June 17, 2025 • 16 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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the Live Nation five. I mean, this is kind of
an obscure one, but I'm just curious because I saw
this this morning. Have any of you or has anyone
do you have a friend that you've never met, like
a friend, like someone that you either like In this case,
(00:44):
this is the thing I saw this morning. It's on Reddit.
It was a picture of a man and a woman
together and it said met my internet friend today for
the first time. We started chatting online in two thousand
and one when we were both sixteen, so that's what
twenty four years ago. Four years ago. They started chatting online.
They never met. They kept in touch for twenty four
years wow, and they went to an Iron Maiden concert together.
(01:08):
I guess they're Iron Maiden fans. Cut Well, like, I
don't know, is it? Is it? Maybe? So when you
talk to like another branch of your office, you've talked
to you for a long time, never seen, which I
guess in this day and age is hard to do.
People can FaceTime or you know whatever, but video chat
all all the different zoom meetings and whatever else. But like,
(01:28):
I don't know, have you ever chatted with someone played
video games? You ever had a pen pal?
Speaker 3 (01:34):
I'd made friends on Instagram, but then I've ended up
meeting them like a year or so later.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
But I how did you meet them? That DM you?
They listened to the show they DMed you? Yeah, yeah,
I think so.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
And just over time, like realized we had similar interests
and I don't know, I felt like I could trust
her and then we met up in person and ended
up being a great friend.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
She was an ex murderer. Yeah it's a shame.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah, yeah, but you still visit her in prison right now?
Speaker 1 (02:00):
That your friends, Well, she was.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
An ex murderer. Wouldn't I not be alive to tell
the tale?
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Well, I think Unfortunately she wasn't able to get.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
To you, she spared me.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah yeah, because you were friends. Well that's why you
meet in public always. I agree, But like, is it
one of those things.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Is it like between glass when you go to see her,
or is it like across the table. Are you able
to like, you know, sit physically, or is it is
like a video chat on the phone.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I's like when you go to.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
See her in you know, I usually bake a cake,
put some treats in there for her.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Oh you know, it's always her birthday, speaks stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but none of you thought because I mean,
this is crazy like to keep it, I mean, especially now.
And I don't know if these people live in you know,
wildly different parts of the world or something like, you know,
really crazy extreme distance. But I mean, I just think
it's it's amazing to think that people have been able
to keep in touch for this period of time and
never meet. Now. Granted, when you're sixteen, you meet someone
(02:51):
on a video game, you don't have any money. You know,
you're not probably not thinking like, oh, I'm going to
be talking to this person in twenty five years. But
I just I wonder if this has ever happened to
anybody that's a really long time.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
It has definitely happened.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
I feel like now like we did the tour and
that's when I met a lot of the thirteen that
we've been friends from over the last two years that
I've been here, and then you finally get to put
a face to the name. But it's a few that
I haven't. Like there's this one friend online named ce Style.
All I know is her Instagram handle. I don't know
her real name, Lady Lyftdriver, I don't know her real name.
(03:25):
My friend my friends, so it's like, yeah, like, and
I know those people ride for me on social mediay,
ride for all of us on social media. But it's
like I've never met them in real life, but I
consider them friend.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
H Yeah, I mean radio people that I've chatted with
for years and years and years and never met in person. Yeah,
that's true, But I mean I don't know if they're friends.
Some of them are. There are people that I see
very very rarely, but I know when I see them,
I know what's going on in their lives because of Facebook.
That's the only reason I still have Facebook's I can
quickly scroll through and I can get the birthdays. I
can hit the birthdays quickly, that's right, And then because
(03:58):
that's important, I can. I rarely will message them on Facebook.
I'll cheat and I'll go to Facebook to see if
it's the birthday, and then I'll text them.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
And then people are like, how did you remember?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Right?
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I'm on top of it, you know.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
But then there's other people that like, I'll catch up
with them after years, and I already know all the
things are telling me because I saw it on Facebook,
but I know them, like, I can't think of anyone
who I've been quote unquote friends with for you know,
years and never actually like met Hey, Alyssa, you have
an internet friend?
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Really?
Speaker 5 (04:31):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Multiple? Okay? Are you a gamer?
Speaker 6 (04:34):
Like?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
How does this come about you?
Speaker 6 (04:37):
No?
