I've got otowngirl, womet, @carmensandiego, @choco, @charky (went baby shopping together!) @gypsy, ESF, volenti (as if she needs me to vouch for her LOL), bunch (who drove down to ATL for a GTG AND sent me a surprise bubble necklace after I defended!), BAMFMrsB, and 80sjunkie (is she ever around here anymore?). Is that it? I'm clearly a GBCN whore LOL.
ETA: @shoegal! How could I forget our impromptu meet up at DCA? Mr. RBP was so bewildered by the whole occurrence LOL.
@starry mentioned it yesterday but she has known and worked with my aunt, my mom's identical twin sister, for years. And works with one of my closest friends. Which probably made this not such a safe place for her when I came out of the woodwork! (Sorry starry!) So even though we have yet to actually met in real life, I think we could back each other up.
I'm also Facebook friends with a few dozen of you guys. And really, I don't really attempt to hide a whole lot here. Anyone that wanted to do just a bit of digging would know exactly who I am or who my DH is and I'm fine with that.
How did you guys figure this out?
Well we live in the same city which is really a freakishly large small town. Everyone knows someone who knows someone. But it was through PMs that we made all the connections.
Yep, back on the old site mrszp and I realized that we worked together (at an amusement park!) back in 2001. Plus, I met Willis Jackson and @aswartz for coffee once. I'm FB friends with a hand few of you, and I promise that if I was a catfish I'd live a much more exciting life! (hot)
Yes, mostly the ladies on H&F. The one MM DC GTG I was planning to attend last summer was cancelled because one of the ladies ended up in the hospital (hope she is better now!).
MrsE even gave me a ride to metro and we are both still alive to tell about it!!
Sure. I've met a few people at GTGs but I think that can be faked in a way (I can show up and say "I'm Becky" but in reality I could actually be an escaped prisoner named Bernadette or something).
But I've met some of the same people more than once and they've met my H, my kiddo, etc. karinothing and I are on IM together all day lol so if I was a fake she would prob figure it out quickly haha.
I have a few GBCN that are facebook friends. I also have a knot/gbcn that I run into occasionally that I have known nearly 10 years. She is also a fb friend.
Post by emilyinchile on Apr 18, 2014 9:43:07 GMT -5
I've met @sfgal530 and bunnysmom and know @emy (I think that's her name now, she changed it a while back ETA: tag didn't work, obviously I've got it wrong). So those three are real and know I'm real!
But if necessary, I might be able to convince @buckybells to meet me at an exit off of I-80 to prove my realness. She is the closest GBCNer I am aware of...
However, meeting an an interstate exit in sketchy on its own. Oh well!
We should meet up somewhere more fun sometime There are a couple of other local GBCNers too!
I've met @sfgal530 and bunnysmom and know @emy (I think that's her name now, she changed it a while back ETA: tag didn't work, obviously I've got it wrong). So those three are real and know I'm real!
Yup, I can also vouch for emilyinchile. She even showed me some adorable pics of her doggie so Lola is real too!
Post by Melissa W. on Apr 18, 2014 11:59:00 GMT -5
Well, I have met @sushisushi had dinner with her but it has been a long time. Most of the people I know from the Nest/Knot are from CT and I have met them.
Post by phunluvin82 on Apr 18, 2014 12:04:21 GMT -5
Ha! I've never met anyone, I never PIP, never did SS exchange...there is zero chance anyone would vouch for me! lol.
I have been making a very concerted effort not to blow through so much money during the holidays, so that is my SS excuse. And I don't know how to PIP...although I'm sure it's not that hard, I'm too lazy to sit down and figure it out.
But I don't think I'm all that dramatic...I mainly bitch a lot about my H spending too much money, and just basically being a financial train wreck. So if I were catfishing, I'm not very good at it, lol.
I do hope to GTG w/ MMers when I move to the Bay area though! So maybe eventually someone will be able to vouch for me