People who've met their online friends, what made you regret it?

[@songlilly617]

I met a boy when I was 13, in a AOL roleplay chat room. He was 12. We met for the first time at 19.... at 27, we got married..... and just last year, he made me a widow. Regardless, I will never regret him.

[@killercomedytv]

Damn..... Got a tear in my eye. Hope the best for you and hope you heal from such a tragedy.

[@edgloss1299]

My condolences 🙏🙏 Rest In Peace

[@raylectro]

i'm so sorry for your loss ;(

[@peggypookie]

stop wait thats so cute

[@Youareaidiot]

im so sorry

[@mannydcbianco]

Last story: She's doing what toxic and controlling people often do in relationships; isolate their partners, separate them from friends and family, one by one. When they have no one else to turn to it makes them easier to control. Make them feel like they have no one else but the controlling, abusive partner.

[@ArgotasticVR]

Wow rlly ur smart genius

[@inkling457]

Thjs was also the case with Jessica and Kate, 100%.

[@G74-f1t]

She sounds like an attention seeker

[@Shattered_shards]

Isn’t this what starts domestic violence?

[@Suveramort]

sounds like my story too

[@GanyuMain_]

I was 11 y/o (F) when I made an online friend (13M). We were both moderators for a Pokemon forum (yes, who tf allowed kids run the show idk). When I was 23, he had a work conference in my city so we finally managed to meet!! It was great, kinda awkward at first but by day 2, we were laughing our asses off. Online friends are just as valuable as IRL ones. Good memories :)

[@Marilynn_1275]

I'm glad it went well for you! That's wonderful 😊

[@fullmoonshadow6967]

I don't consider them "online" for the exact reasons you talk about. "Online" sounds anonymous and disconnected, like you've never truly gotten to know the person. Long-distance is far more accurate, and I think we as a species and society need to normalize treating someone you can't see in person the same way (respect-wise) you would treat someone you could see at any time. Being long-distance, while inconvenient or problematic for some, can make things so much easier for many. Introverts have less struggle thriving in a world where they can choose anonymity at any given time, and not *having* to see someone in person can lead to a lot more freedom in how and when you interact with someone. You could spend an hour chatting, or three hours gaming, and you're not restricted by time of day due to the fact you don't have to travel anywhere, and you don't need public spaces to be open for access.

[@Nukaturtle]

Made friends with a dude on a forum chat. Went on a trip with him, then visited him in his country, he came to mine, and now we are married. 5 years and counting.

[@TheMadRatKing]

If thats true, good on you guys

[@Warhead-ds4dc]

Why must everyone be so lucky

[@Nukaturtle]

@@Warhead-ds4dc luck got nothing to do with it. Total I’ve spent $10k for visas in order to be here. But within 6months, that’ll be no more.

[@asmodiusjones9563]

A girl from another country randomly Skyped me circa 2006 to practice English. We hit it off and she told me about teaching opportunities at her university. I applied, got a teaching position, moved to her country for a few years; then we moved back to my country and got married. She must just be using me for a green card, but we’ve been married for 15 years and have two kids, so she must be playing the long con or something.

[@Warhead-ds4dc]

​@@Nukaturtle Meant luck as in you found someone. I drew a poor hand when it comes down to it.

[@jewellier]

Lol nothing. I've been part of an online group of bronies from all around Russia for a few years (a girl among mostly guys, mind you) and we all decided to meet at Moscow last May, around 12 people. We booked almost an entire floor at the same hotel and had a nice week of hanging out together, playing board games, walking around the city, and just chilling. Nothing creepy, nothing regrettable. Those guys are my absolute brothers

[@Bonikial]

called BROnies for a reason

[@susagean2080]

@@Bonikial And pegaSISTERS.

[@ACNordstrom]

​@@susagean2080no that's a e621 tag

[@Marilynn_1275]

That's great!

[@Pack_Watch]

Cringe

[@someshyweirdo7680]

Man this video makes me nervous cause I recently found out a friend I’ve been talking to for 5-6 months now lives 3 hours away from me. I’ve brought the hypothetical idea of meeting up if I ever have a reason to drive there. Thing is I’m not as expressive or energetic irl as I am online so I’m worried it’ll be us just sitting in awkward silence

[@janemiettinen5176]

Just tell them youre sorta shy, new situations make you kinda nervous, just give me some time to warm up. If they appreciate you the way friends should, this shouldnt be a problem. This could be your ride or die buddy or it can be slightly awkward, but I rather regret the things Ive done, than things I passed. If it still turns awkward, just draw from the things you have experienced and talked about, you already have a history and things in common. And maybe have a deadline, just in case, “Im coming to town, but I cant be long, I got x amount of time to see you”. If it goes well, you can blow off the other, imaginary engagements. If its horrible, you know youre out of there soon, it helps. Good luck, just be you, because you can do this :)

[@Dylan-xx2tk]

I met someone who I had known for 8 years and even though we were super comfy online, it was kinda awkward meeting IRL two years ago. I was able to keep the conversation going somewhat but I won't deny that there were awkward silences. It's natural. Nowadays though, we're super chill. Later, my entire friend group ended up getting together and we had a blast. You can do it.