Speaker 5 (04:37):
In like twenty seventeen, I was at a friend's house
and used her PlayStation to play a game just once,
and I met people who I really liked, and we
ended up following each other on social media and we
talked pretty often and they give me tips on how
to do my hair or makeup. And I've never met them.
They live in an entirely different state.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Now, what prevents you from just I was going to
say bags fly free on Southwest, but they don't anymore. So,
I mean, what events you have it on a Spirit
and you know, ducking from you know, ducking for cover
from the you know fights in wrestling that happen on
Spirit sometimes and just going to see these people like
it's it's you know, modern air travel is amazing.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
Yeah, never genuinely have never thought about it. I think
I'm just okay with them being my phone ferns. And
I think it's really common for like people in gen
Z to have these friends that they've never met, that
they used or met through SOCIALCID media or other like gaming.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Okay, yeah, I mean it's it's kind of crazy. I
think eventually that my curiosity would get the best of me.
I'd want to meet the people like I'd want to
see that they're real. But I don't know, maybe it's
boundaried and doesn't really matter.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
If I just believe them. I choose to believe and
hope to not get catfished.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Yeah, okay, thank you Lizen to have a good day. Problem.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
This is is a random story, but I I growing up,
I had a family member who and I don't think
they do.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
I don't know what they do anymore.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
But like this person had like a receptionist for their office,
but the receptionist worked in like another office. And you
hired this company to answer the phone for you, but
they like weren't in the same office as you. Oh yeah,
so like this so one day and so I would
call this person regularly and the same person would answer
the phone. Never saw this person ever talk to them.
(06:21):
They were in the same city, but like they worked
in a different office, and then they would transfer the
call or whatever every day for years.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
This woman, I can't remember her name.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
And one day I'm in a doctor's office and my
sister's there and my mom's there's a therapist. My parents
are getting divorced, and I hear this woman talking behind
the desk and it's her. It's the woman who's been
answering the phone for years and years and years and years.
And like I was a kid, so it was always
oh hi, Christopher, this whole thing and my sister. I
was watching my sister for a period of time and
she was kind of acting up and this woman stands
(06:50):
it from the desk and starts screaming at us to
like be quiet, and I like she didn't obviously know
that like this little boy who's like birthday she celebrated
and all this stuff like we'd never seen each other.
She had no idea. We were just disrupting her like work,
I guess. And I wanted to be like, hey, Karen,
it's me. You know, I'm the kid who's been calling
and talk to so and so for you know, years
(07:11):
and years, but I didn't have the heart to do it.
But for some reason, I think about that story all
the time because I was like, because this is back
before you would have any way of knowing what these
people look and I had no idea who this person was.
It was just you call every day and you talked
to it. Hey can I talk to so and so?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Yeah? Sure, hold on.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Every single day you make that call and it's like
here's this person. And then she screamed at me. So
it really hurt my feelings and upset me. But it's funny.
It's like a few hours later I called talk to
this person and there's the lady.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Okay, so good to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
And I'm like, it wasn't two hours screaming at me,
And I know if I'd said something to her like hey,
I think I know you. I'm so and so, and
I would have changed everything. But whatever. Holly, Hi, Hollyhi,
Hey Hi, it's Holly.
Speaker 7 (07:57):
Holly.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Shit, guys, it's Holly.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
This is exciting. I'm waiting for you.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You have an internet friend through gaming and you've never
met this person.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
What's the story?
Speaker 8 (08:10):
Correct? So I've been playing this game it's called the
Old School Rooms game. I probably played it on and
off for about fifteen years. And I hate so many
like internet friends that you mentioned. I have a friend
in Arizona in the UK, and it's just like a
great like bond that we have with the game. But
you know, we all live in a different like state
or country.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Interesting, and so these these friendships, like they you're appeased
by them only going so far, like they don't need
to go much further, Like you don't need to run
and meet these folks, Like it's it's good enough the
way it is. They could be they could be anyone
doing anything, and it doesn't matter because it's just it's boundary.
Speaker 8 (08:48):
I mean, honestly, if I was like, let's say, for example,
those friend I have in Arizona that played through the game,
if I were ever to visit I wouldn't mind saying, hey,
let's you know, meet up, because it's like a bunch
of us that are like, law, I'm in my mid
thirties playing this game, and you know, it's like everyone
resonates because we're in the same age range playing this
game for fifteen twenty years, and it's just you know, again,
(09:11):
this is something that's fun.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
I think sometimes like the idea of compartmentalizing a friendship
and like having it be in its own lane, its
own little like this is my friend from the game
and we talk about some stuff, but like that's the expectation,
because like, maintaining friendships as an adult can be hard,
and I think it's why adults, many adults wind up
with fewer friendships because it's a lot of work. But
now you got this sort of friend but there's no
(09:34):
real expectation and you're vibing over the game. So it's
like it's kind of a nice thing. I don't know,
Thank you, Holly Lily.
