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 Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:55 pm
I've known this girl for a little over three years now, and she wants to attend Sakura-con in April with me. My parents, who still control me to the point of disallowing me from leaving the house with anyone but my current "best friend" and neighbor, an eleven year old girl, or one of them. My dad says he doesn't see a problem with it AFTER I turn eighteen, and my mom just thinks its a stupid idea overall.
I understand how my dad feels, but the thing is, she can only get up around the time of Sakura-con, and it's only three months before my 18th birthday, not much can change about my maturity or responsibility in that time, right?
What do you ladies think about meeting people from the internet?
Do you have any advice as to how to try convince my parents to allow this to happen?
P.S. She's also a new Loli, we're planning on making our first dresses together if we can.
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:41 pm
I and the Guild Owner Maeanalda and the Vice-Captain Tsuwabaki are very good friends now who meet online in this guild. We knew eachother for two years before I became a crew member and we met in person. I met Mae at a convention first and then Tsu later on :3 I think a good point to make to your parents is that you are meeting her at a heavily populated convention so their is people incase anything goes wrong unlike a small place
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:06 am
I can't believe I didn't think of that one. x3
Should I also mention that since it would be my first con, it would be good to have someone there who knows their way around one accompanying me?
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:36 am
Another few suggestions: bring a friend/someone you know. Not your parents, necessarily, but someone that you're already familiar with, and whom your parents will trust to make sure you don't get kidnapped or the like. Also, you can suggest meeting at one of the lolita events at the convention, such as the fashion show or tea party if either are being held, so that you're in an actual, focused group rather than just the crowd at large.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:43 pm
What about the two of you volunteering at the convention? usually only safe, responsible people volunteer, and you'll have staff around and be accounted for, so maybe your parents would feel safer about that. When I started volunteering for stuff, my parents became a lot more comfortable about letting me out and meeting people because they knew I had already learned the safety skills in meeting new people and keeping in touch, letting them know where I am, etc.
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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:57 pm
I think we've all met someone IRL before, whether we're aware of it or not. If you go to an anime convention, you're likely meeting a lot of people you've met online. For example, when I went to AX 07, I met a lot of anime artists I use to watch from deviantart in Artist Alley, such as Ramy. There's a chance that if I went to AX again in the future, I could very well come across any one of you. xD
However, online friend-wise, I've only met one. She turned out to live two hours away from me on an island off of California that I used to go to a lot with my dad, so I was surprised when I found out where she lived. We've only visited each other three times, but we've had enjoyable times with each other. My mom still thinks that online friend is just a girl we met on the island when we went over there for a weekend getaway (since I never told her we met online in the first place), but as long as she's okay with us being friends, I'm fine with that.
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