First Meeting

[Guest sarah f]

I am finally going to get to meet someone just like me tomorrow. I am soo excited to meet them. I don't know if I will get much sleep tonight. I hope everything goes really good tomorrow so that I have someone close by that I can relate to and talk to one on one. I wish everyone had someone that they could relate to and talk to.

I love the site but sometimes I want to be able to just have a normal conversation and not worry what anyone thinks of me. Wish me luck.

Love,

Sarah F

[Guest Victoriaf]

i am very happy for you. I would love to have someone closethati could talk to face to face

Huggs

Victoria

[Guest ChloëC]

Sarah,

I'm happy for you and I hope it works out. Laura's is all and more than I could have hoped for, but I understand that others have need for person to person contacts. Just be safe and careful.

Hugs

Chloë

[Guest Donna Jean]

Sarah...

OMG! That's wonderful news!

It is really great to be with each other and since we already know how the others feel, it makes it way easier!

I spent a week last September with Elizabeth K and Sally in Memphis.. we were girls 24/7...brought no male clothes!

We bonded like crazy and now have friends for life!

I am positive the person that you're meeting will be very sweet!

Have fun, Honey...

And tell us all about it.....OK?

LOVE

Donna Jean

[Carolyn Marie]

That will be so much fun, Sarah. Good for you, sweetheart.

I attended one session of my G.T.s group, and while the girls were really nice and we got along fine,

it turned out not to be for me. But it was fun to be able to talk to others face to face about our

mutual concerns and problems.

I know you will find it a valuable time and it will make you feel like you aren;t so alone and isolated.

Hopefully it will lead to friendships too! Good luck. Be sure and tell us all about it.

HUGS

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Neuro]

That sounds amazing, Sarah! I hope it goes great, sounds like it will be awesome ;3;

[Guest doodle]

Hi Sarah

I go to a support group and think it is great. I also meet with a group for dinner every once and a while. It feels wonderful being in room with all trans women. It makes me feel so normal. I hope you both hit it off. Just remember we all live hard lives.

kelly

[Guest viv]

Hello Sarah,

Thats fab news hun, yes Laura"s is priceless (I"d be lost without), but , having

a friend you can *touch*is gonna pay real dividends re your progress , bet she is as

excited as you. I belong to a peer group, one of my friends from same is staying with me

overnight so as to accompany me to hosp. Wed. re a procedure which would not be done

if I had no one to accompany me home after my procedure/checkup as its a little invasive.

(hope that made sense) So there are real gains to have friends ""outside ""Laura"s.

Hope all goes well for you Sarah, I know it will, luv,viv

[Guest Chandra]

Dear Sarah,

Be yourself, go with your gut feeling and use what you have learned here. Nature will take it's course.

Good Luck, Best Wishes Love Chandra

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

Laura's and one Lesbian board are all I have for now. Im hoping that things will change after my move back to Canada and to a city with an established LGBT community.

[Sally]

Hey Sarah,

I just know that she has been looking forward to this as much as you have.

We don't all have the opportunity to meet others as it is very difficult to determine who is who on the Internet and not something that you can just bring up to a stranger on the street.

I think that it is good that you did not go to a dating service to meet this person because Laura's is not and due to the work of the Moderators and Administrators we have a pretty good track record for keeping the meanies out.

Just always for everyone here - if you meet someone for the first time select a public place (obviously one that has an area for private conversations but never behind a closed door) always be careful but do have a good time.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Donna Jean]

Sally is so right.....

"Caution" is the operative word here...

ALWAYS be safe when meeting someone off the web!

Heck, when I first met Sally ,...I was carrying a Taser...you never know....

Huggs

Donna Jean

[Sally]

Heck, when I first met Sally ,...I was carrying a Taser...you never know....

That is just the tip of the iceberg!

I found out later as they whipped out there automatic pistols that I was the only one that arrived in Memphis unarmed!

Lizzy was the BIG winner as she was packing a 9mm in her purse - All I had in mine was a wooden plaque that they had given me very early on here at Laura's so I guess I could have ht them with that.

Caution is key but do relax a bit and have some fun.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest sarah f]

You two are funny. I can picture the three of you all sitting around talking and then Dee Jay mentions heck I brought a taser just in case. Then Lizzy says thats nothing, I have a 9mm in my purse. Poor Sally is sitting there with only a plaque to defend herself with. That is some funny stuff to think about.

Love,

Sarah F

[Guest viv]

Me 2

[Guest Donna Jean]

Well, a girl can never be too careful.......

Huggs!

Donna Jean

[Guest ~Brenda~]

Hi Sarah

I am very glad for you sweetie. A word of caution hon. Since this is your first meeting, I would meet in public just to be safe.

