Friends and relatives here on PT?

[wolfsoul]

Jynnelle (Tikeyas_mom) and I know eacother in "real life." We go to eachothers' houses parctically every weekend. We met on PT!

[Randi]

Apart from John (Jonza) who I live with, I've met Sirocco, Barbara, Sara and Vio. It's been great fun and I'd do it again anytime!!

[Lallypop11]

OOh, this is an interesting thread! I know my fiance Jeff (Lally's Man), he only posts when there are new pictures of Nakita, LOL (he is mesmerized by her). And I introduced my other good friend Carolyn (Catfancy33) to this site as well, we worked together, she's as big as a cat freak as I am. I tell everyone about this site, I'm proud to be a cat freak. Ya gotta represent for the felines, LOL.

[jenluckenbach]

No family of mine posts here, and no one I hhknew BEFORE pet talk either.
Catnapper and I know each other through an adoption and I mentioned pet talk to her so ..... She'd be the closest to being a friend outside of pet talk.
Hopefully a lot of friends BECAUSE of pet talk though, even if we don't meet in person.

[Cincy'sMom]

We are a PT family!!! My husband was the first join (SadiesDad)...after I joined, my mom, sister and dad all joined (4 Dog Mother, Dakota'sMommy and fivedogdad). My mIL Is also registered, but she has never posted...just voted inpicture contests.

I have met several PTers at various dog park meetings in Findlay, OH...I almost fear I will miss someone if I try andlist them all, but I'll give it a shot...

Shais_mom, Anna_66, Ramanth, Fett, AdoreMyDogs, Moosmom, Musgy, Slave of 15 Dogs, Phred, Cataholic, Robilee, Pitc9, Bnormal (former member), Yellow Lab Lover, All Creatures Great and Small, Wolf _Q, Kfamr, Karen and Paul, Baylee ( don't remember her username, butit was pupslover4ever, or soemthing close), Tubby and Peanut's Mom...I really hope I haven't fogotten anyone that has made it to Findlay...

I also got a chance to have lunch with Delidog when I was in Florida last year, andI'm hoping to get together with her and soem other Floridians this summer.

[CatDad]

I have no family members on PT. I did introduce a friend of mine at work to the site and she loves it. However, I think that she has only posted once or twice.

Of course, there are all of the friends that I have met on PT.

[Karen]

Do we count? Paul is my husband, so related by marriage! We have siblings who have joined, but only post rarely, so I'll let them stay anonymous.

Friends? Goodness yes! I've met bunches of Pet Talkers at gatherings in Texas, Ohio, and individual meets with people in San Diego and Stonhenge and Toronto, but the first ones I met were Sandra (tatsxxx) and Logan, and her daughter Helen on a miserably hot day when my car's AC quit! And they were nice to me anyway, as bedraggled as I was! And I count all of you as my friends, whether or not we've ever met - you are Pet Talk people, where every pet - and every person - is special!

[Logan]

My daugher reads on occasion, but because of her age, I haven't yet allowed her to join Pet Talk. She has posted once or twice, with my permission, under my name.

I have no relatives that have joined, and no friends either, but I have made friends, for sure, through this wonderful tool!! Sandra, Pam, Rachel, Karen (Israel), Jackie, Gini, Karen (the big boss, Mayor Karen), Popcornbird, etc etc etc (there are many others, too numerous to name). I have had the pleasure of meeting Souraya (Doggiesarethebest), Sandra (Tatsxxx11), and Karen, who are all members here. I keep in close touch with the others by phone and email. They have become my "best" friends, truly!! Selfishly, I don't want to bring others into my little private place! But I will admit to sending a link to the Dog, Cat or Pet of the Day, quite often, to family members and friends, who I know will enjoy seeing the honored ones!!!

[Logan]

but the first ones I met were Sandra (tatsxxx) and Logan, and her daughter Helen on a miserably hot day when my car's AC quit! And they were nice to me anyway, as bedraggled as I was!

You looked beautiful!! And although our plans got changed a bit, it was a pleasure for all of us!!! I just count the days until we can do it again, and hopefully you will have AC this time, and Paul will come along too (as well as Junji and Scott).

For those of you who don't know, Helen and I flew to Massachusetts two summers ago. We were expecting to leave the horrible humidity and heat of SC behind and enjoy cool breezes and wonderful weather. Massachusetts had a heat wave like you couldn't believe!! The temperatures were above 90 every day that we were there!! Our salvation was the ocean, which was still quite chilly!!

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Well, some of you already know that YellowLabLover is my daughter. She introduced me to Pet Talk a few years ago when she found it, and I got hooked pretty quickly! I haven't gotten any of my local friends to join, but I have met lots of people through Pet Talk who I would consider friends, and even traveled to Ohio last May to meet some in person.

[bisi.cat]

Originally posted by Kirsten
No, unfortunately not. Neither do my real life friends or relatives post on message boards, nor do they speak English (at least not good enough).

Guess I'm something like a freak in my family! LOL

Kirsten

Same here! But I know that my sister and niece often sneak on this side and when I talk to her she seems to be well informed and also asks a lot of things and translations...

[Fox-Gal]

Nope and nope, I don't know a soul here.

One member has asked me to get toghter with her, so maybe one day I can say I have a friend here. If I ever get off my lazy butt and take the hour drive.

[Pam]

As Robyn (Christiansmommy) has already mentioned, she is my daughter. I found Pet Talk first, almost 4 years ago , and I think she joined about a year ago after hearing me say "Well, on PT I learned this, or met this person, or saw this adorable pet...." My immediate family knows about my "addiction" but no one else does. They probably wouldn't understand anyway.

The first person I met in the flesh was SAS (Sallyanne) on that fateful day when Robyn and I drove to PA. to deliver Gabe to her for his long trip to Camp Vermont. Then last April I met a bunch of PTers at Pet Talk PA. including the Head Bunny and her hubby and K9 Karen and JenLuckenbach who I had been dying to meet in person!!

[ramanth]

I got my signifigant other, Andy (Fett), to join. He browses the boards or I'll point him to threads.

My sister's friend, Lissa, joined after I told her about PT. She had just adopted a puppy.

I'm still trying to get my sister, Jenn, to join.

[AmberLee]

I talked my sister Kate (TigerBlossom) into joining, but between work, school, family, and pet upkeep she doesn't get here often.

I've made several friends through Pet Talk -- at one time WolfLady and I worked a block away from one another, KAK and I have attended more cat shows together than I can count off-hand... ES and her husband visited here last spring and there's a thread devoted to the PT outing we all had that weekend... Good times!