To be scared to meet MNers in real life?

[JoblessNobless]

Longtime lurked here who seldom posts as you all seem much wittier and wiser than me!

I notice that there are meet ups between MNers regularly. My question is, are the ones you have met really as dazzling in their charm or pithy in their wit as they would have you believe? Or (gulp) even more so?

Of course, if they are crashingly dull feel free to say so, haha. Personally I would be quite scared to meet some...too good to be true, or maybe intimidating. What are your experiences, and AIBU?

fattiemumma is a liar, she is not fat

And I bet you have more than 2 shoes...

Have met several MNers, even slept at the house of one of them on more than one occasion. All lovely yet nothing like I imagined. Apart from one, who was exactly like I imagined.

There are a few I'm desperate to meet though.

well, i

2 of them I imagine.

My name isn't a lie because it doesn't say anything.

I'm pretty sure I won't rock up to a meet up in a primark ensemble, but it won't be Prada either hat's for sure.

I'd be too shy

Im not good with new people unless ive got a few vodkas in me but as im pregnant i cant and if i turned up tipsy it wouldnt go down too well with you lot

Also im not sure if there's many from my area in South Wales

Im also a thread killer it seems

Im at Gatwick, Primark. so not quite in london but its within travelling distance for those special MNers worthy of the trip

Oooh, are you like one of those people who live in airports?

not quite so posh. i live in the slums round the back

I wouldn't go to a meet up, what I like about this site is the anonymity!

I wouldn't go to a meet up, what I like about this site is the anonymity!

agree Fio (about shyness bit) am not good in large groups ... particularly large groups of women

sure you WOULD be v. welcome btw

Counting. I also do not like large groups. I like the anonymity of MN, but I do like the feeling of having "hit it off" or made someone laugh online. I'd be horribly disappointed if that didn't translate to real life.

agree screaming - it's much harder sometimes to be heard in rl - am rendered mute by large groups but will happily gabble on here ad infinitum and probably ad nauseam ...

Hm,I have met people through Babycentre, Raising Kids and even mumsnet (although not a meet up, it was through "a mile for maude")....and I generally think that people tend to be a lot like their Internet persona....never been disapointed....