Me Weird But Cool World Of Friends

July 16, 2018 6:02am CST
I don’t get out much. In the last 3 months a neighbour has managed to get me out of my apartment building 22 times, which shocks anyone else around because for the last few years it’s been practically unheard of for me to go further than the mailboxes in the main entrance. That being said, I’ve managed to be social in my own way. I’ve used a few websites to chat with people, even though I used to be the first to say that most of these are full of immature young folk just being drama queens. I will admit that there is a lot of that online, but if you put in the time and give it a chance you may be pleasantly surprised with some of the people you may find. I’ve made friends of all ages all around the world, and I say friends because we chat outside of the site where we met, and talk about our lives and all kinds of subjects in depth. I am in central Canada. My best online friend is in Texas. I have another friend in Texas, one in Florida, one in Oklahoma, South Carolina, Detroit, two in California, and even one in Hawaii. I have a friend in Calgary, one in northern Alberta, one in Newfoundland, one in northern Ontario, and one in southern Ontario. Three of my dearest friends live in England, though one moved there from Belgium, another lives in Scotland but moved there from Ireland, and another in Australia. I used to chat regularly with a friend in Turkey, and had many laughs with a friend in Germany. The one I miss most is from Spain. He came to Canada to see a friend who had married someone here, and they didn’t live too far from me. We were excited for the possible opportunity to actually meet in person, but it didn’t work out due multiple facets of technical difficulties, and he hasn’t been online since (at least not with that account). I hope there’s no ill feelings, but either way I miss chatting with him. Have you found great and amazing people online that you’ve kept in touch with over time and had a real genuine friendship with?
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
16 Jul 18
No dear friend..I haven't met any of my online friends yet...
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16 Jul 18
You haven’t met them in person you mean? Have you made good friends though, people you spchat with regularly? I sometimes Skype with many of the friends I have made online, and talk about things like we live in the same city. They know all about me, and I know all about them.
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
16 Jul 18
@AgoriphobicPirate yes I'm talking about in person. I have some good friends online
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
25 Jul 18
Happy for your connections but hope you know always to be careful and I too have friends on line through writing sites, etc. Agoraphobia is a trying and overwhelming situation and I can sympathize with you on that one.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
27 Jul 18
@AgoriphobicPirate Well thats the way to do it! I know about agoraphobia and had a bit of something like it when I was much younger.
26 Jul 18
Thank you, and yes I am careful. I am friends with people that I have chatted with a lot.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 Jul 18
The internet can serve a useful purpose and I have met online some great people from all over the world. MyLot is a great place to hang around for people that live alone and prefer to interact with people rather than watch movies and TV programs.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
17 Jul 18
I have an online friend that I have known for 11 years. We exchange emails and postcards, but we have never met. I have met some of my online friends. Last year I met a woman who lives in another part of Denmark. We had been online friends for 10 years and I was really excited about our meeting. It went really well and we talked for many hours. Today we are close friends and we visit eachother.
• United States
17 Jul 18
I hope the friend you've lost touch with is okay. I have exactly one friend outside of online and a few acquaintances some of which used to be good friends. As I type this out I am messaging back and forth with a friend in California. I have met one person from the online world and hope to meet another the next time she makes it to the US. It is hard to find good friends online. I was talking with someone I thought I had a lot in common with and he ended up being not the person I thought him to be. Another friend from years ago and I've lost touch with is another example of a falling out. The latter was because of a change in my life that he didn't particularly appreciate.