Have a great time

HUGS

Brenda

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

This is going to sound rather involved (would rather have all this in place and not need it than need it and not have it)

let someone know where you are going

give them your cell number and another way to contact you

set up check ins with them

set up a code word that means get me the Heck out of here NOW, something that can be used in normal convo and not known by the other person

let your safe call know if you are changing locations and where you expect to be

if you miss your check in by more than x amount of time give your safe call the authority to contact the authorities

This is the procedure we use in the BDSM world when meeting an on line contact for the first time (it is good if both partners have it set up so both are protected)

[Sally]

I wasn't in any real danger - I am so sweet no one wants to hurt me!

I can't find an emoticon with wings and a halo!

But I was a good deal more frightened of Lizzy's epilator!

And she used that on me!

But they told me that they loved me!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Angelgrlsue]

That is so wonderful that you are meeting someone in person. I did the same thing several months ago, met her from a transgender support group that she is the president of. We met for lunch at a nearby deli and had a nice time getting to know one another. Like the others have said here, be cautious and meet in a public place like I did.

Hugs,

Suzie

[Guest Elizabeth K]

You two are funny. I can picture the three of you all sitting around talking and then Dee Jay mentions heck I brought a taser just in case. Then Lizzy says thats nothing, I have a 9mm in my purse. Poor Sally is sitting there with only a plaque to defend herself with. That is some funny stuff to think about.

Love,

Sarah F

Ummmm... true story actually - 'cept Donna Jean also had a pistol! Sally (from Texas) looked shocked! HEE HEE

Lizzy

(Donna Jean an' I also had knives in our purses - for opening packages you understand?) I thought Sally was gonna crawl under the table!)

On topic: Meeting those two wonderful women was one of the turning points of my life!

[Guest sarah f]

Well I have my meeting with someone like me today and let me tell you it went just the way I thougt it would. She was very nice and loving just as she is on this site. So know that I have your attention, it was someone we all know here on this site and she is always there for all of us. I am very lucky to have this person live near me and for her also wanting to meet me. I think we got along just great and already talking about setting up another time to meet. I know everyone is dying by know to find out who it is and I got her blessing to let everyone know.

Thank You all for being there for me and letting me know to be cautious and everything but I felt like I could trust this person. I guess I will finally tell you who it was. It was Sally who I met today. For anyone that doesn't have the chance to meet her let me tell you she is the same person in real life as she is on the site. Dee Jay can back me up on this.

Sally thank you again for meeting me today and I hope we can go out again sometime soon.

Love,

Sarah F

[Sally]

Oh, thank you, Sarah, that is so sweet.

I am so glad that you had a good time, first meetings can be awkward but it took no time at all to feel comfortable with you.

The image for everyone should be pretty amusing when you consider that neither one of us is out to very many people as in none in Sarah's case, so there we were both in male mode (as male as either one of us can get) sitting down in a quite little bistro having a manly meal (I had the quiche) and talking a lot of girl talk, just two GFs out for a little time to ourselves.

It would have been interesting for anyone sitting close enough to hear us but we were sitting a pretty good distance from the closest table and those three ladies were talking a lot louder than we were.

And I think that since you said so many nice things about me I should probably let everyone here know how sweet you are - they will figure it out pretty quickly if they read your posts - Sarah is one of the sweetest ladies you will ever meet - she even brought me a card - Awww!

I have it right here by my computer.

It is important to have support and I finally have a friend in the 3D world that I can talk to and it is a great feeling!

I still have Donna Jean And Elizabeth K, we have a very special relationship because of numerous factors not the least of which was our meeting in Memphis but they are removed by living in different states (Thank heavens for Skype - bless the Internet!) but now I have Sarah i my life and I think that this will be very good for both of us.

Thank you Sarah, for meeting with me and for just being you.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Donna Jean]

Well, number one....Yes, Sarah...I can vouch for Sally. See? You didn't even need a Taser with her...

It sounds as if you two had a really good time....talking and eating...Awesome!

Laura's is an incredible place and it lets so many of us meet each other on the site and get to be with others.

We support and love and laugh and learn.

But, NOTHING beats a one on one friendship with like minded souls..face to face ...hugg to hugg....

Sally, Lizzy and I had a ball for a week this summer and developed lifetime friendships...

I have also meet Paula and Jayden and had them to my house on a couple of occasions and plan more...

And STILL! I recommend caution when meeting people from the internet..here or other places....

Sally, Sarah....I'm really happy for how your evening turned out and now you both have someone local to be with and forge a friendship with...

Dang! This is some REALLY good stuff!

And, of course, we'll all be needing to hear more!

(we're nosy......)

HUGGS!

Donna Jean

[Guest Victoriaf]

I am really happy for the both of you. I know that nothing beats someone that you can talk with and relate to. It sounds like you two had a great time.

Victoria