Once Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I'm not sure about his one. I want to think I come across as a lot more flaky here (mostly due to my spelling and grammar). I also feel very unsure and questioning here. IRL I think I'm a little more opinionated. Usually with ideas and information I get here. :tongue_smilie: I also have a hard time implementing things that I think will be good and fun for dc. It would not come across here as you really do not know what I actually get done!!! So it is a mixed bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 What you see is what you get. But I verbalize a lot better than type. Jet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in VA Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 No. I'm much smarter in real life. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Yes, I am the same. I love to laugh and have fun and I think that translates here. I am really this nutty IRL, too. So love me or hate me, this is me.:001_smile: Yup, she is the same lovable, hysterically funny person irl as she is here! It's true! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I think I'm the same. Although it's easier to be more outspoken here, but I try not to say anything here that I wouldn't say to someone's face. ;) Oh my gosh!!!! :lol: I was scrolling down as I read this and at first I thought it said "but I try not to say anything here that I wouldn't say to someone's back." I was like :001_huh: so then I looked again and now I'm all :lol:!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I'm pretty much the same here as IRL -- but probably a bit more outspoken about things I feel passionately about than I would be IRL. But I love to gab and laugh and give ideas and ask for advice just like IRL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I think that this is accurate. I think that you are the bees knees, but I am biased.:D Awwww, that feeling is meeyoochooalll!!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I've only met Anj for a wee bit, but she seemed pretty much the same. I'll vouch for her. :D Yeah, I'm all "blah blah blah" wherever I go! I think when I met you you were the same as you are here. Well, I mean, I'm not sure that that I expected you to have tattoos going down both arms and all across your back kinda like this: but otherwise, yeah you were the same! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenn in Mo Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I think so, but how you are and how you are perceived can be totally different things. I've always been very curious about how others might see me online, especially without the benefit of tone of voice or facial expressions. The same for others....would I like those online qualities if I were to meet them in real life? With Deb in TX, I was a teensy bit worried that she might be some crazy woman in the woods. Maybe I didn't know the real Deb, ya know? What a relief to get to know her though! She's even cooler than I had imagined she'd be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Yeah, I'm all "blah blah blah" wherever I go! I think when I met you you were the same as you are here. Well, I mean, I'm not sure that that I expected you to have tattoos going down both arms and all across your back kinda like this: but otherwise, yeah you were the same! ;) You have a thing for tattooed ladies don't you.... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 You have a thing for tattooed ladies don't you.... ;) Ya know, I wondered if anyone would pick up on that theme! ;) Maybe it's because I am trying to subtly tell you all that I have one on my... ooops(!) gotta go now. Bye! :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Yup, she is the same lovable, hysterically funny person irl as she is here! It's true! :D Awww!:001_smile: I still laugh when I think about James Brown's Hot Tub Party!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Awww!:001_smile: I still laugh when I think about James Brown's Hot Tub Party!:lol: :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Awww!:001_smile: I still laugh when I think about James Brown's Hot Tub Party!:lol: Too hot! In the hot tub! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Awww!:001_smile: I still laugh when I think about James Brown's Hot Tub Party!:lol: Oh man, every time I think of that I start chuckling, then guffawing. That is hysterical. Have you all seen this? :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 :svengo: I should clarify...I did an impression of the hot Tub Party, *anj* and I were not in the actual James Brown Hot Tub Party. But, wouldn't that be a story!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Too hot! In the hot tub! I'm ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 That has got to be my favorite SNL sketch ever. :lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 It's hard to say. Sometimes I'm very serious and don't have much to say, (I can't think and talk at the same time!) but other times I like to be very immature and goofy. So I guess so, although I don't get as much chance to be goofy IRL. So you guys get more of that side of me. :tongue_smilie: I don't usually show my soapbox side here, but it occasionally comes out. Since I don't have to nag you guys to clean your room and do your homework, there are fewer opportunities for it here. I think I've properly disguised my control-freak tendencies here, but maybe not. I'm a selective control-freak, though, so I appear to be very laid-back IRL. I'm just a control-freak with those closest to me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 With Deb in TX, I was a teensy bit worried that she might be some crazy woman in the woods. Maybe I didn't know the real Deb, ya know? What a relief to get to know her though! She's even cooler than I had imagined she'd be. BWAHAHAHA! The mind control worked! :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Is this a real question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 This is me. This is the real me. If you met me in real life you would find out that my real life version is just a fat version of the me on here. I don't have the energy to come up with an alternative identity. I am busy enough just maintaining my real identity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Is this a real question? It's Jessica. Of course it's a real question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverfront Headmistress Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I'm slimmer and better looking in person. The computer adds 10 lbs to me. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I'm slimmer and better looking in person. The computer adds 10 lbs to me. :lol: Darn. I wish I had thought to say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I'm more out-going IRL than I am here . . . I'm a bit more introverted on the boards, probably not as confident as I feel IRL. Sometimes, I want to "pull a Doran" and poke sarcasm at some of the posts, but I don't have the confidence to say what I really think. Sometimes I do, though . . . most times, I LOL, roll my eyes and carry on. As a group, I think the WTM participants are much more on their game than I am. I can talk the homeschooling talk, but I'm pretty relaxed with my kiddies. Me in a nut-shell! T This made me chuckle. I'm not sure if it's good or bad that I have the reputation of being a sarcastic ninny around here. :D I guess, for better or worse, I'm pretty much the same in real life. I've tried, over the years, to stop making sacastic remarks that are really just veiled criticisms or put downs. I grew up surrounded by those, and they can really hurt. What that means is that when I'm being a smart mouth, there is no masked judgment in my remarks. I'm just being silly but hopefully not in a way that makes someone else feel bad, kwim? There's always that risk, though, I suppose. :001_unsure: I think I come across pretty transparently here. I wear my heart on my sleeve, I'm open minded about most things, I can be an utter goof, and I'm not nearly as task oriented as some of you - at least not as regards homeschooling (which is why you never saw me posting about planning and such). Here, as in life, the only thing that doesn't show up as well (I've spent a lifetime figuring out how to hide that part of me), is that I often wrestle with self doubt. If you really "see" my posts, however, you'll note that I am often second guessing a decision. That's something I'm *really* working on for myself. Like, really, dude...I'm just full of issues. Oh, and I doubt anyone suspects that I wear gold lamee bloomers like James Brown's to bed every night. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Pretty similar I think, although I love that here I can take my time to articulate a response rather than just kick myself for what I could have said, which is more as it is IRL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I think I'm the same here as I am in real life, except I don't call my children DD and DS or husband, DH. Otherwise... the same! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I think I tend to keep my responses much shorter than you would get in a conversation with me. However, no one wants to read that many pages and I might crash the board. Far easier to keep my quiet by forcing me to type. Now-if Jessica is about to come out of the closet with some sort of announcement about how she isn't really organized and has a house full of old grocery bags/newspapers, piles of laundry in the corners and books just thrown on the shelves any old way I might cry. I need the inspiration and push to keep going or my kids won't have clean, let alone matching, socks to wear, etc.:laugh: {Please note that is me laughing at my proposition not at my need of inspiration!} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Here, as in life, the only thing that doesn't show up as well (I've spent a lifetime figuring out how to hide that part of me), is that I often wrestle with self doubt. If you really "see" my posts, however, you'll note that I am often second guessing a decision. That's something I'm *really* working on for myself. Like, really, dude...I'm just full of issues. Oh, and I doubt anyone suspects that I wear gold lamee bloomers like James Brown's to bed every night. :lol: Now, see, I had figured out that about you, maybe because I see so many similarities between you and I. Except gold lame bloomers would make me itch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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