A comment exchange led to a sudden consideration of what would happen if you ended up meeting someone from on SP in person and becoming friends/partners/whatever. (That’s happened, I believe?) I mean, what would you say if someone asked where you met each other? “I. Uh. Online. We’ll go with online.”
And, yeah, there will be the wise-asses among you who will happily tell people where you met. I’m well aware. 😛
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Hmm, the problem is saying “online” isn’t too socially impressive either. So if the goal is to seem interesting (or at least not bring a party to a dead awkward silence), I would just fabricate some modest little story off the top of my head. It would probably be something like: We met while defending a herd of elephants from an army of poachers while a volcano was erupting and we both ducked for cover under the same eucalyptus tree.
You forgot the part about the koala named Bob and his block of cheddar cheese.
And the leopard named Percy who attacked the army of poachers and ate all the elephants and jumped into erupting volcano too. Simultaneously. He was a quick Leopard. Or was he a Cheetah? Either way we were saved.
He was a cheetah, that’s where the koala got the cheese. Of course, Percy was able to do all that simultaneously because, like all cheetahs, he ran from his problems and became very fast. Bob told us Percy would jump in the volcano, but we didn’t believe him. Little did we know it really isn’t easy being cheesy.
I’ve met people on this site before. Without exception they’ve all been crazy in one way or another. That’s fine. (I’m hardly the epitome of mental health. myself).
But damn. People on suicide sites are a ‘whole nOther level of crazy.
“People on suicide sites are a ‘whole nother level of crazy.” Word.
The stories I’ve heard about meet ups from this site have given me pause to wonder if this is a good idea but with that said, I’ve been to the psych ward and this isn’t all that different. This place is an online psychward. A ward specifically for the suicidal. Of course you’re going to get people at the end of their rope. I met up with a guy from this site once. We were going to do the charcoal car method but the idea was gassed when I saw that he was too young and I recently checked his FB and he looks like he’s doing alright. We did get high and stare at sheep though. What landmarks in the US should I be looking to hit? Grand Canyon for sure… What else?
impossible_girl,
The only thing about meeting people on here is! WE ALL ARE CRAZY! ha ha! I made friends on here, actually a lot of fun, but then comes reality , we must move on, but for awhile anyways we have someone to relate too.
yes, this has happened. I met my ex on here around 3 years ago and he moved in 8 months ago, we still live together currently and both use SP somewhat to this day. Both of us meeting on a suicide forum should have made us more attentive to the fact that we both have serious issues, that fact was overlooked when conversing on Skype for years because we weren’t forced to expose the significance of them to each other. transitioning to a real life relationship was very difficult, let alone living with them. in an online relationship it is easy to close your laptop and leave if you need space or things get tense, in real life the inability to isolate leads to harassment, violence and emotional abuse, at least that’s how it was for us, we were never the most compatible in the first place either. but yes, welcome to SP, the suicide dating site! “call now before this offer expires or your potential significant other does!”
“call now before this offer expires or your potential significant other does!”
Thanks for the laugh. I needed that.
I’ve always thought it would be interesting to meet someone from here I guess. I even suggested to someone who used to frequent the site that I would drive down through two states last Xmas just to show him that he really did matter. He declined saying that he wasn’t worth that kind of effort but I guess I didn’t really see it that way. Plus, I had all that time off and nowhere to be.
I don’t know. In real life, being so socially awkward and introverted, I don’t get out and meet many people as it is, but almost all of the ones I do know don’t know what to do when I actually try talking to them. Many know I have depression and anxiety issues, but the general reaction is, “Are you okay yet? No? I’ll check again next week.” Or they just stop because I’m apparently some sort communicable disease or something.
It just seems like people are more accepting and understanding here and I’ve enjoyed talking to a lot of people I’ve met her via email. Well, the ones that didn’t turn all preachy and try to “save” me. There are some valid points about people sometimes being at extremes but I kind of think that most of the world is crazy and they just don’t want to admit it. I’d think the same rules would apply here as would there, watch out for warning signs, be cautious about people you don’t know, that sort of thing. Whatever you do, I hope you meet a friend/p.artner/whatever who helps you find the courage to take another step at those times when you don’t know if you can.
As for what to say…well, you said you like puns…
Say that you met by accident when he made a pass at you on the way to his dentistry final.
I’m getting ready for my stateside escape drive so if anybody wants toe meet give me a holler. Or shoot me an email. This should interesting to say the least. Getting car inspected tomorrow and hopefully safety checked and E tested. Plan is to leave my wednesday.
I’m getting ready for my stateside escape drive so if anybody wants to meet give me a holler. Or shoot me an email. This should interesting to say the least. Getting car inspected tomorrow and hopefully safety checked and E tested. Plan is to leave my wednesday.
I would love to go on a road trip with someone, been lonely for so many years now I hate the thought of travelling alone, being in the UK though, not likely to meet anyone here.
You got more chance than me though. I’m pretty sure no one in my country is using this.