[ SECRET POST #2496 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2496 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry the meeting didn't go well. Have you tried messaging her since the meeting? Maybe she's thinking the same thing you are.

I think a lot of the time when people meet internet friends offline they fail to actually plan anything out. So you just meet without an actual activity to do, so just sit around awkwardly. And there's an odd level of familiarity while also essentially meeting a stranger.

The key to meeting internet friends offline, imo, is to have it planned out and an actual activity or topic right off the bat to talk about/do. Browse Tumblr together. Go minigolfing. See the newest fandom movie you both love then talk about it.

[loracarol]

Not the OP, but thanks for the advice. :)

[tree_and_leaf]

That's very sound advice. The times I've met fandom friends IRL, it's always worked better if we've done something, even if it's just showing the friend round town, than if we've just tried to hang out in an unstructured way.

[(Anonymous)]

This. I made the secret back in about June-ish about going to meet a fandom friend and being nervous about it. It went off well because we had, like, an actual itinerary of things to do so we weren't sitting like bumps on a log going, "Okay, um, yeah."

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, it's better to meet around an activity, be it a film or a concert or a con or going sightseeing around filming locations. If it's just two hours over coffee, then it can be a bit awkward, unless both of you are the type of people who can easily navigate social situations and just jump in there.

It can really depend, some fandom friends I never got over that awkwardness and other people it was like we'd been friends for years.

[deadtree]

yep. I always schedule either a movie or a concert for when I meet new fandom friends IRL. That way we can have a shared experience and an instant conversation starter :)