These boards are changing the ways that people meet new people, we pick and choose the ones we want a one on one link to, but through seeing pictures, Bashments, Trip reports, interacting on the boards, we sometimes feel we know the person.

When you meet these new people in person do you share your real name or prefer through interaction on and off the board to be called by your board name?

I don't care if folks call me likkle red or karen...it is all good with me. most times they recognize me from my picture that was displayed for years on the other board and call out my board name but as we continue to grow the friendship I become Karen.

I usually introduce myself by my board name when first meeting other boardies, but prefer using my real name. Not too hard to do as I use Janet in my board name so there's just dropping the San Fran. Yes, I live just outside San Francisco and worked there for many years.

I've had the nick name Pineapple off and on since '73 so it was a no brainer to use it for the boards. People I met in Jamaica before the boards were popular still call me Janet even though I usually go by Jan at home. For some reason they could never understand when I'd tell them "Jan" but when I said "Janet" they always knew someone named Janet.

Most folks I meet that I have met with an interest in Jamaica call me LUVS, although they know my real name with is YOULANDA. I will answer and respond to either.