Friends outside of here??

I have met quite a few otters who I now consider friends (and a few that I have not met but still consider friends)

Yes we occasionally have regional meets which are posted on here and open to all who would like to attend.

Yep. I have met some otters and considered them friends long before we saw each other in the flesh. If I like you on screen I will generally like you irl.

I have made some very good friends from Hitched. Some I've met and others I'm yet to meet.

I reckon I've met about 30+ Hitchers and have made some brilliant friends. Even H knows that if I ever need an answer to a question or a advice on a problem Hitchers are the first people I will ask!

Yes! I've made a few lovely rl hitcher friends and a couple of really close friends through the hitched 2013 Facebook group!

Yep. This place is a community and a brilliant support network. Some of the people I've met (or not met) on here are real friends. As in, we've got each others phone numbers etc. I'm facebook friends with LOADS of hitchers!

I am yet to meet any, but I do consider quite a lot friends as weird as that may sound. There are a few I know I would get on stupidly well with and I hope in the future I do get to meet them.

I have met quite a few at one of the meets and yes, I would class them as friends outside of Hitched too.

As Funky said, we have regional meets and anyone can pop along to enjoy a vino or 2 and get to meet Hitchers in real life.

Yes, sames as the others! I consider the Otters my friends, those I have and haven't met. They totally rule. I look forward to meeting more in the future, too!

Actually, whilst we are on the subject - we've not got a meet in the pipeline at the moment, that needs to be recitified!

Again, same as the other Otters.

Met a few, have loads on FB, and consider them friends.

Time and time again, Otters have banded together, to help other otters in need, even if we have never met them. Helping each other is what friends do, it's what Otters do.

I have also met a fair few otters and agree that I feel friends with others who I haven't (yet?!) met in real life.

I definitely think I have more otter friends than real life friends.

I haven't met any otters yet, nor do I feel I have made friends with any. But, I'm kind of slow to get into a friendship having had some bad experiences in the past and I would have thought that, if I get to a meet - which I would LOVE to do btw - I would then make friends.

Incidentally - one of my best friends in the world ever is someone I've only met twice in the last 15 years!! We started off as penpals and that developed into chats on the phone which often go on for four hours or more!! It doesn't matter that we don't get to see each other or go for coffee and cake, we're still really really good friends and I cannot wait to see her in 6 months and 19 days!!! (I'm almost more excited about that, than I am about getting married!!!)

Yes I consider the otters friends. Iv met a fair few and the local ones I regularly meet with. When times are hard they look after you and tbh some RL friends don't do as much as these lot

What everyone else has said really, I've met quite a few otters and are friends with lots on FB. Otters are such lovely people, you cant help but want to be friends with them!!

I haven't been on here long but I've met quite a few hitchers thanks to the last big meet, and I feel I've made a few friends on here and on WP (some of which I haven't met). I also generally love the 'sense of belonging' this place gives me, and to just see people band together to help others out, to step up in times of need and to provide support to everyone is fantastic and really shows what a great group of people are on here.

GOD YES!! a couple of hitchers came to my wedding, we dont see each other as often as we like but i know they are there! I have met 30 odd kitchers, an d consider some of them to be better then come real life friends!!!

I haven't been on here very long so haven't really interacted with anyone outside of Hitched. But I can certainly understand why so many Otters are friends outside of here. From what I have seen, they rock.

I have a few hitchers who I would class as very close friends, and a wider circle of hitched mates.

I love Hitched, I love being an otter.

Kind of no I guess, I'm Facebook friends with quite a few and feel I've gotten to know quite a few people quite well but I've never met anyone so I think it's harder to be friends as such. There are a good few I would love to meet and I could see myself being quite good friends with them. Although I'm really shy so maybe not!!

Not met anyone personally but that will change soon I hope! I have chatted with people off thread in various formats though. You all know how amazing I think this place is, ha!

I haven't met any otters yet in real life but I do love the otters. I have a sense of community on here that I can't really explain..just love how everyone comes together and helps in times of need. I could also tell otters things that I probably couldn't tell any RL friends. I do really hope to get to an otter meet soon.

I can just repeat what the others have said, I've met quite a few and class many as friends.

I'll just echo what everyone else has said. I've met quite a few Otters now. Some are my closest friends, and keep in touch with a lot of people regularly via FB