Speaker 8 (09:41):
Yeah, you don't have to talk about stress and like
all work sucks. It's just you've gone on you play,
you're like, hey, you know, what are you doing in
the game, and you're just kind of like making that
own little world. Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Okay? Yeah? Fair enough?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
All right, Well thank you, Holly, thank you. I have
a good day. Hey trich Fred, Hi Tris. So you
have an internet friend group and you're all meeting this weekend.
That's exciting. How did you make.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
We met on an online auction website for what what.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Were you bidding on?
Speaker 6 (10:16):
I was bidding on I don't know, craft supplies.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Okay, so you're bidding on this. There's like a chat
feature in there or something.
Speaker 6 (10:24):
There's a chat feature, and you know, I kind of
started out with everyone sort of harassing each other, you know,
teasing and picking on each other and being really inappropriate,
and we all find out we have the same the
credit appropriate sense of humor.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
You craft is a nasty Is it all women?
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Is it all women? Meeting? Trisha? It's all women. It's
for women.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
Ones in Kansas, ones in Ohio. I'm in North s Siniana,
and the last one is in Florida?
Speaker 2 (10:55):
And where are you meeting? And what's the agenda? And yeah,
what what sort of activities are we going to take?
What's sort of shenanigans?
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Well, I don't know. That's all we left it all
up for chance. So we're all meeting. I got myself
West tickets ahead of time, so I my bags a
sign free.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Hell yeah, you got it before the deadline. That's right. Now,
hold on, Church, I have to ask what everybody's wondering.
Is there a sexual component to this?
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Well that's to be determined. We left it open.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Now hold on, I have to ask that again.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
And you can tell me. You can tell me this
is too far. But you know me.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
I don't have limits. I have no filter. Are you
are you? Are you a lesbian?
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Are you? This is your interest and it's not.
Speaker 6 (11:36):
I am married and I have three children, who I
tell you never go meet up with people from the internet.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
So done?
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Does your husband know that you might go? And you know,
get it on in the day's end somewhere.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
We're all staying at one of their houses.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Oh okay, So there's all four of you, none of
you have met each other before, and you're all flying
somewhere to meet at and you're going to stay in
a person home that you've never met.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Also, like, so this is wow.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Way way outside of my comfort zone. I'm doing it anyway,
and it's happening on Friday, Saturday morning, and when.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Do you get back? When are you supposed to be?
Can someone check it? Can one of us have can
one of us have your location?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Please?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
My coworkers are convinced I'm getting killed.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
How strong are your organs? I think there might be
some organ harvesting going on here?
Speaker 6 (12:29):
Wow, I'm the tough one in the groups, so I
have the least amount of fear. This is Can we
call you back after when you get back midnight Tuesday night?
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I'm going to put you on holding. Get your phone
because I want to hear how this. You have to
promise to tell us how this all ends up. But
I want to know if you're If you're straight, where
does the sexual ambiguity? Like where does where does that
component come in? Have you guys talked about all like
just sort of getting it on together. No, we have not.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
I'm not still be any of that. I mean she
has wife and teenagers. So she has a husband teenagers,
So I don't know it'll be gone.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
But you didn't set it down like when I said, hey,
crafting friends this weekend and wherever, and I asked you
if there was a sexual component to this. You didn't
say absolutely not. You said to be determined. So what
makes you you never.
Speaker 7 (13:18):
Know what can happen?
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Right? I mean you don't know what can happen.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Just make sure there's a safe word, okay, and also.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
Drinking and shopping most likely you don't know when involved
any you don't know?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Wow, Okay, well we're gonna put you a whole trip.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Can put on the calendar to call her on Tuesday
or Wednesday, either way. I got to know what happens here.
You know, we're praying for you. Okay, thank you? Okay,
all right.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
In a minute, I want to know why.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
She's a straight, married woman with a bunch of others
straight And I say to you, is there a sexual
component to this visit?
Speaker 1 (13:58):
And she's like, I don't know. Oh, I love it.
Why don't we know?
