A new challenge not present when everyone you knew was from your area: How do you know this person?
This has become increasingly true for me. There are several people across the world who I regularly converse with and referring to them in every day conversation with (meatspace) friends and family tends to be full of qualifiers: E.g. “This friend in the US I met over tumblr”, or “That guy from the Magic: The Gathering forum.”
When talking about people I know “in real life”, I don’t feel the need to qualify where I met them.
This has become increasingly true for me. There are several people across the world who I regularly converse with and referring to them in every day conversation with (meatspace) friends and family tends to be full of qualifiers: E.g. “This friend in the US I met over tumblr”, or “That guy from the Magic: The Gathering forum.”
When talking about people I know “in real life”, I don’t feel the need to qualify where I met them.