Anyone ever met up in real life?

[JohnSprinter]

I'm just curious if anyone has met up with anyone from the site in real life. I would love to meet up for real and be able to actually discuss the fetish with someone like minded and share how we both feel about it all person to person. Hopefully becoming friends too. I'm sure a lot of people, like me, are tired of keeping their secret inside and want to be able to speak out loud with someone who shares it and understands. I hope I'm not out of line here by throwing the idea out there, although I'm sure it must have been discussed in the past. I know meeting up with someone online is always a touchy subject. I guess those of you who may have done it would have taken precautions and got to know each other online first then met up in a crowded public place first to be safe. I don't even know if there are any fetishists anywhere near me. I live in England, London area. Most people on here seem to be from the U.S. but I guess it is a bigger country haha.    

[Dusty15]

This has come up many a time and there are quite a few of us who have met. There are many Brits on the Forum as well as people from all over the rest of the world so it isn't just Americans here. 

Most people who have met up have done so after getting to know others on this Forum for a long time. For example, the member that I've met IRL is someone I spent over a year writing with and chatting. We eventually discovered we would be in the same area for a month or so, so we decided to spend a day together and it was a lot of fun. Many members have been chatting here for years and usually when you meet others, it isn't really about the fetish at all but because you have a lot of other things in common. 

[MyOwnPrivateSFC]

Pretty much what Dusty said. The only fetishist I've ever met in person (that I know of!), I got to be friends with from this community, but it turned out we had many other interests in common, including fan conventions that we both attended. So, we made arrangements to meet up at one of those. And, in fact, when we did, it turns out that we ALSO knew each other from our fan communities: when we saw each other, we both kind of went "Oh, it's you!"

I should also mention that meeting up with fetishists doesn't always go the way you might be thinking. While some folks do get together just to talk about the sneezing, I would guess that's not the norm. Rather, since most people who choose to meet up with a fellow fetishist do so because they have multiple things in common, sneezing (or related topics) often isn't a major topic of conversation. For example, when I see my fetishist-friend, we might go a whole weekend without discussing anything fetishy, except possibly to giggle at our shared connection if/when we hear someone else sneeze.

Edited February 25, 2017 by MyOwnPrivateSFC
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[JohnSprinter]

Yeah that's how I imagined it would be. Getting to know each other first is definitely a good idea. Although I think I am probably brave enough to meet a stranger. I guess if your'e in a public place then it's no more dangerous than saying hello to any old stranger on the street. I'd like to meet someone from the forum and just hang out as friends if we got to know each other first but I would also like meet up with someone just to have some sneeze related discussions too and share some stories. I've kept the secret so long and it would just be such a relief to talk about it out loud with someone who shares the interest. 

[Garnet]

It's definitely a trip. Although this fetish is inherently sexual to me, the friends that I make through this website or other outlets feel much more like members of any other shared-interest community rather than objects or compliments of my desire, if that makes sense? I make this distinction because with other communities that I've been a part of, especially fetish-oriented, any meetups were distinctly bound for sexual talk or interactions, and this fetish did not behave the same way. Like, we can talk about it very objectively, but usually don't because dang I don't talk about my sex life with my friends either, I'm a private person.

Everyone's mileage will obviously vary, but just as an example: through a series of events I discovered that the person I'd been roleplaying weird fetish stuff with online lived twenty minutes away from me. We became friends in person as well, and now live together and even hosted another forum friend from overseas in our apartment for a couple weeks. It's all been very, very smooth sailing. That all said, the topic of sneezing comes up only occasionally? It's definitely a background thought at most times, which is a relief. The notion that you don't have to hastily hide or downplay anything to that nature is nice. I previously lived with a girlfriend who was aware of and chill with the fetish, but didn't have it herself, and that was fine too, but there's something to be said for friends who "get" you on that level. 

Anyway there are a lot of forum-users in the London area or surrounding, from what I've seen! I encourage you to continue reaching out to people, making good online connections and establishing a presence and I'd bet someone will be willing to meet in person. 

[PuddinPop]

The number of people I have met from this community is, I think, 10+  

Okay, I think I actually counted 8. Unless I'm forgetting anyone. 

ANYWAY.

Forum meetups are actually really awesome, but of course, the experience varies depending on the person.

I have met several staff members (past and current) and the actual topic of sneezing didn't come up. We talked about the forum objectively but nothing fetish-related. I also have a friend (current staff member) who I not only talk to about forum-related things, we talk about sneezing reasonably openly too.

The only thing that none of my meet ups have had (or will ever have, honestly) is actual sexual connotations. Literally every member of this forum who I have met, I have gotten along with on a personal level. It's more like, we would have been friends anyway, but having this fetish is just one more thing to add to the list of things we have in common. Though ngl, it is nice to witness a nice obs and just look across the table to each other like  

But I do totally agree with Garnet. The best way to get to meet someone is by making friends. The meet ups I have heard about and witnessed have been because of friendships and not just because two or more people want to get their rocks off together. Talk to people, make friends, and then if the time is right, you will meet someone!

[Guest]

I did the London meet about a decade ago, largely fun and as I recall not a lot of sneezy chat - the best thing is to talk about things that interest you outside of this site!

[JWL]

Yes i use to date a girl from this site.. We still see each other now and then..

[InsertNameHere]

To drag back an old threat. This is exactly what I would have liked to post!
I have never met anyone else with the fetish (aside from a previous partner when I was about 16 who's friend used to make sneezing (inside) jokes at him that would make him nervous and blush. So I am at least 70% sure he did).

Back to topic, it would be lovely to meet people from this site, regardless of whether it was because of our joint 'interests'! Purely because this is very much a wholesome community that is very much lacking elsewhere in normal life or on mainstream social media. For being my online support blanket - I wholeheartedly thank you all. 

[Stimuli]

Never met someone in person, but I have skype'd and voice discorded with a few members, all in all, great