[@fullmoonshadow6967]

I wish you luck, because it's normal to be nervous the first time you see someone face-to-face. As long as you enjoy each others' company, you'll be A-okay! 👍

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

"She constantly smelled like fish" came out of nowhere and it's hilarious.

[@ktsoccer9729]

met my best friend playing rainbow six siege of all places. We really hit it off and we had each others backs through good and bad, and he helped me get through my first duty station (over 4 years). He came to my wedding 3 years ago and was one of my groomsmen. fast forward to April of this past year, I was stationed in the UK for the military and didn't pick up the phone when he called. He had a history of depression and I talked him off the edge multiple times as did my wife. Woke up to 3 missed calls and a mutual friend of ours calling me. Turns out he took his own life. To this day i regret not hearing the phone and miss him every day. still hard to talk about but its much easier to type than verbal express it. Love you buddy

[@eurydiceshadowcry]

I met a group of people in ffxiv in January. Started getting feelings for one of them and by October I flew across the US to meet them. I am now engaged and living with him.

[@ABadPassword]

I've managed to meet 6 online gaming buddies and I'm still friends with 5 of them. The sixth guy just kinda ruined his life and I couldn't help him anymore, so we don't talk to that guy lmao.

[@TangerinoXD]

Its stories like these that make me scared to ever meet any online friends I have.

[@rayhatesu]

Speaking as someone who has met online friends before, it can be a mixed bag. More often than not, though, I've been happy to meet them. That said, I also relate to the first OP in the video: I met one friend irl that I'd known for years in person only to lose him later to unfair circumstances (in my friend's case, his house burned down with him inside. I'd been talking to/ playing games with him the day before too). Life sucks sometimes, but don't fail to treasure your friends, regardless of how you met them.

[@ThankfulSumo]

whats the game in the backround called

[@TangerinoXD]

@@ThankfulSumo i wish i knew

[@k4zj]

as someone who met her online bestie. it really depends.. I still keep hanging out with her she is great and if I didnt meet her that’d be one of my biggest regrets

[@AmbientofLight]

Dont let that stop u. Met my now only friend online and i dropped everyone of my friend because im content with only her. I used to be obnoxious but around her i turned into a shy childish person...i started seeing she was so positive my energy did not feel to take on any persona to protect myself where as with others, i lashed out in anger.

[@koresaliva]

I met my online best friend (15f) and I (16f) in 2019. We clicked instantly, and even through our time together we dated different people we were always very close and relied with each other. We met last year and as soon as we saw each other irl we clicked instantly, like two twin siblings with nothing on their brain except each other. Things are kind of slow at the moment, but we've met 4 more times since then and we're planning to live together soon :)

[@CrimzonLizard]

At the start of the 2019-2020 college semester I met a girl online and got to talking with her. We quickly grew close and eventually in March of 2020 right before lock-down we started dating. In December of 2021 she came up to visit me in Canada (she's from the USA) and on December 25th I proposed to her. We've been engaged ever since. If it wasn't for national borders we would probably be married already. I love her so much.

[@CherriHoney]

People who say online friends aren't real friends are wrong. I have an online friend, and yesterday in fact I found out from her brother that she was in the hospital for Asthma. I'm still worried for her. Y'all matter

[@Thatfunnyguyonyoutube]

I met my wife & mother of our kids online. She coulda been anyone & I coulda ended up on the black market. But 2005 me was naive & trusting & now I live in Canada 🫡

[@ezlife4690]

Do dating app people count? Because he told me he was a vampire within 10 minutes.

[@cajowlingbowl]

PFFFFFFFT

[@reeniebear99]

Met my online bestie after we agreed I'd move in with her. I moved from the east coast to the west coast of America. It was awesome and awful, in all those ways that life can be. So fun, so many great and painful memories. It was a year of my life that shaped me, truly, and I owe her so much. I don't regret a single thing. I just wish the timing had been better. I also remember saying she was taller than I thought she'd be xD

[@ihadastrokereadingthis]

met a girl 4-5 years ago, and shes 2 years older than me. i spiralled into a weird mix of depression and just general unhappiness about a year and a half ago, she was my backbone for support and everything. she lives across the country, so i cannot visit her, but we are still the best of friends online. you dont need to meet in reality to be friends, sometimes its better just online.

