EoFF is something I would not actively seek to talk about with the people I know IRL. I may have brought it up with my brother a couple times though, but he has never really sought to join me. :P Oh well, his loss.
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EoFF is something I would not actively seek to talk about with the people I know IRL. I may have brought it up with my brother a couple times though, but he has never really sought to join me. :P Oh well, his loss.
I'm not bothered, I mean people know I'm a massive geek and worked for a few years as a writer for a game development company. However being a massive geek and a member of EoFF doesn't stop me being a social person and enjoying my life to the fullest.
Um, I'm very openly dating someone from the forum, and he met my ENTIRE FAMILY today.
I think that's about as cross-over as you can get.
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Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
It's not so much from embarrassment as it is the fact I don't want to have to talk to irl friends about it. My online and irl lives are very separate, and facebook awkwardly merges the two. I don't want to be in the pub with my friends and have one of them ask me what a ciddie is or who parker is or whats an iceglow because someone has mentioned it on my wall or something.
At first I did keep EoFF and IRL fairly separate. But then I got closer to some EoFFers, and the distinction just became rather silly. Friends are friends, no matter how you came to meet.
And I've never been ashamed of what a big nerd I am. Most offline friends of mine don't know about EoFF only because it's never really come up in conversation (generally because they're not as big of nerds as I am).
None of my friends, family or coworkers know that I have any kind of gaming system, not even cards, because cards can be nerdy and I am definitely not a nerd. Sure, I met my husband on eoff, but I tell everyone that I met him in a garage when my motorbike fell to pieces and they all fell for it because hot damn, he is one long tall drink of American water and have you seen him hold a spanner? Man, babetown. Sometimes people from school ask me about Daniel Towns, and I'm like, what the hell man, I don't know, we weren't even that good friends anyway. Have you seen his glasses? Nerrrrrrd!
I try to keep this place a secret from people I meet but my EoFF tattoo is usually a dead giveaway.
Well, it wouldn't be if you didn't insist on wearing those crop tops.
I plan on merging the two by abducting the lot of you and forcing you all to live in a penal colony far away from any civilised society, and I will rule you all as a benevolent dictator. It's for the best.
I'd be far more embarrassed by some of you people finding out about my real life friends then my real life friends finding out about you.
Take from that what you will.
It works on a person to person basis. My best friends and my mum know that I spend a lot of time on here, they know that I met and stayed with a bunch of friends from here while in USA, and they know that I met my girlfriend on here. My father and everyone else does not know these things however. I dunno if it's embarrassment, maybe a little, but mostly it's just that there's no reason to tell anyone that I'm not close to about it. As far as my Dad is concerned... he's just old school I guess, and I don't think he can fathom the idea of meeting a really close friend or girlfriend online. Mostly it's just easier to keep them separate.
When my co-worker saw me browsing on here often and started asking about it, I told him about it and when he asked who I was on here, I said I was Loony BoB. He gave me the incredulous stare and proceeded to go here and read some of "my" posts. After a while he looked at me and went "... seriously?"
The amazing part is I still haven't told him and he still talks to me and I haven't died of shame yet.
Do you guys seriously specify to people that you met your significant other on Eyes on Final Fantasy? Not judging, just curious. I tell people I met him "on the internet" and leave it at that. I don't feel there is a need for any more details because I don't think anyone would care.
(SPOILER)We didn't meet on EoFF anyway, we knew each other long before we each joined
I tell select people I met him on the internet, an even more select few that it was on eoff, and mostly I tell people I met him while he was traveling with his band. It's not that I'm embarrassed, but I feel some people can judge, and I don't need to explain myself so I just give them an answer that they'd understand more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Basically, I tell smart people I met him on the interwebs, I tell silly judgey people a big lie. :3