Comments on Coffee Bean Goddess: Maybe I'm A Cat

As I said, I used to sniff derisively at the conce...

2008-01-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

As I said, I used to sniff derisively at the concept of "online friends". Until I made one. There's no other descriptor for her other than "friend".

I mean, I have loads of acquaintances online, and a couple of those I have converted to friends after physically meeting. But never before. I guess I'm forced to admit that it all depends on the people involved. ;-)

Kate, stay safe and dry, please. I've been keeping...

2008-01-04T12:25:00.000-08:00

Kate, stay safe and dry, please. I've been keeping tabs on your storm because of you and a few other friends down there. We have some of the wind and rain up here but this time you folks are taking the brunt of it.

Mage, the inspiration for the post came from a remark Gordo made in the comments from the previous day. I do this every now and then -- yak about cyber thangs, I mean.

Yes, but now I am wondering what prompted this car...

2008-01-04T11:00:00.000-08:00

Yes, but now I am wondering what prompted this careful lesson in cyberfriendships. :)

Just think, if you had been a fraidy cat about mee...

2008-01-04T09:27:00.000-08:00

Just think, if you had been a fraidy cat about meeting cyber friends in person, where would we be today? I've got a couple of cyber families myself, and they're wonderful -- way more supportive than my kinfolk ever thought about being!

Hope you're battened down good & solid up there. It's spittin' & blowin' here & I'll likely lose power before it's all over (lights keep going faint, then coming back to full power).

Ah, Jo and Bill, you represent just one of the hap...

2008-01-04T08:34:00.000-08:00

Ah, Jo and Bill, you represent just one of the happy Web couples I know about. Makes my heart smile.

Bonnie, I was thinking about the worries your pool friends had before you came for your visit. And grinning, of course.

Methinks I'm preaching to the choir, here. And that's okay, too. It does us good to verify the validity and value of our cyber-friendships from time to time.

I so couldn't agree with you more, Dee. Without t...

2008-01-04T07:59:00.000-08:00

I so couldn't agree with you more, Dee. Without the Internet, I really wouldn't have as many friends as I do have. I would have never met you and your wonderful brand of humor and writing. I wouldn't have met this lovely couple in Montreal and have them become our best friends. We have met now three times in real life and they want to come down again this coming summer. I wouldn't have had all this company in my own home if it hadn't been for the Internet. I wouldn't be going to Florida in February to visit another couple who are best friends, too, that I met because of a Yahoo group I am on (same place I met the Montreal couple). And I wouldn't have had the best marriage ever if I hadn't met my guy--The Old Guy who wrote the first comment on this topic--on the Internet. So, does 12 1/2 years of marriage count as a success? If I had met him through the usual procedures, would our marriage have also lasted this long? Well, probably because of who we are and how well we get along. The point is meeting people on the Internet is no safer or no worse than meeting people in your own town, like you said.

This brought a broad smile to my face as I recall ...

2008-01-04T07:20:00.000-08:00

This brought a broad smile to my face as I recall the warnings and oh my's from the pool folks when I was off to meet you. :-) And do you suppose they were more surprised to see me back in one piece talking about the fine time I had? ;-)

Well, speaking as one who married his cyberfriend ...

2008-01-04T05:33:00.000-08:00

Well, speaking as one who married his cyberfriend a dozen years ago, I'd have to agree with you. And she loves cats.