make.

But, I JUST LIKE PEOPLE. LOL

If my dh is around, you know it real quick, I am a totally different person. I am more quiet and backward. He is a very hard person to get to know. We have been together over 30 years and I still don't understand him sometimes.