Would you meet up with your online friends? Why or why not?
How will you be feeling?
What advice would you give to someone who is considering meeting their online friends for the first time?
To be honest, meeting a virtual friend is really not an option for me. I have so many reasons why I don't want to do that, But, even if that's the case, that doesn't mean I never imagine meeting all of my virtual friends from here and there.
The truth is, I feel like just imagining meeting them is enough for me already, I'm already happy with that. Although I really want to meet up with them all, like for the first time, as in all of us, ahhh, it's making me feel excited to the core just thinking about it.
But, in the end, I still have this doubt or uncertainty that will result in my backing down from doing so. I am thinking twice—no, actually not just twice, more like I'm thinking about it the whole day, and I have this bunch of questions running wild in my head.
"Should I go?" "Is it really okay for me to do that?" "Will they like me too, or how should I even act in front of them?" Something like this: I am really different in a face-to-face situation, but talking with them virtually is just as easy as pie for me.
And, if we do it face to face, I feel like I have to pretend, like I'm a good person, just so as not to embarrass myself. I don't know; that's just how I do things. I'm used to it already. I may act like a fool if I face everyone. This kind of thing is really hard for me.
I know there's really nothing to overthink, but I can't really convince myself not to do that. Me and my mind are like two different people with such a huge difference in personality. Aigooooo. But letting myself meet with everyone is still possible for me.
And I need to prepare myself more to allow myself to do that. I need a lot of courage. I'm sure introverted people will understand me the most here. It's not an exaggeration; fears about facing other people are just too much, no matter how close you are to them.
But once these fears were gone, I had no problem meeting them. I just have to put on a facemask for me to feel secured, lol. If I hide myself using a facemask, it is not that difficult to do. So to the question of whether I would meet online friends, it depends.
But I'll definitely do it once everything is settled in my head. Because I know that it will definitely make me happy once I meet them. Although there are a lot of uncertainties, I know I will still enjoy it despite those negative thoughts in my head.
And what advice would I give to someone who is considering meeting their online friends for the first time? Hmmmm, bring a pepper spray and a lot of stunts for self-defense? Lol. But seriously, not every online friend we met are good people.
Some hide behind a mask like they are the kindest people that exist. But deep inside, you don't know they are already mincing you to pieces. So better be ready than sorry later. And aside from that, just bring yourself and enjoy meeting a new friend.
But never let your guard down...
