Friends

[GoPackGo]

This tough, because if any of you would die I don't know how I would feel, probably indifferent. So you can't be my friends, or can you? I am confused by all this.

me too-

knowing someone online will never be like knowing someone in person.
I categorize people that I talk to online in the same way I categorize people I work with over the phone on a regular basis as "fringe people or aquaintences" .If they retire, i'm not going to their retirement party , If they leave the forum, I could care less. Fringe people come and go all through life

[HarveyWallbangers]

The ones that I haven't met I consider acquaintances. Many of the ones I got to know at the PR gathering, I consider friends. Some I didn't get to know enough.

There are some posters that I interact with outside of the forum now, and we've built somewhat of a relationship. Those would have to be classified as somewhere in between. Hard to be friends when you haven't met somebody, but I take a genuine interest in them. One of them is hard to classify because he's 15 going on 50. Or is it 50 going on 15?

[GoPackGo]

Hard to be friends when you haven't met somebody, but I take a genuine interest in them. One of them is hard to classify because he's 15 going on 50. Or is it 50 going on 15?

I don't know who that would be but he definately sounds like a pedophile :P

[GoPackGo]

I'm at 1000 posts now. maybe its time for me to retire from this forum and concentrate on kicking Harvey's ass in fantasy baseball and basketball

[the_idle_threat]

Well I like Harlan.

Fuck the rest of you ... :P

You want us all at one time? You're one kinky bastard.

Erotic is when you use a feather;

Kinky is when you use the whole damned chicken.

Don't know where I'm going with this, but the ASPCA probably won't be pleased ...

[DonHutson]

What the hell? I clicked into this thread so I could vote for Courtney Cox as the hottest 'Friend.'

[the_idle_threat]

And all you got is sex with chickens. Disappointment can be a real bitch sometimes ...

[Harlan Huckleby]

I don't ever want to meet Harlan, he will be a let down in person, and I think that is what he is truly afraid of, people won't find him attractive, which is a shame.

Creepy. Anybody else you don't want to meet?

maybe I should come next year to shake Nutz's hand. Will Harvey Wallbanger be there too?

On second thought, pass.

[LL2]

I don't ever want to meet Harlan, he will be a let down in person, and I think that is what he is truly afraid of, people won't find him attractive, which is a shame.

Creepy. Anybody else you don't want to meet?

maybe I should come next year to shake Nutz's hand. Will Harvey Wallbanger be there too?

On second thought, pass.

I'll be your friend Harlan.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I'll have a private party with you and my other friends.

Better reserve the banquet hall in advance.

[HarveyWallbangers]

maybe I should come next year to shake Nutz's hand. Will Harvey Wallbanger be there too?

You might not want to shake Nutz's hand--just in case he watched National Geographic before meeting you.

[Deputy Nutz]

I don't ever want to meet Harlan, he will be a let down in person, and I think that is what he is truly afraid of, people won't find him attractive, which is a shame.

Creepy. Anybody else you don't want to meet?

maybe I should come next year to shake Nutz's hand. Will Harvey Wallbanger be there too?

On second thought, pass.

We don't shake hands, we hug

[MJZiggy]

I agree with what some of the others here have said. I don't know that I can call someone who could pass me on the street without my recognition a friend, maybe a "forum friend," but there are some folks that I've met in person and that I've been in regular contact with outside the forum that I do consider my friends; whom I trust implicitly and who have shown me their trust and friendship. They were there when I needed them and have vented to me on occasion. If you're asking it, then yes, I'm talking about you.

[Partial]

Interesting topic. Yeah, I consider the poster game people my friends I suppose. I don't know, they're not like best friends but they're people that I know surprisingly well and will have something to talk about with them no matter what.

There are definitely people here that I care about and wish for them to have the best in life. When something bad happens to them, I am upset. When something great happens like they have a child, I am legitimately happy and excited for them.

That was a good question. I've never really thought about it before.

[GBRulz]

Once you meet someone in person, there are some that yes, I truly consider friends. What is the difference if you meet someone for the first time at a bar or in person from online chats? Some people you are going to click with, some...not so much.

One of my closest friends here in GB is someone that I met back in 1996 when we had a big group of AOL posters attend a game.

Some on here I talk with outside of the forum, too and yes I consider them my friends. Heck, even OPF sent me a Christmas card this year. Perhaps he's thinking that I'm his ride to another face value ticket to the Packers game this year...I dunno