If you saw another Bumpie IRL ?

MsAng02 · January 2012

So here's a question- If you were out and about and recognized another bumpie would you say hello? I would. In the Not Crazy Person way- but I can imagine it'd be something like "Hi- I'm MsAng02- are you ______? on the April 11 Bump?

And then realize that that does sound crazy.... LOL

billyandsara · January 2012

I saw two nests from my local nest board IRL on black Friday and was to nervous to say something. I felt crazy bc I recognized them from their FB/siggy pics so I didn't say anything.

ITGurl0626 · January 2012

If someone ever saw me, please do not hesitate to say "hi"!

Drea, if I ever saw you I would totally say "hi"!

GHBEA · January 2012

I'd say hi.

bugandbibs · January 2012

I think it would depend on the bumpie, and the situation. Would I flag them down from across the room? No. Would I say something if they were in line with me at the grocery store? Probably.

Ha! Although I guess I will be saying "hi" and more on Saturday...

LadyXaverian · January 2012

I'd say "hi" if it was someone I talked to regularly, like most of the ladies in this thread. I'd actually probably make a ridiculous scene from across a crowded room to get to them lol.

If it was someone I never engaged in any conversation with, I might not.

shaindelr · January 2012

SarahL77:

I'd say "hi" if it was someone I talked to regularly, like most of the ladies in this thread. I'd actually probably make a ridiculous scene from across a crowded room to get to them lol.

If it was someone I never engaged in any conversation with, I might not.

Same...pumping in office so 1ht

p1nklemonade · January 2012

if it was someone on one of my main boards, probably. if it was someone from a board i lurk/hardly post on, probably not, as i wouldn't want to seem like a crazy stalker.

LynsiBHM · January 2012

I think i'd be too nervous that it wasn't really them. Maybe if I recognized them from a pic AND they had LO with them for confirmation? And even then, i'm terrible with names out of context. I'd end up saying something like "do I know you?" and then feel like it was a pick up line (a la "come here often?")

meh. I dunno.

ETA: i have a friend whose hubby and daughters I have never met (an old work friend) and I saw the H and 2 girls (without my friend) at Target. I know them from her facebook pics and it never occurred to me that they didn't know ME. It was a weird moment and I felt like a total creeper. I was pregnant at the time, so I blamed pregnancy brain Embarrassed

shaindelr · January 2012

LynsiBHM:

I think i'd be too nervous that it wasn't really them. Maybe if I recognized them from a pic AND they had LO with them for confirmation? And even then, i'm terrible with names out of context. I'd end up saying something like "do I know you?" and then feel like it was a pick up line (a la "come here often?")

meh. I dunno.

ETA: i have a friend whose hubby and daughters I have never met (an old work friend) and I saw the H and 2 girls (without my friend) at Target. I know them from her facebook pics and it never occurred to me that they didn't know ME. It was a weird moment and I felt like a total creeper. I was pregnant at the time, so I blamed pregnancy brain

LOL. Pretty much all writers in the US are Facebook friends with each other (at least "literary writers--poets, short story writers, etc.), and there's a huge writers' conference once a year that usually has about 8,000-11,000 writers there. Everyone walks around saying, "Hey! We're Facebook friends!" to the people they haven't met in person before and then hugs or something. It's so funny.

This year, everyone will get to "meet" Liam in person. It's almost weird that all of these thousands of writers know everything about each other, and we see each other once a year.

A REALLY famous writer once wanted to meet me and stopped by my publisher's table, and I wasn't there, and I went to her agent's table and tried to explain, "No, she's looking for me." I looked like a complete stalker. So. Embarrassing. Her agent totally looked at me like, "Yeah, right, the winner of the National Book Award is looking for you." *Sigh*