How to make friends ... on forums like this (parts 1-2-3 of 9)

[SAFETY FIRST]

1 hour ago, Old Curmudgeon said:

How to make friends ... on forums like this

Bob was always looking for friends here, it didn't end well. 

 

[FolkGuitar]

Over the years I've met with 6-8 forum members, for lunch or coffee. To a man (and two women,)  all were nice, very pleasant people. Lunch conversation was enjoyable, interesting, and lively, and the lunch hour usually became two.

But in fact, common interests were few so most of us slipped back into remaining 'forum friends' while friendships grew with a few.

Edited 2 hours ago by FolkGuitar

[FritsSikkink]

31 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Have you read the comment, or are you just counting. Hope you weren´t an accountant before. 😂

 

Half of the replies are from the OP himself.

[JimTripper]

11 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

Over the years I've met with 6-8 forum members, for lunch or coffee. To a man (and two women,)  all were nice, very pleasant people. Lunch conversation was enjoyable, interesting, and lively, and the lunch hour usually became two.

But in fact, common interests were few so most of us slipped back into remaining 'forum friends' while friendships grew with a few.

Are you only interested in meeting people that have the same interests as yourself? Seems odd, why would you do that?

[Gottfrid]

34 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

 

Half of the replies are from the OP himself.

Yeah, of course. The man has a huge idea. He will contact The Thaiger later an ask is he can sell his lessons in downloadable files later. 🤣

[Hummin]

1 hour ago, JimTripper said:

Are you only interested in meeting people that have the same interests as yourself? Seems odd, why would you do that?

Common ground is good, but for all my activities, we shared the passion for what we did, and had many different backgrounds and ages, but one single thing brought us together. 

 

Maybe AN could be such a thing? After all we know quite a bit about each and one who have been here for a while, but OP seems to be a "Newbie", or? Who knows how long he has been here, or how many profiles he previously had.

Edited 1 hour ago by Hummin

[FolkGuitar]

58 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Are you only interested in meeting people that have the same interests as yourself?

 

Wow!

No. I'm interested in making friends with people who have the same interests as myself.

I never suggested it was a requirement for simply meeting.

 

[Bill97]

“Billy no mates” couldn’t get anyone to join him for lunch or dinner in his expat dinning club topic but is now telling us how to make friends.  What’s next Billy?

[KhunLA]

3 hours ago, Old Curmudgeon said:

 

Kind offer: thanks @Hummin, but you "missed" another one.

 

You sound like an interesting and intelligent person, but I wish you had read the opening post more carefully before posting a reply.

In your defense, most posters, on most forums, do not read carefully before posting, they just see a few words and then "riff" on that.

@Hummin and myself don't disagree too much, and civil when we do.  Always up to meet like minded folks, but spur of the moment, as don't do schedules.  

 

Hate needing to be anywhere at anytime.