Anyone here your BFFL?

hollydolly said:
OM Gosh Jim...what a lovely thing to say...how very kind of you sir, I don't ever think I've had a compliment quite like it. I'm quite taken aback... The photo is almost 2 years old .:D
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Awww shucks Ma'am. I know others agree.
 

Well,yes,"kindred spirit" somehow became BFFL. Obviously one would not make a BFFL just by "knowing" them on a forum.

I used to belong to Classmates.com-well,still do but they eliminated the message boards at some point. I think I joined that around 2003 and became great "friends" with a group that wasn`t even from my high school-it was a high school "down the road" from mine,in the city where I was born. Anyway,we all spent hours on there every night. The group were all about ten years older than me. After a year or two,we all decided to have a getogether and met in Reno for several days. We had a blast. I became especially close to four of the members-and really close to one lady. Even my kids became friends with her! She passed away about three years ago-as did two of the others (of the four). So now there`s just Rich H. that I stay in touch with. I haven`t seen him in person though since we all had a big BBQ at his house.
 
Most of those I've met in person were from expat forums and usually we'd all meet in a central location for lunch or a party. One of them that I met in 2003 rented our house from us while lived in Uganda from 2007-09. Gave us great peace of mind to have a family we trusted to look after our house.

Another who is still a good friend retired here with her Scottish husband.

Another lived on Loch Lomond. Met up in 2002 and we are still friends through Facebook because she moved back to the US.

There were a couple of expats I met that I did not want to remain friends with, but most were wonderful people.

And the best one I met online was my husband!
 
I've met quite a few forum friends on group meets , lunches and dinners, most were nice some not so much. I have to say for good and bad it opened my eyes to how certain folks can be very different people online and offline regardless of how long you may think you've known them.
 
I don't have a best friend either but do phone chat with a guy I've known since jr. high a few times a month. I don't consider him a best friend, tho. I do have some nice friends online. That's about it.
 
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