[@pothiermarie9623]

I met 5 or 6 friends and it always went well. So I rarely turn down an invitation. These stories would have scared the sht out of me if I didn't experience IRL meetings before One relation turned real bad and I just don't talk anymore with another of these 6 friends but I'm still in touch with the others and I'm glad! Make you own experiences, a lot of good stuff can happen

[@sucygin7803]

"You're not what I expected" She thinks you're ugly bro

[@ammie1813]

When i was 14, I became friends with quite a few people I met on a writing website, I was particularly close with 2 people who were the same age as me, we met for the first time when we were 18 and we've been really good friends now for 12 years. Unfortunately, I lost contact with the remaining people from the same circle (I still have them all on insta etc but the most we do is like each other's posts) but I'm super happy I still keep in contact with these two

[@odetoclear]

ngl kinda sits wrong with me that it's phrased as "what made you regret it?" rather than "did you regret it?". as if meeting your online friend will automatically have a bad result...

[@hangingrei]

Met a dude I met on discord who happened to live only two hours away. We were friends for a long time and honestly just wanted to meet up and hang. Turns out he's a whole foot taller than me and can crush my ribs very easily. He's also very into working out legs, and made me bicycle at like 10-12 mph for 6 minutes. I couldn't walk for three days after that. Anyways we've been dating for almost a year now

[@Bebba_Big]

This is so cute

[@QueenLethargy]

Haven't gotten to meet, but we're planning a trip for 2025. I've known these two girls for 5 or so years now (we all became friends through an Undertale RP blog) and we've all exchanged gifts in the mail for our birthdays/christmas. The two of them got to meet irl first because they're only 2 states away from each other while I live further south, but we're hoping to do a big trip to Universal or Disney together.

[@Jokeami]

Wish ya luck and a good trip!

[@black-void7124]

man that's so cool! truly wish u a luck.

[@lisatheboywonder6744]

I met someone I met on Facebook after we commented on the same post and it started a conversation then we friended each other, I was 24 at the time (38 now) and she seemed cool, I looked at her pictures and she looked my age. We agreed to finally meet and I agreed I can pick her up at the train station. I am driving around forever trying to find her and I'm slowing down by the entrance to the train station cause maybe I missed her the first few times. As I slowed down I see who I thought was a 46 year old woman with a stroller and two kids call out my name. Confused I'm like ' do I know you?' and she says her name. I look at her for a moment confused but realized this is a much older version of the pictures I seen on Facebook. She didn't tell me how old she was and didn't tell me she had kids. I thought I was meeting someone my age and pointed it out and she ' said' she was 34 and used pictures of herself when she was 19. She proceeds to take out a pouch of KITE cigarette tobacco and roll and unfiltered cigarette which explained why she sounded like Mrs.Bighead from Rocko's modern life. She then babbles on to me about how she lives with her baby daddy and she hates him but her youngest son was a ' save the relationship ' baby and that she stays cause she hasn't had a job in 12 years and just trauma dumping sooooo much stuff onto me. Like I just met this woman and I don't know her and she was dumping her whole lifetime of trauma onto me. By the time we get to my house I just wanted her to leave already. My boyfriend and I at the time were just sitting there with mouth agape as she started talking about sexual abuse and how her and her baby daddy have been getting kicked out of every apartment they rented the last couple years and how much she hates him, and how she broke her foot two weeks ago but took off her cast already cause she didn't like how the cast felt. Like the woman I talked to online seemed smart and funny and cool and what i was getting was a crazy hot mess whose kids are screaming the entire time,Eventually I drop her off at the train station and she asked when to hang out again cause she needs ' positive female friends in her life' and i came up with some excuse about being busy for the next couple weeks and blocked her off everything when i got home. Never again.

[@puchipuchi808]

I lowkey feel kinda bad for her

[@omlut]

I'm sorry i can't imagine meeting someone and not at the very least asking their age.

[@CalmClamFam]

Sounds like a cry for help on her side. She needs actual therapy instead of using a person she just met to trauma dump

[@lisatheboywonder6744]

@@omlut she used all her old pictures so I assumed she was my age I was 24 at the time so I was naive to think she was using accurate pictures. I'm almost 40 now so I know better and am ' smarter' I was new to FB then so there was that me thinking people were being honest on their pages 😂

[@lisatheboywonder6744]

@@CalmClamFam yes like if you were to tell me facets of your life in time when an actual friendship developed and is solid I would be there for them, and I didn't know her at all really and it was my first time meeting her and she lied about her appearance making it seem like she was younger then she was and didn't tell me she had kids so there was that too

[@minjiu__u]

Can't regret meeting up when you have no friends to meet up with

[@Mary_OTT]

Really

[@Beautiful_Hope]

Answering the phone & explaining that you’re not interested in someone, whether it’s romantic or not, is much better than ghosting them. I’ve been ghosted more than a dozen times (by potential friends or acquaintances that I’m starting to build a friendship with) & it hurts every single time.

