What to Expect When You're Expecting (to Meet Online Friends Offline)

[Camilleypow]

I need to have a major growth spurt before I can go to any youtube gathering. My height just makes things awkward.

[Ravenclaw2313]

Visit the people who are within driving distance...was that a hint? Cause this is. I miss you! =)

[emmfan09]

@josiebbooks Well, you should always now that, with me, you should always amp up the awkward. :D

[emmfan09]

@josiebbooks I'm sad you didn't say anything, BUT that was a pretty awesome/awkward moment. I enjoyed it. XD

[HeyJeremyC]

I definitely saw you at VidCon, but I was too shy to say hi :(

[emmfan09]

@HeyJeremyC Aww, this makes me so sad, Jeremy! I can assure you that I am not as terrifying as I may look. But VidCon's pretty overwhelming, so I can understand that. Next year?!

[HeyJeremyC]

@emmfan09 Next year for sure :)

[fizzylimon]

I didn't get to see this until after vidcon, but yes.

Also, it was great to see you at vidcon. every night while you slept. #creepyisfun

[emmfan09]

@fizzylimon Steve. This is the best comment I've ever received. Thank you for being so hilariously wonderful all the time.

[ShakespeareFrost]

I think next year, I'm going to prepare some conversation topics ahead of time or something, because I am the Queen of Sudden Silences in the middle of a conversation. As you may remember from when we met on Thursday. =P

[emmfan09]

@ShakespeareFrost I loved meeting you IRL! And, you know me, I'm one for awkward silences, as well. At least it is a memory that we share. :]

[ChippedPrism]

I'm sorry, A STICKER? #didntgetasticker

[emmfan09]

@ChippedPrism about that ...

[ChippedPrism]

@emmfan09 I expect a sticker in the mail ASAP!

[ImWellFiredUp]

I'm so full of hope that we actually will meet now.... we better or now my life won't be complete!

[supersharayah]

Ryan. I. miss. you.

Also. WHERE IS MY STICKER?!

[L3TT3RFairy]

YOU CAN"T NOT OBSESS OVER HARRY POTTER, it's like breathing. JK JK.

[StateOfWishing]

I. MISS. YOU.

a lot.

[thewalruswasdave]

I felt like you were talking directly to me at the end. Next year I will be at al these things.

[emmfan09]

@thewalruswasdave I was. Come to all of the things, Dave. All of the things.

[SpellboundSama]

But..but..butttt....I NEED "THAT GUY" to be at that thing!! :(

(It's usually me...)

[nerdgirlsforthewin]

I will prepare for this now inevitable meeting. I am 5'4". :) have fun at the thing you aren't saying!

[elizziebooks]

I will say hi to you when you least expect it.

[maculata]

@elizziebooks I will say hi to YOU when YOU least expect it! Let's make a chain of unexpected hellos! =)

[lauradoestheastro]

Yeah, even though I knew he was tall beforehand, I was still kind of shocked when I first met Tom IRL. He's like a foot taller than me! What!

And I look forward to meeting you at some point in the future, Ryan :)

[emmfan09]

@lauradoestheastro Miss Laura, I am so excited for the one day in which we IRL meet. :]

[Nsnick88]

We met on the internet once! (...on Vokle? I think it was?) :D

Anyways, have fun at VidCon!!

[luv2sing245]

O: I'm not going to Vid Con, but I am meeting up with my online friend for the first time--we've known each other online for four years.. SO I'm excited.

(and if you're wondering why it's taken so long, well, for the first two years we didn't think we would grow this close xD and also we're minors so it's a bit more complicated)

[orangesho13es]

Yes, we will meet sometime in real life. I'm declaring it right here and now: I will be attending VidCon 2012. And now that I've made this grand announcement before this year's VidCon has even started, I'm sure I'll somehow mess up going to next year's. Oh well.

Have a great time, Ryan! Meet all the fun people you know I'd want to meet for me. If that made sense.

[emmfan09]

@orangesho13es Anna, you so much come to VidCon 2012. The end.

[SheDoesntKillGophers]

My best friend flew in for a visit in the summer, and the first meeting was really awkward because she's 5'2 and I'm 5'8. Also because she was so worried about her bags that we didn't hug, which I was kind of saddened by. It was one big ball of awkward until she left.

[emmfan09]

@SheDoesntKillGophers This is a really sad story. :[

[nelamonster]

We are so going to meet.

[affenonkel]

Come to Germany already. :P

Most of my online friens are from different countries all over the world so I've never met any of them. Thinking about it I feel like what you said made a lot of sense. I have a lot of friends on a different website where it's about sharing photos and stuff. Just seeing them on video is very weird to me. xD

[hangingwithNadine]

Dang, I want a sticker. Actually I don't, I hate stickers. #funIRLfacts

[rossexton]

Ryan, I can't wait to see you in your life!

[emmfan09]

@rossexton I can't wait to see you in YOUR life! :D

[katherinifyable]

See you in your life, I guess.

[TonksftMemories]

WAIT -- DID YOU GO TO LEAKYCON? WE SHOULD HAVE MET UP! (Ahh, hindsight is a bitch)

[emmfan09]

@TonksftMemories THIS IS SAD NEWS BEARS. Apparently there were a couple people I missed at Leaky! It was just so massive! I hope you had so much fun, though. I'm totally gutted I didn't get to meet you, though. =/

[TonksftMemories]

Hahaha I can definitely agree with some of these points. So many people said that I was taller than they expected when I first met them! Have fun at Vidcon!

[ThatBookGirl]

Yes! It will happen at some point. Though not this exact point for money/distance constraints. But VidCon 2012 for sure.

[completeidiot19]

I bet a lot of pregnant women became nerdfighters today :)