Speaker 2 (14:02):
We do know.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
We're just not saying more. She's just open. Whatever happens,
you're going to feel the vibe.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
The other three casters, man, it turned out this weekend.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Do you look at this?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I thought this was an obscure topic, and you guys
are blowing me up. That's any good.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
Morning, good morning.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
So you have an internet friend and now you're engaged.
Speaker 7 (14:23):
Yeah, so we met in twenty nineteen. I actually had
I was in another relationship at the time, but we
were in We're both in an online group of people
who work in hotels, and he.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
Is actually in Australia.
Speaker 7 (14:39):
He's Australian, and we started talking because he was helping
me with an issue I had with the system at work.
And here we are six years later.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Wow, and you've met Oh yeah, uh I went.
Speaker 7 (14:54):
I lived in Australia for a year because of him,
and he came to visit me like it was COVID,
so we could only talk online for like three years.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
This was my real life with Bethany right here. So
what happened after how long of chatting did you say,
I'm going to Australia to meet you?
Speaker 7 (15:13):
Well, he came to us. He came to America.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Okay, okay, yeah, good for you. You make his ass
like twenty hours for Bethany stuff.
Speaker 7 (15:21):
Yeah, I won't be flying there again by myself steps
for sure because that was a terrible flight. But yeah,
he came here. I think like three years after we
started talking.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Okay, Wow, so you talk for three years and then
was it every you're engaged now, but like, was it
when you finally saw him after three years of communicating.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Was it everything you hoped it would be.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
Yes, it was a.
Speaker 7 (15:45):
Little awkward at first because I think it was just
like so much of a lead up.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
But yeah, a lot of pressure, a lot of pressure
after three years. I would think for you to be
in front of him and him in front of you
and hope that it matches. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (16:00):
Yeah, Luckily it did because otherwise he I don't know
what would have happened. He was going to be staying
with me for two weeks.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
So, oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Well, congratulations and thank you for calling.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Thank you, have a good day. Okay, Well, a lot
of people do this. I guess. I can't wait for Wednesday.
By the way, I got more friend show next.
This is the Fred Show.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
We have your chance to win a trip for two
to see Kelly Clarkson's return to Las Vegas for her
brand new residency studio Sessions Live in the Coliseum at
Secret's Palace on August first. Text Stronger to three seven
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July thirty first to August second at the Flamingo, Las
(00:24):
Vegas and round Trip Bearfair. A confirmation text that we
sent standard message of data rates apply all thanks to
the Live Nation five. I mean, this is kind of
an obscure one, but I'm just curious because I saw
this this morning. Have any of you or has anyone
do you have a friend that you've never met, like
a friend, like someone that you either like In this case,
(00:44):
this is the thing I saw this morning. It's on Reddit.
It was a picture of a man and a woman
together and it said met my internet friend today for
the first time. We started chatting online in two thousand
and one when we were both sixteen, so that's what
twenty four years ago. Four years ago. They started chatting online.
They never met. They kept in touch for twenty four
years wow, and they went to an Iron Maiden concert together.
(01:08):
I guess they're Iron Maiden fans. Cut Well, like, I
don't know, is it? Is it? Maybe? So when you
talk to like another branch of your office, you've talked
to you for a long time, never seen, which I
guess in this day and age is hard to do.
People can FaceTime or you know whatever, but video chat
all all the different zoom meetings and whatever else. But like,
(01:28):
I don't know, have you ever chatted with someone played
video games? You ever had a pen pal?
Speaker 3 (01:34):
I'd made friends on Instagram, but then I've ended up
meeting them like a year or so later.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
But I how did you meet them? That DM you?
They listened to the show they DMed you? Yeah, yeah,
I think so.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
And just over time, like realized we had similar interests
and I don't know, I felt like I could trust
her and then we met up in person and ended
up being a great friend.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
She was an ex murderer. Yeah it's a shame.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah, yeah, but you still visit her in prison right now?
Speaker 1 (02:00):
That your friends, Well, she was.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
An ex murderer. Wouldn't I not be alive to tell
the tale?
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Well, I think Unfortunately she wasn't able to get.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
To you, she spared me.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah yeah, because you were friends. Well that's why you
meet in public always. I agree, But like, is it
one of those things.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Is it like between glass when you go to see her,
or is it like across the table. Are you able
to like, you know, sit physically, or is it is
like a video chat on the phone.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I's like when you go to.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
See her in you know, I usually bake a cake,
put some treats in there for her.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Oh you know, it's always her birthday, speaks stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but none of you thought because I mean,
this is crazy like to keep it, I mean, especially now.