[@collin9752]

i listen to reddit vids in the shower at least twice a day and ive never been so annoyed with a narrator😭 yet here i am still subbed but grow a backbone

[@rankings727]

Bro what 😭

[@Ckmodel_horses]

So glad that all of my internet friends have been great and everything I hoped for when I met them irl. Met most of them in 2017 through Tiktok and got to meet most of them irl in 2019 when we all went to a convention type thing together. Only one I really wanted to meet that I wasn’t able to was my bestest friend that I had probably known the longest. Finally got to meet her last summer at the same convention and it was the best weekend of my life. We’re planning a trip together for this summer!

[@ImnotgoingSideways]

I met a number people I knew from Second Life in a convention. My only regret was that my crippling social anxiety prevented me from making any more of it. (._.)

[@inkling457]

"You're not what I expected" just means that they have an ulterior motive that they don't want to admit. They found someone else they like more, they're tired of faking their own personality around you, whatever. I'm sure the OP asked WHY, and never got an answer. That's the true red flag that it's not actually their fault, and whoever the other girl was, was lying to them. I've had it also happen to me before. OP deserves better. Be on the look out for people who tell you that you have some horrible trait, then have zero examples. Then it's just an excuse, and THEY'RE the problem, or they're too much of a coward to tell you. They just don't want to be in the wrong. Get away from them fast.

[@babyrodent]

Not my own experience thank goodness, but something that my mother went through. Some years ago, back when my mom was still new to the online landscape and I was still in high school, she befriended this woman from the United Kingdom who claimed to be friends with a celebrity that they both liked. Since that celebrity was going to be at an event, Mom invited this woman out to spend a few days with us. But where my mom would regret it was when, at the event itself, this woman- who claimed to be friends with the celebrity- absolutely _froze_ at the sight of him. In contrast, my mom was more familiar with the celebrity since they've met numerous times before and was more relaxed around him, so they're friends. Then after the woman returned home to the United Kingdom, the woman then claimed that she was the celebrity's son's _mother_ which ultimately did not go over well because the woman turned out to be a massive lunatic. From this day forward, Mom is way more cautious about me meeting with people that I know online. That being said, while her caution is warranted, I ironically had way better luck with getting to meet friends from online since they are who they present themselves to be.

[@C134B]

Met 2 of them, ended up travelling back home tripping hard for the first time in my life. Love those guys

[@Spyderrrrlil]

I met three people I met online irl. All of them are amazing people and I still talk to them all the time. All of them live far from me but I definitely can call them great friends.

[@StarsAnimations_ovo]

didnt have to meet him. i dont make online friends anymore.

[@bloodydarkangel936]

I had a couple friends that I was friends with for years and we all agreed to meet up at this one girls house who lived across the country from me. I was so excited because I had known these people forever. Unfortunately when we met they focused on each other and kind of left me to the wayside. Ironically the time I felt the most included was when we all brought out laptops and games on them. I still don't know what I did to make them both ignore me.

[@MysticalGoatKnight]

The only online friend I regret meeting in RL was a guy who lived across the city from me. He seemed nice for a while then started kinda... behaving like a massive prick, I slowly stopped talking to him over time and, eventually, I found out he started dating a guy who is a nazi, so yeah.... I am glad I dropped him. The only other online friend I met in RL became my boyfriend and he and I both get along extremely well. He's super sweet, caring and a total goofball. His mum, however, is... batshit insane. We live together and we both really want to move away from here. I only moved in because my abusive father was threatening to kick me out over something I was unable to do by myself so, instead of waiting until the right moment to move in, I had to rush to move in with him. This one, slightly off topic, I had a RL friend from my time in high school and after I graduated, I would not hear from her for a couple years, she'd pop up, talk to me for a few hours, annnnd vanish, then.. 3 years ago, she randomly popped up again, in my discord, asking me if I could go to the fair with her, I explained that, as long as I could take my boyfriend, it's a maybe. She would start acting more.. weird and would blatantly try to get me to go with her, without my boyfriend even going as far as saying "He can come, but he'd have to go in his own car" and I had to explain that I am not going somewhere without him and that I would rather just be in the car with him but she was so damn adamant about separating me from him to the point where it was just a back-and-forth of "I can't go without my boyfriend" and her begging me to go with her for like.. 2 hours. I don't want my boyfriend to miss out on anything since I know he'd feel bad if I didn't take him along with me.

