# With how many people on the Dope do you have an on-going, real life relationship? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699 "2013-08-31T22:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/41 "2013-09-02T12:24:25Z")
None yet but I am ever on the alert for some sort of tell-tale give away like someone using the term “felch” or saying “Thank Og”. At that point I’m thinking this stranger and I would exchange a sideward glance and a knowing nod and then merely go about our business. I mean there’s not some sort of secret handshake that I’ve been unaware of lo these many years, right? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/42 "2013-09-02T12:39:37Z")
I’ve met a few at Dopefests and know **JoseB** from a different setting; we’ve met several times, both in meetings related to that other setting and one-on-one (and it ain’t my fault he tried to catch his death on the way home). ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/43 "2013-09-03T11:49:17Z")
I met my best friend here, and am friends with eight or so other dopers. We don’t see each other as much these days due to kids etc, but we used to hang out a lot and are still friends. I’ve been to two Doper weddings (both partners in each were members) and have two more coming up where one was/is a Doper. Plus a couple of less-close friends and a few acquaintes. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/44 "2013-09-03T13:25:18Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > I mean there’s not some sort of secret handshake that I’ve been unaware of lo these many years, right? We tried, but it was really hard to come up with a gesture that was recognizably a plane on a treadmill. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/45 "2013-09-03T13:30:43Z")
I know a couple but do not know thier dope identities. Another I do know his identitiy. I have met a few others who are casual users of the dope but rarely post. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/46 "2013-09-03T13:43:10Z")
I’ve met a handful of Dopers. There are a couple of friends still on my LJ (yes I still update it - get off my damn lawn) and some whom I still maintain friendships with over e-mail. I never see any of them though. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/47 "2013-09-03T17:22:12Z")
Thanks to [Seattle Doper Trivia](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=678248), I’m part of a regular Doper crowd. If we all showed up at trivia at the same time, I think there would be 8 of us. I’m also friends with the guy who introduced me to the Dope, but he’s no longer active. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/48 "2013-09-03T17:41:27Z")
One that I know of. My wife’s cousin recognized me in the crowd. Told me about it IRL, and we now know each others’ secret indentities. Kind of like Batman and Superman, or the Justice League Of America. **The Ignorance Fighting League Of The Pacific Northwest** , if you will. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/49 "2013-09-03T17:50:33Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > 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. I don’t know anyone, but Rhiannon, I’m in the same city as you, so that could be changed. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/50 "2013-09-03T17:50:47Z")
Counting, counting, counting, carry the one, divide by 0… None. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/51 "2013-09-03T17:56:39Z")
None. There are a few Dopers I wouldn’t mind meeting, but y’all are a spread out bunch. There’s a couple in my neighborhood (Greater Cleveland) but I’ve always managed to be out of town when a get-together was in the works. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/52 "2013-09-03T19:16:55Z")
> [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](#): > > I met **Misnomer** at a small gathering of DC Dopers several years ago, and we’ve been good friends ever since. This. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699/53 "2013-09-04T06:51:23Z")
One. He knows every part of me 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-how-many-people-on-the-dope-do-you-have-an-on-going-real-life-relationship/667699.md?page=2)