How well do you know your fellow mylotters?

@mayka123 (16584)
India
September 18, 2008 1:41am CST
Last night as I was taking a walk with my daughter she asked me about my mylot friends. I could tell her the names of 8 mylotters, about their profession, which state/country they lived in, a little bit about their family members - atleast whom they lived with, their marital status and a little bit about them that I was able to gather from their discussions and replies to my discussions. This is out of the 291 friends that I have here on mylot and after participating in discusions here in the last four months. Yes it is exactly four months that I have been active here. Some of you here have been here for more than two years. How many mylotters would you know details of? Or are they all the same to you. Just friends who reply to your discussions and whose discussions you reply to??
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
18 Sep 08
It is a excellent post . I have checked up my long list of friends after seeing your discussion. I am surprised to found that I know in details about 25 members in the entire list. That too, I myself made efforts to know about them. Except one or two, none of them herself/himself disclosed any details about him/her. For rest of the friends, I do not have any idea, what is their maritial status,what they actually do and about their other personal details. I naturally participate in discussions started by those, whom I have come to know better. By the way what did you tell your daughter about the 8 mylotters.....LOL!
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
18 Sep 08
It is really nice to know that you can share these details unhesitantly with your daughter. I hope she would have enjoyed your disclousres about the Members you know. Sharing details about friends does help and it is good that your daughter is like your friend with whom you shared the details. Hopefully, if you remain active, with the same intensity, you will come to know about many members in future.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
18 Sep 08
She did enjoy my comments...In fact very often when there are some nice or funny comments and she is with me on the computer I do make her read them. At times I have even taken print outs for her to read. And sometimes I share the interesting SMSes also with her.
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
18 Sep 08
25 is a good number. Well the eight included you. About each individual I told her their name, age, the state/country they lived in, their profession, whether they were married or not, if married how many kids, the unmarried ones if they were with their parents, and whether I am communicating with them on gmail/phone. My daughter is my best friend and I always share everything with her (except very private - which there is nothing just now so no question of not sharing). And I also told her my opinion about these friends. Now dont ask me what opinion I gave her because that is just between me and her and I dont want to say anything here! Or else I may end up hurting atleast one person here - dont ask who . I dont want to tell the truth and I dont want to tell a lie either. So in this matter silence is golden.
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@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
19 Sep 08
Hi Mayka Hope u must be doing fine So it means u discuss my lot and mylottian in hone too, Wow Well i have almost 90 frirnds in list and i am here since a year. hmmm let me count!!!!! out of them i have email addreses of 12-13 person and i communicate with 5-6 of them on gmail or hotmail. Rest are good friends too but we only communicate at mylot and respond to discussion, and out of 90, 20-25 are in active and not activily participating Thats all about it Ma'am Take care
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
19 Sep 08
Hmmmm Hi dear if u r getting better opportunity then u must go and avail it and its very right decesion to get emaild ids of close friends and i am sure they must be making u busy And trust me no one of ur friend is going to loose contact with u u r too sweet for that we can wait for week ends just smile
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Sep 08
Thanks for your nice and sweet words. Except for a couple of friends the others dont keep me all that busy. It is just exchange of fun mails sometimes. Yes I know I should go for a better opportunity but I will surely miss all you mylot friends....because then finally on weekends I would surely be having a lot of my other work piled up too. So things may not be the same.....anyway whatever happens always happens for the best.....just hope everything happens for good....
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Sep 08
Yes I do communicate with a lot of mylotters from gmail and hotmail now too. As you know I am planning to change my job soon and then I will not be active on mylot. So I can atleast exchange emails with the close friends on weekends because I dont think I would be having access to emails during the week.
@sang2k2 (1833)
• India
24 Sep 08
i know only 3 of them out of mylist of friends here in mylot.actaully its hard to trust people on the net so i dont take things seriosuly nor do i bother anybody much.but exploring people interest their hobbies , thier lifestyles, making new friends to talk or chat is something i like. Its always better if someone initiates things rather than me asking evrybody. i am here at mylot from past one year in which i was away from mylot for few months. in my one year only one month back i started getting in personal touch with friends here at mylot and could explore thier personal life. but its good to know people till the time one is honest.
@sang2k2 (1833)
• India
10 Oct 08
but we get very few honest ppl
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
7 Oct 08
I too like chatting with friends online...have quite a few from mylot whom I chat with on gmail....you are one among them....and like most of them.. Except the ones who are dishonest...
@zeroflashx2 (2491)
• Philippines
7 Oct 08
I do have a lot friends as well and there are definitely some of them who became real close to me. I just wasn't able to meet them personally but I can see great friends in almost all of them. I know where they work, how their relationships are as well, a small background on their families, hobbies and likes/dislikes. I am really happy when I interact with people here at mylot. Take care!
• Philippines
8 Oct 08
We feel the same way my friend. If there is a chance that we could meet up with our Mylot friends, I won't hesitate and join that event. We can do it locally though and maybe share some pics and videos. Take care!
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
8 Oct 08
Yes it is fun interacting with people online. And after some time we know so much about them its like almost meeting them personally. I always wonder how we would react when we meet these people face to face. I too like interacting with people here on mylot.
@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
I can say lots of usernames out of the 125 friends that I have but there's one that Ive shared PM's with and that was all 'business'. Another would share about her life through discussions and I do respond to them. Another still who Ive chatted with a few times before. and I can definitely say that there is only one friend who I might know more "in-depth" than the others. We used to only share PM's but moved to instant messengers to speed up the exchange. Know a lot about that friend but only the usual personal information, know some of this friends thoughts and opinions on some matters as well because of our conversations. Ive been active here for I think about 6 months but those are the only myLot friends I know more than being a possible responder to my discussions and from who I get discussions to respond to.. yeah, sad but true
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
13 Oct 08
Sorry for the delay in responding. I too had many friends with whom I would share PMs. Now there are nearly 10 mylotters who chat with me regularly on gmail or hotmail. It is fun interacting with these friends and getting to know them better. There are a few friends about whom I know quite a lot about just through our discussions here.