And I don't know if these people live in you know,
wildly different parts of the world or something like, you know,
really crazy extreme distance. But I mean, I just think
it's it's amazing to think that people have been able
to keep in touch for this period of time and
never meet. Now. Granted, when you're sixteen, you meet someone
(02:51):
on a video game, you don't have any money. You know,
you're not probably not thinking like, oh, I'm going to
be talking to this person in twenty five years. But
I just I wonder if this has ever happened to
anybody that's a really long time.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
It has definitely happened.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
I feel like now like we did the tour and
that's when I met a lot of the thirteen that
we've been friends from over the last two years that
I've been here, and then you finally get to put
a face to the name. But it's a few that
I haven't. Like there's this one friend online named ce Style.
All I know is her Instagram handle. I don't know
her real name, Lady Lyftdriver, I don't know her real name.
(03:25):
My friend my friends, so it's like, yeah, like, and
I know those people ride for me on social mediay,
ride for all of us on social media. But it's
like I've never met them in real life, but I
consider them friend.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
H Yeah, I mean radio people that I've chatted with
for years and years and years and never met in person. Yeah,
that's true, But I mean I don't know if they're friends.
Some of them are. There are people that I see
very very rarely, but I know when I see them,
I know what's going on in their lives because of Facebook.
That's the only reason I still have Facebook's I can
quickly scroll through and I can get the birthdays. I
can hit the birthdays quickly, that's right, And then because
(03:58):
that's important, I can. I rarely will message them on Facebook.
I'll cheat and I'll go to Facebook to see if
it's the birthday, and then I'll text them.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
And then people are like, how did you remember?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Right?
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I'm on top of it, you know.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
But then there's other people that like, I'll catch up
with them after years, and I already know all the
things are telling me because I saw it on Facebook,
but I know them, like, I can't think of anyone
who I've been quote unquote friends with for you know,
years and never actually like met Hey, Alyssa, you have
an internet friend?
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Really?
Speaker 5 (04:31):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Multiple? Okay? Are you a gamer?
Speaker 6 (04:34):
Like?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
How does this come about you?
Speaker 6 (04:37):
No?
Speaker 5 (04:37):
In like twenty seventeen, I was at a friend's house
and used her PlayStation to play a game just once,
and I met people who I really liked, and we
ended up following each other on social media and we
talked pretty often and they give me tips on how
to do my hair or makeup. And I've never met them.
They live in an entirely different state.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Now, what prevents you from just I was going to
say bags fly free on Southwest, but they don't anymore. So,
I mean, what events you have it on a Spirit
and you know, ducking from you know, ducking for cover
from the you know fights in wrestling that happen on
Spirit sometimes and just going to see these people like
it's it's you know, modern air travel is amazing.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
Yeah, never genuinely have never thought about it. I think
I'm just okay with them being my phone ferns. And
I think it's really common for like people in gen
Z to have these friends that they've never met, that
they used or met through SOCIALCID media or other like gaming.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Okay, yeah, I mean it's it's kind of crazy. I
think eventually that my curiosity would get the best of me.
I'd want to meet the people like I'd want to
see that they're real. But I don't know, maybe it's
boundaried and doesn't really matter.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
If I just believe them. I choose to believe and
hope to not get catfished.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Yeah, okay, thank you Lizen to have a good day. Problem.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
This is is a random story, but I I growing up,
I had a family member who and I don't think
they do.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
I don't know what they do anymore.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
But like this person had like a receptionist for their office,
but the receptionist worked in like another office. And you
hired this company to answer the phone for you, but
they like weren't in the same office as you. Oh yeah,
so like this so one day and so I would
call this person regularly and the same person would answer
the phone. Never saw this person ever talk to them.
(06:21):
They were in the same city, but like they worked
in a different office, and then they would transfer the
call or whatever every day for years.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
This woman, I can't remember her name.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
And one day I'm in a doctor's office and my
sister's there and my mom's there's a therapist. My parents
are getting divorced, and I hear this woman talking behind
the desk and it's her. It's the woman who's been
answering the phone for years and years and years and years.
And like I was a kid, so it was always
oh hi, Christopher, this whole thing and my sister. I
was watching my sister for a period of time and
she was kind of acting up and this woman stands
(06:50):
it from the desk and starts screaming at us to
like be quiet, and I like she didn't obviously know
that like this little boy who's like birthday she celebrated
and all this stuff like we'd never seen each other.
