Eye ball.. have you tried?

@cheenlly (3477)
Philippines
April 19, 2007 11:00am CST
Hey friends, for those who love texting or do texting and have a textpal. Have you tried meeting your textpal in person? How does it feel? Do you feel nervous? Do you meet him/her in person with a friend or do you prefer to meet him/her alone? I have this textmate that would like to meet me in person. im planning to bring a friend with me when we meet. What about you? can you share your experience and thoughts? thanks.
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28 responses
@nica269 (1395)
• United States
21 Apr 07
I don't have textpal, we don't have textpals in the US, at least I don't think so. But I've meet all of the people I text.
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@MGjhaud (23251)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
yes more than once. cant remember how many times. i met them in person alone and i felt more on tense and excited. i dont meet up with people im not interested in the first place. its more okay if you dont bring anybody and just make sure you meet up in a place where you also think that you'll be safealone with that person of course. my reason is that, so that you guys could talk things without hesitation because your friend [third party] is there listening.
@webbuff (926)
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
i've tried eyeball and its not that bad as long as you trust the person meaning you exchange txt nor letter a year or more. . i would rather meet him/her alone than with someone i dont know. My opinion is if you trust the person sure there is no harm in meeting... just make sure you take a lot of care.
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
19 Apr 07
yep. always take extra care when meeting someone you don't know of personally. but you know by your heart anyway what it is that you really want to do. listen to it and you'll never go wrong.
@jencai (3412)
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
Ohhh yeah, I have experienced having an eyeball with one of my text mate. That is one of my unforgettable experience too. As far as I remember it happened around year 2003 to 2004, I cannot remember the exact date. To be honest with you, I don't entertain any person who wanted to be a text mate. It just started when my boyfriend and I was in a bad situation, we have alot of misunderstanding. He was assigned to work very far from me. At first, I trusted him but then, I have a feeling as if he were not doing his part as my boyfriend. So I look for a person who would be willing to give alot of attention. This is really difficult in my part, but as times passes by, I started to move on. I met this guy through text messaging until one day he ask me if wanted to meet him personally. I am really excited because he is too sweet. He call and text me more often. He don't misses a single day without a communication with me. Here's what happened. As I see the guy, I was really surprised. He have a good body built but I guess he is too much older than me. He did not know that I have seen him already, I pretended I was not in that place, but I go to a place where I can see him clearly. I think alot if I have to go or not. I decided to ask one of my friend to help me with this thing. Fortunately, she was also in the mall during that time. Then I ask her to follow us wherever we go without letting my text mate know that I have somebody around. The guy ask me to watch a movie, I say yes. This is my first time so I really feel nervous of what would happen next. I thank God that he did not show any unnecessary movements. But I can feel that he was just doing it because it's our first date. After an hour I told him that I should go home, my parents were strict. After that day I did not answer his call and messages, I'm afraid because he is asking me for another date. I can feel clearly that he has a bad intention. I never plan to to do this again. Now that I know how someone feel in such situation. I advise you not to do it all alone or not to do it at all.
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@jencai (3412)
• Philippines
14 May 07
Thank's for the best response!
• Romania
20 Apr 07
I met once upon a time with a guy with I met first online. But didn't was an experience like I expected. It was ok at first, he was nice and he acted good with me but after a while I realized that I don't have nothing in common with him and our interests weren't the same..and when I found that I didn't know how to tell him that's better to go on each of his way..
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• Philippines
20 Apr 07
I've tried meeting a textmate and it was disappointing. He turned out to be not my type afterall. He was nice on text but he had mannerisms I didn't like when I met him in person. I learned the lesson well, don't want to meet anymore textpals. One mistake was enough for me.
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@chardyme (1631)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
yes i have tried going to an eyeball thrice and it went good so far. i havent been to an eyeball that dont go well. i think it is ok to go to an eyeball as long as you have good intentions and just be careful and choose wisely on people that you would go for an eyeball. if you are unlucky you might find an eyeball who has a bad intention on you. so be careful. know your eyeball well first before going out with him or her. good luck.
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• Philippines
20 Apr 07
Well I'm not really into those kind of stuff my by friends are so into to it and they always me if they can bring me with them.. I just told them that for me its just a waste of time.. don't get me wrong I know some people find there partner at an online chat or texting.. but I'm not really comfortable meeting someone that I don't personally know.. I guess I'm not that open when it comes to those kinds of friendship. But my friends say that whenever they have an eye ball it always turns out they are not interested with the guy and feel nothing special.
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@denden (802)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
I have tried meeting my textmates but it was so exciting.But my parents dont allow me to meet my textmates because they heard that some are just letting us to believe them.
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
i had a lot of textmates when i was younger and single. i even met my husband through the text though he was the bestfriend of my friend. i had more or less 10 eyeballs then. it was an eyeball with female and male textmates who eventually became my true friends. i find eyeball as an exciting experience especially if you don't have any idea on how he looked like. i always have an eyeball with friends, never go alone even if you know that person already. you'll never know what might happen. it is still better to be safe than sorry.
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@franxexces (1096)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
Uhm better bring a friend. I hate textmates.. I won't bother replying to them.. especially meeting them. For me, it's a waste of time.
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@leon077 (159)
• Indonesia
20 Apr 07
I just accompany my friend to meet his texting friend... don't know how he feel, but I think it's not really good... I suggest you to meet just on the net so we can keep fantasizing about her, what she look like and so on. ehehehe.
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@letzap519 (408)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
i tried once... he's my chatmate... of course i'm so nervous coz there are a lot of things coming in my mind like what if he's a maniac will i be able to get home alive, or what if i don't like his looks or what are the things we can talk about...and finally we met we just had a nice dinner and he brought me to our home but i promised to myself i'll never do it again coz i can't help the feeling hehehe..... once is enough....
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@kiukitsu (291)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
My first eyeball is my first boyfriend. I was so nervous and shy and i brought a friend with me. I'm not into EBs but it can't be helped, he's my boyfriend. And just recently, i had eyeballs due to business matters :)
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
19 Apr 07
nope. i never do eyeballs. i am not up for it. just the idea of meeting someone i don't really know scares a lot out of me. but i will be trying to meet friends here in myLot... all females as well if we get the time. hehe. but if you really wanna meet your textmate, try to bring someone with you during the first days. it's better to be safe. enjoy your day! happy myLotting!
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@Talha22 (384)
• Pakistan
19 Apr 07
well i really love to meet someone like this but no one agrees for a personal meeting i don't know why?.
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@makaira (1158)
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
yeah, ive tried having an eyeball a couple of times through my chatmates. but that was before but lately, i havent EB anyone... i usually meet them alone but in a public area where there are many people. sometimes i feel nervous sometimes i dont... really depends on the level of friendship that i had with that person.
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@gemini1960 (1161)
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
i dont have any experience on that, on texting specifically but i do meet a girl through telephone and we became friend later on. It right that you bring a friend with you when meeting this person,much safer.
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
yeah i did. that was my first and last lol, three years ago when i was still in college. hes a chatmate, he seem nice when i met him in person. yeah a little nervous at first because ive been thinking how does he look and what kind of person he is. if he is kind or arrogant. something like that. but good thing he is a very kind and modest person. until now were friends.
@jemimay (38)
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
I met my ex-bf through YM chat. Actually, I was supposedly meeting this guy, my chatmate, but when we met in a bar, I turned out to be more interested to his friend than him! We had a two-year relationship but things didn't work out because we discovered some differences. I guess it's important to know the guy first before going into any relationship unless you know how to accept one's weaknesses.
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