Transitioning From Online Chats to Real-Life Dates
Nowadays, it is very usual for people to make friends online just the way they do in person or through introductions. The first experience of changing from online chat to face-to-face communication with a person is one that I will never forget because it was filled with mixed feelings of being very excited and having some fear. Moving from messages on the screen to meeting in reality may seem like a great progress especially on your part where most of what you share is through the internet. It’s not easy – you have to adapt to a new environment, read non-verbal signs, feel the presence; people call it “eye contact” that may help develop your bond or vice versa leave everything as is and just walk away? As for me, when I entered the café and saw her there too, I felt butterflies in my stomach trying to tell whether we would still be attracted seeing each other face to face.