AF Get-Togethers

[rexbeccarox]

Hellooo fellow AF'ers!

This is a thread dedicated to those who would like to meet their AF friends IRL.

I got back from an across-the-US road trip yesterday. During my travels, I got to have beers with one of my AF friends, GalacticBusDriver, and it was great fun. On my last forum, I made a SoCal get-together thread, which was met with some interest, and a few of us actually meeting.

Here's the thing: this community is my favorite. I've been contributing to one forum or the next for almost fifteen years, and I've readily learned that there are real people behind their usernames, and they are people to be cared for. I've seen old guys with old-guy-maladies posting every day, then dropping off completely; I've seen pregnant women have their babies, then dropping off. The number of people I could easily be IRL friends with (ahem *Kay*) just going away, maybe never to be heard from again.

I've also made IRL friends with a few people from the forums in which I've participated. I generally know what's going on with those people, if superficially, in their lives. I think it's important to make face-to-face connections with them.

Here, I propose we begin collecting our people; our friends. Here, I propose to those who are comfortable, taking the superficiality out of our relationships here.

I'd like to see some get-togethers planned. Anyone is welcome to visit me here in San Diego, of course, and I also have enough freedom to go to far locations. If you're travelling and feel like meeting some fellow AF'ers, here's the place to post.

I really hope there's interest in this. I know GBD has some great ideas!