[@dizzie1451]

i havent regretted meeting any of my online friends, most recently i met up with my friend at a kpop concert ive known her for 5 years and we were exactly what we expected (i thought she was smaller in height though xD). the only thing i regret is not spending more time with her, we met up before and after the concert but we didnt get to spend much time together due to concert chaos and having different seats. either way dont let this put u off just make sure you really know the person and youll be fine

[@LHWK_RHC]

“We have special locks that need a key to open”. So, a regular lock then? 😂

[@kitebrethren]

DAMN. 6 PAGE LETTER. I think I may have been willing to listen due to the sheer amount of effort for that, although I suppose perhaps I’d be less likely to listen given the fact he would have found my house. But perhaps you’re in a bit of a hostage situation at that point anyway since he’ll just come back whether you want him to or not. This is where you play nice and start to gather information to use against him.

[@not-so-obvious_autism777]

I’ve never met my online friend because we live in separate countries. She’s sent me pictures though, and she’s very beautiful. The only thing I regret is going along with her (not necessarily harmful but) questionable interests so that she wouldn’t feel awkward.

[@annaifos]

Nothing! Met when we were 13 and are still best friends 17 years later!

[@sbatou87]

Nope. Met my girlfriend online, and we've been together for many years and still going.

[@notcreative5550]

lucky i wish me and mine worked out but sadly nope

[@jaypaint4855]

Mine is short, but I’m just out of high school, and I met this lady on Facebook (she was ~70), and we would DM occasionally. Anyway she ended up finding out she had cancer, and we met for the first time at the hospital. She passed away days later.

[@stargirl6839]

omg she seems sweet sorry for that

[@fullmoonshadow6967]

I've met all my closest friends this way. Haven't lost any, and the shortest relationship I have like this is coming up on three years. I don't call them "online" relationships, because that sounds too distant and anonymous. We call it long-distance. We've all done group video calls, and know each other all well, to the point of knowing each others' addresses. We're all the same age group, and the longest I've known anyone in the group is eight, maybe nine years at this point.

[@not-so-obvious_autism777]

Dang, the first story is just sad, man. Sorry for bro’s loss. Press F to pay respects. ⌨️😔

[@nmcli]

I had this online friend who i havent met in real life, but i just really miss him. We would play minecraft together on this server, and we would always play bedwars and it didnt matter if we won or lost, we had fun either way. Eventually we started playing together less and less, until the server changed their friends plugin and it reset everyone's friend lists. After that, I lost him and hundreds of other online friends. I tried looking for him on the server and on discord and stuff, but after a while i just gave up. That was almost 5 years ago now, and hes still gone. I miss you Parth2099k 😢

[@Lili_Chan_2011]

D is probably in jail

[@Irisarc1]

That last story sounds like it could actually be my former friend Steven. He did exactly what the OP did with the same result. I don't actually know of this true for the OP, but the reason Steven's friend dropped him was that his friend's wife was jealous. Steven is gay and she was afraid her their friendship would turn romantic. I doubt it would have, but I guess she thought it might. The thing is that Steven was over 300 lbs and rarely bathed. I think that may have been why almost all of his friends were online. Our friendship started long before he became that way, so I kind of grandfathered into the mess. As I said, now he is my former friend. Not only was he unpleasant to be close to, but he also skipped town the weekend my partner died, so as not to be around me as I grieved. He actually lived with us at that time, so he knew what was happening and just chose to nope out when I could have really used his support. I found out about his interstate friendship falling apart from Facebook.

[@thatguywithaviolin]

Why the hell does Steven have a wife if he is gay

[@craigversheck7835]

Story #3. Though only a neighborhood friend that I went to elementary school with, one day collided by accident. We both simultaneously turned around after both looking the other way. His front teeth mauled into my forehead in the collision. I end up with a human bite in essence and even after going to the ER, end up with a massive infection swelling half my face. Sadly my friend ended up breaking his upper jaw/face. Mouth wired shut for months, then some other orthodontic stuff for months. Terrible.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Not what I expected is a relationship thing: OP's friend had a dream concept and people rarely live up to those.... At least it was recognized quickly, and the friend didn't try to 'change OP.'

[@janemiettinen5176]

Sure, but she couldve pretended for just that one day. Unless youre completely socially inept or new on this planet, you should consider the other persons feelings too. Its not that hard. Even if she wasnt what was expected (which is so weird concept in friendly relationship anyway), they still had previous things in common, just draw from that and try to have fun, then kindly let them down afterwards. No need to be a jerk. Some people also need some time to warm up irl, while they can be the life of the party online.

[@cooldemon5545]

Met someone on discord a couple years ago and became pretty good friends. Last year we managed to meet up at Comic Con in my state, and not too long after meeting my younger sister, he groped her, so I punched him in the face and he left Comic Con with a broken nose. I blocked him on Discord after that. She was 17, he was 20 and knew she was underage.

[@Aimms_Coffin]

Met my bestie online through being fans of band, 12 years strong and I couldn't live without her ❤

[@Galactic_Machine]

I actually can't believe there are people who are willing to meet their online friends in real life. If an online friend asked me to meet them in real life, I'd bluntly tell them "no".

