meeting another wildminds member

[Machelle Irby]

I am not very active here. My bad! Like most dreamers, i am happy with a small circle of friends, and see no need to return to the horde after i can contact them elsewhere. I then develop a strong bond with said people on facebook, skype, etc., wather than here. I will not mention the member's names unless they so choose to tak  credit via a comment, but my inner circle of friends all know the names and details. I, along with my friends, have had a horrible past couple of weeks. Sexual violation via siblings, attempted suicide, deaths in the family, and more have devastated us all. Because of my problem, i was in the same town as another friend for a few weeks. I decided we should meet, try and cheer each other up, ya know? After two weeks of trying, we finally met. Of course, we are both quite shy, so not much was said, a simple exchange of gifts and planning to talk later and we were on our ways. Nonetheless cheering up, however. I tend to be much more social when i am not on my medication, adhd plague me! So I made sure i was my usual, shy, machelle. I like myself better that way, i make less mistakes and scare less people. =P i am very much a sophlilist (excuse my spelling, cordellia!), so i never see online friends as i see someone i know in real life, in person. So, it can be crazy to meet someone you only know online in person! Imagine always seeing others online as robots, as easily believable to be nonexistent as real, then meeting them, and them being real people! Maybe i am silly. =P

[Gwenevere]

Sorry to hear about your rough week, Machelle.  I liked your bit about online people seeming like robots, and it striking you, "Oh, wait--they're real people!" (or at least, they correspond to a real person; their profiles and stuff might be fake).