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@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
14 Oct 08
Wow, that is already a good number of friends who you know more about than the usual.^_^
• India
7 Oct 08
i dont about my mylotters professions. but i have got some friends to care me.. i got a girlfriend n i used to talk with her in gchat often too.. but those are not loose talk. strictly discussions about earning money. in future, i'll expand my friends list and took time to know about them. i usually respond to friends discussion.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
8 Oct 08
I have been able to know a lot about some mylotters only through their discussions. There are many from mylot who now chat with me on gmail/hotmail and those are the ones who I now know more closely. Our discussions are just general and not loose talk at all.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
19 Sep 08
After a while you get to know some of them quite well actually. Even though we are all pretty much anonymous on here our personalities do end up shining through our activities on mylot and after many discussions you start to learn a lot about each other. There are probably 10 or so mylotters that I know quite a few things about and I am sure there are a number of people that know a bit about me by now as well!
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
3 Oct 08
I have come to know a lot about some mylotters only through discussions. Some of us have come so close that we have started exchanging emails on hotmail and gmail too. A couple of my mylot friends have even started exchanging phone calls. So it is become like one big family here now.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
24 Sep 08
i must confess i know very less of them. i only know about a few. may be i can say you stay only with your daughter. but very little about others, may be these are not generally shared too much here.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
6 Oct 08
Its good to know that you remember me inspite of you having so many friends here. Thanks a lot.
• Australia
20 Sep 08
You are certainly doing better than me then. I have several friends here that I jump on their discussions (time permitting), but I don't really know all that much about them. I know a little bit about a couple of them, like there are at least 2 living within 1 hour of where I am. I know that some have children, some have cats and that some are in the middle of writing their books. I could tell you who these members are, but I'm not into naming and shaming
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
23 Sep 08
Most of the information that I have about the mylotters here is through their discussions and responses. There are a few of my friends here who continue the thread of conversation in discussions and this helps me know them better. I have hardly asked anyone till date anything of their personal life. But I have four mylotters who regularly chat with me on gmail and we have become very close friends.
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@littleone3 (2063)
18 Sep 08
I find that i only know my mylot friends by what they have written in discussions or what they have written in their profiles. You don't like to pry in someone eles life in case they take it the wrong way. I know some people come on here just to get away from real life. So to me they are just friends that reply to my discussions although sometimes i thunk it would be nice to be able to get to know them better.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
13 Oct 08
I have not been prying into anyone life here. But there is a lot we can guess about our fellow mylotters here through their discussions and responses. I have come quite close to many of them here and we chat online on messenger too. Overall I have very good friends here now.
@rkrish (3003)
• India
18 Sep 08
Actually by discussion i could know about their thoughts but really i feel hard to ask personal matters about them..but sometimes it happens to get in discussion thats a extent i know about my friends here...personally i dont know the details of anybody here.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
22 Sep 08
I would never ask anyone any personal questions. Its the information that I have gathered through out discussions. A few of my mylot friends do chat with me on gmail/hotmail so those I know more personally.
@GemmaR (8517)
18 Sep 08
I have to say that I don't really know anyone on here! I know the names and a few details of a couple of my friends, but apart from that I'm fairly clueless. Although I do love the discussions on here, I don't tend to form really close friendships with any of the members. I guess I would like to though!
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
13 Oct 08
In these few weeks have you come closer to anyone here on mylot. Have you come to know anyone better than when you posted this response? How has your experience here on mylot been?
@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
I don't know much about my friends in mylot but i know someone pretty well and we communicate often. So we'll get to know eachother as we go along. We exchange emails and chat. I got her phone number too so maybe we'll be talking over the phone sooner or later. The rest, eventhough i don't know them much but we're ok especially when we bumped into eachother on some discussions.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
10 Oct 08
So by now you must be knowing this one special friend very well. Were you able to talk to her on phone or no?
@rizzu87 (860)
• Malaysia
18 Sep 08
I have joined Mylot just 5 days back, and none of my friend are actually on mylot. SO I made some random friends from the discussions which i have. So far i only know 1 of my Mylot friend. Coz i had a little discussons on parenting.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
13 Oct 08
Now it is four weeks since you have been on mylot. How has your experience been here. And how well do you know your friends here now??
@subha12 (18441)
• India
18 Sep 08
not at all well. i can only have a guess about some mylot friends. may be i am not in constant conversation or so. so its not possible to get real idea about all friends
@ellie333 (21016)
18 Sep 08
Hi Mayka, I have many people on my friends list but there are some myLotters that I do in fact know quite well and could even name the members of their family and what they have been up too. I have been blessed in meeting two in person which was fantastic and both were as lovely in real life as on myLot life. Some people though I do only really know by name and through answering discussions, bit like in real life really where you become close to some than others. Ellie :D
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
10 Oct 08
Its good that a lot us here on mylot know each other quite well. It shows that people here are genuinely friendly and not here just for the money. I am enjoying making more friends here and knowing a lot of them personally.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Sep 08
i don't know them personally at all. i know details like u said about some of them but most of them do not give you any persoanls things about themselves.
@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
18 Sep 08
I am not on all that much so I don't know much about most of them, but one, my sister, lol. I am here more for the discussions, but if I learn more about someone, that's great, too.
@ashakki (196)
• India
18 Sep 08
i'm a new user in mylot.......so i'm in the process of getting to know all of my friends one by one....Happy mylotting:)
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
13 Oct 08
In these four weeks how much do you know your friends here....have you been able to interact with anyone regularly?