She had no idea. We were just disrupting her like work,
I guess. And I wanted to be like, hey, Karen,
it's me. You know, I'm the kid who's been calling
and talk to so and so for you know, years
(07:11):
and years, but I didn't have the heart to do it.
But for some reason, I think about that story all
the time because I was like, because this is back
before you would have any way of knowing what these
people look and I had no idea who this person was.
It was just you call every day and you talked
to it. Hey can I talk to so and so?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Yeah? Sure, hold on.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Every single day you make that call and it's like
here's this person. And then she screamed at me. So
it really hurt my feelings and upset me. But it's funny.
It's like a few hours later I called talk to
this person and there's the lady.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Okay, so good to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
And I'm like, it wasn't two hours screaming at me,
And I know if I'd said something to her like hey,
I think I know you. I'm so and so, and
I would have changed everything. But whatever. Holly, Hi, Hollyhi,
Hey Hi, it's Holly.
Speaker 7 (07:57):
Holly.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Shit, guys, it's Holly.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
This is exciting. I'm waiting for you.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You have an internet friend through gaming and you've never
met this person.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
What's the story?
Speaker 8 (08:10):
Correct? So I've been playing this game it's called the
Old School Rooms game. I probably played it on and
off for about fifteen years. And I hate so many
like internet friends that you mentioned. I have a friend
in Arizona in the UK, and it's just like a
great like bond that we have with the game. But
you know, we all live in a different like state
or country.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Interesting, and so these these friendships, like they you're appeased
by them only going so far, like they don't need
to go much further, Like you don't need to run
and meet these folks, Like it's it's good enough the
way it is. They could be they could be anyone
doing anything, and it doesn't matter because it's just it's boundary.
Speaker 8 (08:48):
I mean, honestly, if I was like, let's say, for example,
those friend I have in Arizona that played through the game,
if I were ever to visit I wouldn't mind saying, hey,
let's you know, meet up, because it's like a bunch
of us that are like, law, I'm in my mid
thirties playing this game, and you know, it's like everyone
resonates because we're in the same age range playing this
game for fifteen twenty years, and it's just you know, again,
(09:11):
this is something that's fun.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
I think sometimes like the idea of compartmentalizing a friendship
and like having it be in its own lane, its
own little like this is my friend from the game
and we talk about some stuff, but like that's the expectation,
because like, maintaining friendships as an adult can be hard,
and I think it's why adults, many adults wind up
with fewer friendships because it's a lot of work. But
now you got this sort of friend but there's no
(09:34):
real expectation and you're vibing over the game. So it's
like it's kind of a nice thing. I don't know,
Thank you, Holly Lily.
Speaker 8 (09:41):
Yeah, you don't have to talk about stress and like
all work sucks. It's just you've gone on you play,
you're like, hey, you know, what are you doing in
the game, and you're just kind of like making that
own little world. Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Okay? Yeah? Fair enough?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
All right, Well thank you, Holly, thank you. I have
a good day. Hey trich Fred, Hi Tris. So you
have an internet friend group and you're all meeting this weekend.
That's exciting. How did you make.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
We met on an online auction website for what what.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Were you bidding on?
Speaker 6 (10:16):
I was bidding on I don't know, craft supplies.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Okay, so you're bidding on this. There's like a chat
feature in there or something.
Speaker 6 (10:24):
There's a chat feature, and you know, I kind of
started out with everyone sort of harassing each other, you know,
teasing and picking on each other and being really inappropriate,
and we all find out we have the same the
credit appropriate sense of humor.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
You craft is a nasty Is it all women?
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Is it all women? Meeting? Trisha? It's all women. It's
for women.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
Ones in Kansas, ones in Ohio. I'm in North s Siniana,
and the last one is in Florida?
Speaker 2 (10:55):
And where are you meeting? And what's the agenda? And yeah,
what what sort of activities are we going to take?
What's sort of shenanigans?
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Well, I don't know. That's all we left it all
up for chance. So we're all meeting. I got myself
West tickets ahead of time, so I my bags a
sign free.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Hell yeah, you got it before the deadline. That's right. Now,
hold on, Church, I have to ask what everybody's wondering.
Is there a sexual component to this?
