Would you ever invite DIS "friends" to your home...

[Barb]

I would and I did. I had a big picnic at my house years ago. I knew some of the people personally by then, but there were some newbies to the event and we all had a blast. I still keep in contact with most of the people who attended.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

No offense, but the people who live in my computer are not my friends. None of you are invited to my home.

This made me laugh too.. I'm on the totally opposite spectrum of thinking, but I still appreciate it

 

[The Mayor]

But we could go out for BBQ, right?

You wouldn't be on the "skeptical" list...barbecue out or at my house

 

[Papa Deuce]

You wouldn't be on the "skeptical" list...barbecue out or at my house

Feel the love!

 

[chell]

I did it once when 2 DISers came to visit from Florida for a weekend. That weekend is the stuff of legend..... All other DISers I have met have been at other places. It's been ages since I have met any DISers.

Well I was going to say it hasn't been that long since we met at Ohana. Then I thought about it and it has been almost 3 years. Dang. Where did the time go?!!?

 

[edk35]

HI DISNEY MOTHER!

Hi Disney daughter!!!!

 

[Rora]

Probably not for a first meeting.. at a resturant, Disney, on a cruise, something like that, sure!

After that, then they'd be more than welcome to come to my house. It's not that I wouldn't trust some of them, it's just that it'd be way less awkward to meet somewhere other than someone's house first!

 

[Serena]

You know, I would if I was single. My wife grew up in a very bad neighborhood and is suspicious of everybody and everything.

What I am having is a pig roast. I did invite some "friends" from 2 other internet forums. One is even coming from Canada. ( I live west of Philly ). My wife wasn't too thrilled when I informed her of what I had done.

This forum is so big that it seems impersonal at times. The people I invited were from much smaller forums.

Definitely respect her wishes. If you feel comfortable enough you are thinking of inviting them, do what we all do with someone we think we may like. Meet them in public a few times until you all get to know each other. Once she is comfortable, then it will be ok.

My kids were terrified of the Dis meets at first. They would grill me on who I was meeting, where, was I being careful, etc, etc. I had to tell them what I did to make sure no one was following me too. They were/are not too comfortable even though they have been to a few now.

 

[onelilspark]

I haven't read all the responses but here's my take...

The internet is full of the unknown. People may "seem" like good people, but they may not actually be. Until you've met them IN PUBLIC for the first time and they are who they say they are, I wouldn't give anyone personal information.

It's like online dating, you always hear of bad things happening because people trust the other person, let their guard down, etc. Sorry, nope, nuh uh...not gonna give you ANY personal information until I meet you. Especially my home address, and if I have children? I'd be doubly cautious. This is why I don't like the idea of Craig's List.

My 2 cents. But unfortunately there are people out there you can't trust. And you can't let your guard down because of those people. Be careful.

 

[Papa Deuce]

Definitely respect her wishes. If you feel comfortable enough you are thinking of inviting them, do what we all do with someone we think we may like. Meet them in public a few times until you all get to know each other. Once she is comfortable, then it will be ok.

My kids were terrified of the Dis meets at first. They would grill me on who I was meeting, where, was I being careful, etc, etc. I had to tell them what I did to make sure no one was following me too. They were/are not too comfortable even though they have been to a few now.

Too late for the 5 or 6 already coming, but I won't be asking any others.

 

[diznygirl]

No offense, but the people who live in my computer are not my friends. None of you are invited to my home.

I sneak out of your computer at night!

 

[Papa Deuce]

I was just thinking back to a trip I took to Puerto Rico a few years ago. A DISer invited my wife and I to meet them on their fishing boat to spend the day fishing. I would have gone, but my wife was too leery to go, so we had to pass.

I guess I trust my instincts on who is a good person.

 

[Serena]

Too late for the 5 or 6 already coming, but I won't be asking any others.

Oops. lol

 

[Angelhalo]

There are definitely 5 that I can think of from here that I would invite. I'm also part of a couple of other message boards where I have made some fantastic lifelong friends. We go on vacations together, and stay at each other's homes all the time. We send each other pictures, we send gifts, keep up with kids birthdays, and talk on the phone. I don't consider them my internet friends or "people in the computer" anymore. They are now, my friends, and some of the very best friends I've ever had in my whole life. One came and stayed with me through my entire post-op after surgery last year, and fed me more ice chips than I can count bless her heart.

I say go for it!

 

[Angelhalo]

IDK. I know there is one poster who already has my address, but I already have met her IRL. She did have my address before I met her IRL though, so that's kind of a moo point.

LOL, that same person has my address and I have never met her. I've talked to her on the phone

 

[Handbag Lady]

I wouldn't for a first time meet.


We did that with a friend of my husband's from a message board dealing with the NFL. He was a great fellow that has turned into a long-distance friend but of course he now associates us with a backed up front-room toilet that kept shooting up poo from the upstairs neighbor's toilet during his entire visit.

I'm sure he has fond memories of me in that bathroom with a mop and gloves while I'm trying really, really hard to be the gracious hostess in telling my husband, "Oh, no you guys enjoy the game. I've got this."

 

[JoiseyMom]

I did...she came over and we went out to do some shopping and did lunch! We email constantly and I just invited her family over for a bbq in a few weeks . She has become a good friend!

 

[MoniqueU]

I have with friends from other boards, not a problem I don't really know any dissers that live real close to me, one lived one town over but I never see her post anymore or she changed her sig and the other definetly doesn't post. I can't handle more then a day or two of theme parks so going to a DISmeet in Orlando unless it happens to coincide with when I am already there isn't going to happen for me I do like an awful lot of people from here they just seem to be mostly from the East Coast.