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Back in about 2001, came home drunk one night as a teenager and went online. Met this guy in a chatroom, talked to him til about 6am. Made immediate plans to go visit, bought train tickets the next day.
Iirc it took 3 trains to get to his town, I remember an older lady chatting to me and seeming very concerned when she heard what I was doing (in hindsight, I see why haha).
Honestly we didn't really vibe irl and so it turned out "awkward". But I didn't get murdered, which frankly is a bit of a miracle.
That does sound kinda dangerous lol. What ended up happening?
Honestly nothing too interesting at all. We went out to a local rock night, and then the next day I had to just hang around aimlessly in the town centre because his parents didn't want a random girl staying alone in their house while everyone was at work!
We did stay in touch for a while after as internet acquaintances but he ended up having accidental kids quite young so I dodged a bullet there.
It was not my most sensible moment. Second place probably goes to the time I went to a gig in Leeds at 16 (we do not live near Leeds), couldn't afford a hotel, and just had to spend the whole night in the city centre among all the drunks while being...um...scantily clad. Teenage me was a bit of a menace.