I would like to expand on my earlier post about how important this site is to me. Not only did it allow me to come out and be my true self, but it also led me to some of the best friends a girl could ever ask for. While on this site I met a group of girls that have become very important to me in real life.
I don't remember their usernames on here, so I'll be using their real names. I'm positive they won't mind. As I was finding myself and who I really am I was taken by a member named Moni. I know that some of you know her. She had a wicked sense of humor and we really got each other. She was friends with a member named Kim and another one named Nicole (although Nicole used to go by Steffi).
I also became quite good friends with another member named Michelle. She and I talked for hours every single night. Michelle lived fairly close to Moni.
Well in 2021 Moni and her partner invited the four of us to come and spend a week's vacation at their house. I jumped at the chance. So we ended up spending almost a week getting to know each other in real life. It was so nice to have friends that I could actually hug, and see in person. We've since been invited to Moni's each year, although I had to bow out the year I had my bottom surgery because I couldn't get the time off work.
But I've been there twice and the others have gotten together three times. Those ladies are such good friends to me that Kim even came and took care of me after my bottom surgery. It was so nice having someone here with me to talk to and laugh with.
Michelle and I got along so well that she packed up house and came to Indiana and became my roommate in 2023.
Okay so that's the "real life friends" I've made because of this site. But there are many others even though I haven't been able to see them in person....yet. Allie, that you all probably know, has become like a sister to me. She and I helped get a group of girls together, along with Katie's help, and we have a weekly group meeting every Saturday night. We've not missed a meeting in something like 4 years (we started at the same time as Covid kicked off).
So we're in each other's living rooms and dining rooms every Saturday night. We know each other's families and we've even been able to watch some of their kids grow up a lot in those years. So even though I didn't call them real life friends at first, trust me they're 100%, definitely real life friends. In fact I consider them family.
I'm afraid to start naming names though in fear that I'll accidentally leave someone out and their feelings would get hurt, and I'd never hurt any of them for anything in this world. But they all know who they are, and they all know how much they mean to me.
I can highly recommend doing group meetings like that if you're looking to expand your friendship base. You really grow close to people that way and it makes this world a whole lot less lonely. If anyone needs any help learning how to get a meeting set up just let me know and I'll tell ya what I know about doing it.