[@a.n.9800]

A bunch of my discord friends are planning to meet in person for the first time during the solar eclipse this year, I’m looking forward to it. I’ll be with by boyfriend’s family and some of my friends will be bringing family as well. We’ve all been on the server for at least two years, most of us just over three, so it’s a big deal ^_^

[@Silencer796]

Someone saying “You are not what I expected” or “You look different” means they envisioned you being good looking. Sadly… :(

[@craigversheck7835]

Story 12, I wonder if the guy was just as shy/awkward as she, and they both geeked out and didnt know what to say. HS days can be rough figuring out things. 😂

[@Byakuya_ML]

Me my online friend of five years. It was the most perfect meeting I can ever hope for. The meeting coincided with my birthdays. We went laser tag, did cafe hoppings and had the perfect little mini vacation. It felt really bad when she left but it was the best 15 days of my life.

[@EpicMatt616]

I once met a girl online, who was nice enough, and went to the same school as me. We started to hang out in person, but it turns out she was a total jerk who mistreated everybody with death threats and constant mockery/rumor spreading. I was quick to get away from her, but she ended up joining my friend group against my wishes. At some point I finally convinced everybody else of her true self, and we all distanced ourselves from her, but she ended up hitting my friend and blaming it all on him, crying and everything. If her behavior was unforgivable before, it certainly was then. She tried to make it up to me online but almost instantly started warning me that one of my best friends was going to betray me and that they were responsible for all her problems. Total BS and never talked to her again. Good riddance.

[@cabin_quilt]

I felt icky about story 13. People with mobility issues/chronic pain often are both unable to exercise and unable to maintain a high-paying job, and thus end up relying on fast food. This means that when you see a fat person using a mobility aid, this is usually NOT them being lazy but instead a person who has a genuine disability who also gained weight because of that disability. Judging this person for being fat and using a cane just gives me a really bad impression of OP. Some conjecture but there is a comorbidity between EDS (a condition that often includes severe joint pain) and autism. I wonder if the woman OP was talking about was someone who had both of these conditions; it would explain both the mobility problems and the difficulty picking up social cues from OP. I can't say for certain what was going on with her--and she's definitely got her problems--but from what I'm reading between the lines, I think she deserved a bit more compassion than what OP was willing to give her. I hope she got away from her shitty boyfriend and is doing better now.

[@jakerandolph5053]

Really?

[@ZombieCSSTutorials]

Her attitude on life seemed very toxic, and there's no way the way she acted would ever fly if the genders were swapped. She's 300 pounds cause she doesn't put any effort in improving her situation, that's all there is to it.

[@pasteldoll7274]

I thought the same thing, OP sounded like such an asshole

[@shaymorcormick8743]

Getting that big that young means you are fucking lazy and looking for any excuse not to stay healthy. All you do when staying like that is harm yourself and create more problems down the road. Ya it sucks your joints hurt but working out and thru the pain is much better than getting so incredibly fat that you become unable to move and bones are in danger of breaking under your own weight.

[@hillarymaldonado8946]

Qq😊

[@karieebo9578]

anyone else just... doesn't care about meeting online friends IRL? i mean, it would be nice to meet them, but to me it isn't a must. i'm perfectly content with just VCing and texting

[@k4zj]

I was 15 at the time I met her when I was 12 now 16 and we are still very good friends I do not regret anything

[@riverselive_kdmz_8458]

Loved the video its 5: 22 a,m and i truly enjoyed it. Its impressive how so many people have different kinds of stories in their life. I wish the best for them, gonna check more of your videos ty for posting this.

[@crinklyonion1410]

Is it bad that I actually breathed a sight of relief when the first story was just someone dying of a horrible disease? My mind was racing coming up with the worst possible things that guy could have done that when it turned out he was just really sick, I was kind of unfazed.

[@Telesto_Timelost]

0:29 damn Rest in Peace 🕊️

[@dwightdeisenhower53]

This is why I don't make online friends.

[@crystal.starr0]

I met a long time online friend IRL and it was very good. He was Indian and I was nervous how it would be IRL but he was super nice and we had fun.

[@scp-phenomenon014]

I guess im kind of glad my friend/ex never came over despite us making plans several times. It probably wouldve ended up like one of these posts

[@blitzpsycho1560]

My regrets from meeting people irl that I met online come from long distance relationships. Fool of a kid that I was, I never really got attached to people I'd meet in my area but got really close to people I've met online, and only managed to completely fumble relationships all 3 times. Not gonna go into much detail beyond this general sort of thing. I've matured a fair bit since the last relationship crumbled and life threw me a lot of curveballs. I do regret the decisions I made, but I think they're what helped me learn to be a better person. Funnily enough, I'm still friends with all of those people I dated, I don't talk to them all the time but despite being exes I still trust each of them quite a lot. Got called out on my bullshit and I'm glad for that, wouldn't be who I am without having made those mistakes. Those friends are people I would give anything for.

