With how many people on the Dope do you have an on-going, real life relationship?

For me, one. We met on the board and when she and her husband were moving to my area, I volunteered to watch their dogs during the move. We became great friends and even though I’ve since moved, we keep in touch and visit. My friends thought it was weird that I would watch someone’s dogs that I’ve never met and just couldn’t understand the atmosphere here.

And you?

Zero. I’ve met one doper IRL, and she is no longer with us.

None, so far.
There’s a distinct possibility that I may meet one or two Dopers in the near future, though. :cool:

None, that I know of. But I continually entertain the fantasy that one or more of the people I interact with on the Dope I do in fact know in real life, I just don’t KNOW that I know them… you know?

One. I’m married to him.

No one. I worked with one briefly back in '99 and had a date with another sometime around '04 but that’s it.

I’m Facebook friends with one current Doper and one former Doper. That’s as close as I’ve come.

Well, I’m married to Suburban Plankton, so there’s that. Also the Kiddo has an account, but rarely posts so I don’t know if he counts.

I’ve met not what you’d expect a couple of times IRL. We ate at her deli when she had it. I’m not sure it counts as a real, on-going relationship, though.

I have several Dopers that I communicate regularly with on Facebook.

Zero. That pretty much reflects my real-life ongoing relationship history as well.

I’m the same way. I try to reference the board from time to time to see if the person I am talking to knows what I mean. Sadly, no one has yet.

These replies show that SDMB does not have a good score for “real life relationships.”
The Board certainly provides the opportunity for personal contacts. I have used the utilities
but no one has shown any interest in an email exchange. I saw a number of friendships
develop in USENET, because over there you join a GROUP rather than a FORUM. The groups
are based on subjects that are much more specific. My favorite was “Alt. History.British”
and I eventually exchanged email with about 6 members of that group. However these chaps and one gal (the “duchess” of Gothenburg) were in places like England, Sweden, Australia, India, and Canada. One of them was a docent at the Tower of London and
another was a Wimbledon Hill Spencer.

I’m pretty good friends with illuminatiprimus. We met at a doper fest and have kept in touch ever since, though he lives way to far to visit.

None since UnaPerson’s lawyer sent that cease & desist letter.

If we don’t count people who haven’t been on the board in a decade, nor people I’ve met at Dopefests but have no other relationship with, then zero.

I see **dogbutler **regularly at hockey games. I’m facebook friends and interact regularly through that medium with several additional Dopers that I feel like I would be IRL friends with if we lived in the same area. I feel like I know them better than a lot of people I do know IRL.

A few. I’m married to one. Qadgop and the lovely Cynthia will drop us a line whenever they are in SoCal and we’ll meet for Mexican. Everybody else is pretty virtual except for Dopefests.

I’ve met a lot of other people from this board at various meetings (probably over two hundred) but I don’t know anyone from here outside of that.

None.

i have met several people from other boards when they visit my area on vacation. Maybe we need to schedule a Caribbean Dopefest?

I’ve never met a doper anywhere outside of SDMB.
So, I’ll go with none.

Zero, or at least none who will admit it. Met a couple at a half-assed Portland Dopefest.