whnim64
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 11, 2004
- Messages
- 1,423
I got started late on the meets thread for our cruise last year (6/5/04), and didn't meet anyone from the DIS group. It just didn't seem like a very friendly group, even though one family lived just 40 miles from me. No cruise meets were planned that I know of. When we booked our next cruise (5/27/06), I was surprised to find a cruise meet thread already started. I jumped in, but felt really out of place since a lot of the people had cruised together on the 10-day. It seemed too much like a clique to me, with inside jokes and comments. I lurked for awhile, then started posting again. I read through all of the daily dribble and end up with some laughs, concerns, and a feeling of making new friends. My DS is really excited to meet his new friends (about 14 kids in his age group) from the DIS group. After our first cruise, he told us that he didn't want to go on another cruise because he didn't have any friends. That won't happen this time. It has really helped that the members of this group will go out of their way to meet before the cruise. We've already met WDWLVR and her DH. I still don't post as much as the others post, but will be glad to meet every one of them. My DH has posted once or twice, but doesn't want to keep up with all of the postings, either. He gets frustrated with all of the chit chat and doesn't have time to read everything. But he is looking forward to meeting everyone.