[@DragonArbock]

I think there's only one online person I didn't really enjoy hanging around irl. It was in a group setting, but when we went off to do our own things the guy couldn't take the hint. I don't like being forced to interact with people, and I have anxiety. Sometimes I need space.

[@Hellysal]

I absolutely love the fact that after 15 years of playing online with each other we're now a close community of like 20+ adults who started yearly meet-ups with whoever can make it from the group just to kinda know each other and form this kinda "village" from all over the country that keeps each other sane

[@jamiewilliams5309]

I met a girl I knew for maybe 6 or 7 years? We met on some social app when we were both in school. We lived pretty far apart by UK standards. Like 2+ hours? Anyway we met and it was sort of a meet and chill. Ended up more of a date honestly it was nice. Laughs and jokes, deep chats. The works. She was always asking to meet up after and I was always happy to. But as is with being far away from each other days either we're convenient or things would come up so one of us couldn't. We eventually drifted and now speak maybe once every couple of months now. Still friends, but nothing really came of it.

[@spidermaxx02]

Something similar to story 12 happened to me. I had been talking to this dude I met off a dating app for like a month. He once showed up to the store I worked at bought some stuff, knew it was me who rang him up and blocked me after he left. I was like why didn’t he say anything??

[@notnathan5369]

12:55 This is just so wholesome, what a nice guy.

[@JosiahTheRoach]

I met up with one of my online friends a couple months ago! We just walked around target and took stupid photos lol. It was fun :)

[@garystanley6097]

Every time I see one of these vids I have to put the phone down and just listen. The background video is ALWAYS off putting and annoying.

[@edwhatshisname3562]

The weird chick in story 9 probably got off on the idea, which is why she wanted people to watch.

[@mousem7071]

Hmm my daughter met her friend here at my home last year. He cleaned my house (common areas) as a thank you. ( I have arthritis and have limited use of my hands). Mostly my Daughter, DiL, and friend were good guests.

[@bittersweetpepper2482]

When i was 9 in quarantine(2020) my escape was slendytubbies and gacha animations, yes, you can judge me, i met a group of people with common interests and i quickly became obsessed with them, my life was miserable without them, two of them started dating(this was like a 4 person group at the time) and also the other one ended their relationship with the other because of Adopt Me(i should've taken that as a sign) and after some time, the Adopt Me person just spout out a bunch of rumours about me and they distanced me from them. But they quickly realized and apologized, another fight rolled up, and i did some horrible things like guilt tripping, playing the victim and etc, when anither fight broke down i was literally planning to mass hate on someone because of my stupid and twisted idea of "revenge" and that person ended up having an anxiety attack because of me(i know how painful they are, i also have severe anxiety) and that is when i realized i became a monster, it was 2022 which meant i was 11, after apologizing(we are in good terms now and learned how to co exist) everything is fine but i still feel the crippling guilt, they were a huge part of my life and i would still be that kind of person if it weren't for one yandere weeb girl spouting lies of me so that she could have her lover all to herself.

[@EmeraldEmolga]

My online friend (14m) says when he grows up, he wants to live with me (18f) 🥺🥺🥺 He has a hard life and i help him over text, i wish i could give him a hug 💞

[@PearlCradle]

I've met online friends. Some stuck, while some didn't. My advice? Careful if you meet people from any group related to mental health. More than 90% of the time they're still on their journey to healing themselves, and they *will* drag you down too.

[@pothiermarie9623]

i'm a simple woman, i see undersparked, i click good stuff before bed edit: why does it start so sadly

[@notcreative5550]

I met this girl we went from friends to dating & then our energy matched sm first person i fell greatly attached to but i never noticed red flags my friends would point them out and it just left me thinking well basically she catfished me then admitted it then we almost broke up but i didnt want to since i loved her but then she ultimately broke up with me 2 days later because supposedly our relationship put her at risk since her parents were snoopy and homophobic yada yada i tried everything to make it work but nothing did they wanted to be still be friends but i couldnt cuz i was in sm pain and heartbroken soon after i told them this would be my last message cuz i want to move on since i cant be friends w someone im in love with and they just gave me the blandest answer ever and we went our separate ways and she said she moved on not even a week of us breaking up meanwhile Im still going thru sm pain, honestly i just know deep down there was way more and i could feel like everything was so off and a lie although ill prob never know the truth since she avoided answering the questions I asked because she prob didnt wanna admit it if yk yk.