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Well that's to be determined. We left it open.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Now hold on, I have to ask that again.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
And you can tell me. You can tell me this
is too far. But you know me.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
I don't have limits. I have no filter. Are you
are you? Are you a lesbian?
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Are you? This is your interest and it's not.
Speaker 6 (11:36):
I am married and I have three children, who I
tell you never go meet up with people from the internet.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
So done?
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Does your husband know that you might go? And you know,
get it on in the day's end somewhere.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
We're all staying at one of their houses.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Oh okay, So there's all four of you, none of
you have met each other before, and you're all flying
somewhere to meet at and you're going to stay in
a person home that you've never met.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Also, like, so this is wow.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Way way outside of my comfort zone. I'm doing it anyway,
and it's happening on Friday, Saturday morning, and when.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Do you get back? When are you supposed to be?
Can someone check it? Can one of us have can
one of us have your location?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Please?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
My coworkers are convinced I'm getting killed.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
How strong are your organs? I think there might be
some organ harvesting going on here?
Speaker 6 (12:29):
Wow, I'm the tough one in the groups, so I
have the least amount of fear. This is Can we
call you back after when you get back midnight Tuesday night?
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I'm going to put you on holding. Get your phone
because I want to hear how this. You have to
promise to tell us how this all ends up. But
I want to know if you're If you're straight, where
does the sexual ambiguity? Like where does where does that
component come in? Have you guys talked about all like
just sort of getting it on together. No, we have not.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
I'm not still be any of that. I mean she
has wife and teenagers. So she has a husband teenagers,
So I don't know it'll be gone.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
But you didn't set it down like when I said, hey,
crafting friends this weekend and wherever, and I asked you
if there was a sexual component to this. You didn't
say absolutely not. You said to be determined. So what
makes you you never.
Speaker 7 (13:18):
Know what can happen?
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Right? I mean you don't know what can happen.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Just make sure there's a safe word, okay, and also.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
Drinking and shopping most likely you don't know when involved
any you don't know?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Wow, Okay, well we're gonna put you a whole trip.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Can put on the calendar to call her on Tuesday
or Wednesday, either way. I got to know what happens here.
You know, we're praying for you. Okay, thank you? Okay,
all right.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
In a minute, I want to know why.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
She's a straight, married woman with a bunch of others
straight And I say to you, is there a sexual
component to this visit?
Speaker 1 (13:58):
And she's like, I don't know. Oh, I love it.
Why don't we know?
Speaker 2 (14:02):
We do know.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
We're just not saying more. She's just open. Whatever happens,
you're going to feel the vibe.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
The other three casters, man, it turned out this weekend.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Do you look at this?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I thought this was an obscure topic, and you guys
are blowing me up. That's any good.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
Morning, good morning.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
So you have an internet friend and now you're engaged.
Speaker 7 (14:23):
Yeah, so we met in twenty nineteen. I actually had
I was in another relationship at the time, but we
were in We're both in an online group of people
who work in hotels, and he.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
Is actually in Australia.
Speaker 7 (14:39):
He's Australian, and we started talking because he was helping
me with an issue I had with the system at work.
And here we are six years later.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Wow, and you've met Oh yeah, uh I went.
Speaker 7 (14:54):
I lived in Australia for a year because of him,
and he came to visit me like it was COVID,
so we could only talk online for like three years.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
This was my real life with Bethany right here. So
what happened after how long of chatting did you say,
I'm going to Australia to meet you?
Speaker 7 (15:13):
Well, he came to us. He came to America.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Okay, okay, yeah, good for you. You make his ass
like twenty hours for Bethany stuff.
Speaker 7 (15:21):
Yeah, I won't be flying there again by myself steps
for sure because that was a terrible flight. But yeah,
he came here. I think like three years after we
started talking.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Okay, Wow, so you talk for three years and then
was it every you're engaged now, but like, was it
when you finally saw him after three years of communicating.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Was it everything you hoped it would be.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
Yes, it was a.
Speaker 7 (15:45):
Little awkward at first because I think it was just
like so much of a lead up.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
But yeah, a lot of pressure, a lot of pressure
after three years. I would think for you to be
in front of him and him in front of you
and hope that it matches. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (16:00):
Yeah, Luckily it did because otherwise he I don't know
what would have happened. He was going to be staying
with me for two weeks.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
So, oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Well, congratulations and thank you for calling.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Thank you, have a good day. Okay, Well, a lot
of people do this. I guess. I can't wait for Wednesday.
By the way, I got more friend show next.
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