[@funguy3259]

I am a friend with a Guy on discord, i have to admit i think he is the first friend that doesnt try to force me into anything, and im GLaD thats happening

[@Ninjabladeyokotofufu]

Im going to see my bf next year. :3😊

[@haltmur]

Hope you guys have fun

[@Ninjabladeyokotofufu]

@@haltmur thank u :D

[@C00L_n3rd]

Met a guy on on a pirate game we had a blast I played with him again he called the people we were in a fight with f*gs as a gay person I was pretty offended I haven’t played with him since

[@Julayla]

I met my friend online and we once were in a relationship and they came to visit me once. We eventually broke up, but we’re still close friends. No regrets

[@Helpcatt]

Okay so I met this one friend once while playing a game. Let's just say this dude stalked me on every account I had, sent me really nasty texts, and then he saw this one video I had on another account that had me petting my cat, then said he wanted to bite my fingernails.... I blocked him on everything after that. Bro even tried making fake accounts of me like on snapchat and texting my friends more nasty things💀 I regretted that so much lol... Be careful out there.

[@LightningShade12]

I have an online best friend who lives thousands of miles away from me. We've talked about meeting each other irl before. So I hope one day when I have enough money and time I can travel to her place so we can meet :]

[@iloveglux]

R.I.P. To the person in the stories. R.I.P. God bless.

[@Albanwinter]

I've met a lot of people irl that I encountered online first and one that I met as a pen pal. Some are still friends now some 20 something years later. Two people I met irl had mental breakdowns and really laid into me. One apologized a few months after her breakdown and we were what I call acquaintance friends for a really long time but we eventually lost touch. The pen pal was the other one that had a breakdown. Sadly we never did reconnect.

[@Creepergirl7794.]

My brother didn't make this friend online, but when we first moved to TN (I was about 11 by now and my brother was 12), my brother met a girl named Anna, who was 13 at the time. They got along really well and hung out a lot together. My parents teased him about Anna being his "girlfriend", but he didn't really care. Anna was super sweet but it was obvious she had family issues. She ran away from home multiple times, and even came to my brother's bedroom window one night to tell him she was running away because her parents were having marital issues. We reported her running away to the police, but nothing ever came of it and Anna came home about 4 days later. We moved away about a year after and, when my brother was 17, my mom got word that Anna had unalived herself and that her sister had found her hanged on their backyard fence. My brother was devastated because he always wondered what happened to her. My heart still hurts for Anna and her family, even though they weren't the best people. It was obvious Anna had issues, but I didn't know at the time how bad it was. I had been battling depression and suicidal thoughts prior to the news of Anna dying, so when I heard that it made me think twice about unaliving myself. I still have thoughts of it, but then I often think of Anna and it makes me rethink myself.

[@triquinity]

just having to talk, i feel bad for saying this but they keep bothering me and i dont like talking online cos it tires me out

[@tealnoise]

I really want to meet one of my online friends I've been with for 6 years now. We would play often and add each other on some social media. He even said he never wants us (when we had a friend group) to part ways. I feel like I get along with him so well. He only lives a couple of states away from me, but I'm worried if we did meet irl it would change our relationship. :(

[@TheGreatDung_Eater]

Not really the theme of the video, but. I have a (online) friend i've known for like 6 years (We'll call him Seb) turned out to be the same country as me and stuff so we got really close until since a few months, we kind of stopped playing but continued talking a lot, Turns out he got other friends (and i can't blame him for that its normal and i have too, but he's kind of the closest one) and those people are very different (in a bad way, they just talk about sex in every sentence) and so i tried befriending them too so we could all play, until i said something which absolutely didnt please them at all (while they keep talking about nsfw) and Seb somehow also really got mad at me? I asked a few people and told me his reaction was absolutely ridiculous, now i'm kinda just stuck not knowing of what to do, Seb's still mad.

[@thedarkestzenitheon3340]

Dated a guy i met online long distance. Met him in person. Felt nothing. Also learned he had not held a job in years and expected me to support him while he gamed

[@nessesseda]

I guess I'm the "other" person in this kind of stories, which is unfortunate. I met up with a group of friends from online (Forum stuff and gaming). Well, after initially being all very exicted over each other and also friendly, about two to three days in I noticed a "cooling" from the others towards me. Like I didn't fit the vibe or something. Granted, I was a bit annoyed at the hours long League sessions they played all together (I don't really like League and my Laptop isn't the strongest). A factor might be however that I'm in my early 30s and they all were 19-22. After that meetup I haven't played much with them since. We still do play with each other, but their enthusiasm towards me is quite lesser. And some sessions I am not even invited.

[@maryam39994]

i met a guy in 2021, we became best friends in early 2022 and we still talk everyday :)

[@ioxemi]

Most of these make me happy I'm unable to keep up with chat and messages, most people I've ever talked with online stop contacting me after I respond to messages a day or 2 later 😅

[@Aiirna]

I don’t regret seeing my online friend he’s a nice dude