After work today I went to a local watering hole after a long week with a few gals from the office. One woman who looked about 50 with a nice pearl necklace in a long sleeve expensive looking blouse walked past our table, turned around looked at me as if she knew me then continued on to the bar. A few minutes later she walked past the table looked at me again as if she knew me then turned the other way and continued to the ladies room. My few friends asked me if I knew her. I told them I didn't think so. I felt a little embarrassed. I pride myself and being good with names and faces. My mind was racing trying to figure out if I had ever met her before and my mind was a blank. Curiosity got the best of me and I decided to go into the ladies room to find out why she looked at me the way she did. I went in and she was fixing her hair in the mirror. She saw me of course and smiled. I asked her if we ever met before. She said she thought she saw my pictures online. I told her I'm on facebook. She then said something like....no, that's not it. She looked down and said you look like a woman I saw on FCF. She used the initials. I replied FCF? She nodded and asked me if I knew a bunch of pictures of me were on a website about catfights. My face froze. I just instinctively said what? She then went on as if she was letting me in on something. Its a website about women who fight and there are guys who enjoy that kind of thing. There are profiles with pictures of all kinds of women who say they are into fighting. Again she said somebody posted photos of me on the site and perhaps they copied them from facebook. I then asked her what she was doing looking at a that site. In my head I felt my jaw drop when she said she has a profile on the site but with no pictures. I asked her if she was kidding and she said no. She said something like she wasn't kinky but she takes cardio box classes and would actually like to try boxing with an actual opponent. I felt a bit more at ease now although I was set to deny everything at first. I then said I do have a profile on the site and that I did have some actual matches with gals I met on the site. Her eyes got big and she smiled with an open mouth. She said she was so sure somebody just lifted my pictures from the net and made up a profile. Slightly embarrassed I reiterated that it was really me and I do like to box. She then suggested we get together sometime. We exchanged numbers on our cells. I told I had to get back to my friends but I would give her a call. It just blew me away that someone in my neighborhood would recognize me from this site. In this case it seems like a good thing because I'm certain she wants to set up a friendly match. Of course on the other hand its a little unnerving. I've been on the site for over 5 years and this never happened.
What is strange in this situation?may be you feel ackward?but i think it is normal.and even open great opportunity.i also would like to meet some women here in real life.if we talked here it would be easy to get in connection.but my chances are minimum.because i live far from the people who sit here.i guess if you live near to each her it would be greatbidea to make renuions between the members
Quote from: ivbn2cavalier on February 20, 2016, 07:00:42 AM
Fantastic for you it did Sue! I hope you get your match and share with us the outcome!
This gal called this morning but I missed the call. I returned the call and we discussed possibly a boxing match for Saturday.
Hope it works out for you...
That's great to hear Sue. Good luck.
i want to guess the "friendly" boxing will start that way but not end that way. gl Sue
That is amazing. I can sort of understand your sense of unease but hopefully all turns out well.
Quote from: DJP60 on February 23, 2016, 08:53:12 PM
i want to guess the "friendly" boxing will start that way but not end that way. gl Sue
When I say friendly I am not referring to intensity. Its not a grudge match like with those idiot women who fight over men but it should be competitive.
great experiece sue,so far.envy you for that. good luck and a good endding for u when encountering her in order 2 box.
Personally, I give you a lot of credit for posting a real picture of yourself. As a teacher, I would never do so as one of my greatest fears is that a student, former student or parent would recognize me. Then way too much drama would ensue.
A similar thing happened to Barb many years ago, except that the woman who recognized her was a potential business client. Seems that the woman was somewhat put off by Barb's recreational activity. On the other hand, one wonders what she was doing perusing Barb's website in the first place. That was never addressed.
Anyway, best to luck to you, Sue, I hope that this turns out to be a good experience.
Quote from: CFsupporter on February 24, 2016, 07:56:23 PM
Interesting Sue how things happen like they do. Let us know how things go.
Thank you and to others for their well wishes. To be clear this not my first arranged match. It is just the first time a match came about from meeting someone in person who saw me on this site.
Two things crossed my mind on this topic. The first since the other lady recognized from FCF, was hoping to hear from her and maybe see a post from her here. The second thought I had was what was the venue for the match, neutral place , public gym, or someone home? Finally lady's thank you for sharing.
Quote from: fightfanatic on February 24, 2016, 03:02:45 PM
Quote from: Bear on February 24, 2016, 04:05:11 AM
Personally, I give you a lot of credit for posting a real picture of yourself. As a teacher, I would never do so as one of my greatest fears is that a student, former student or parent would recognize me. Then way too much drama would ensue.
A similar thing happened to Barb many years ago, except that the woman who recognized her was a potential business client. Seems that the woman was somewhat put off by Barb's recreational activity. On the other hand, one wonders what she was doing perusing Barb's website in the first place. That was never addressed.
Anyway, best to luck to you, Sue, I hope that this turns out to be a good experience.
interesting, how did Barb take the experience at the time? was she bothered much?
I didn't get the impression that she was bothered, but insofar that it could cost her business, she opted to remove the one pic of herself from her site.
I wonder if they ever met
I have been gettting alot of messages asking if we ever reconnected. We did and have agreed to meet at her place for a boxing match. She is supplying the gloves.
Well, pleased to hear you will having a match with her. Hope it goes well.....
I did not intend to post again on this but it takes less time than resonding to individual messages. This past Saturday we foughtat her house. I brought a friend for security purposes. Apparently she is very trusting because she was alone. anyway she provided the boxing gloves. We went with 8 ounce gloves. She had proposed 2 minute rounds and it would go until a KO or one of us decided they couldn't continue. Of course we wore mouth guards but there was no headgear. When we met about a week before she informed me of her background which consisted of taking boxing classes. Cutting to the chase she had good technical form however this fight only went 5 rounds. In the fifth round she seemed to be getting tired and I was finding surprisingly easy to land punches to her face. In the third round she nailed me in the left eye pretty good and I was determined to return the favor. Overall, her defensive moves were pretty damn good and it was frustrating. Anyway when she was tiring in that last round I finally got through with a solid jab to her nose and she did not get her hands up to her face quick enough. I just kept throwing punches at her face until she backed up and yelled she was done. I didn't draw any blood but her face was very red and she was winded. I almost felt a little bad because that final round seemed a bit too easy. I was punching and punching and she was unable to defend. Anyway there was no hard feelings. We sat down and guzzled alot of water, I of course went to a mirror to check out the damage. I did have a small bruise around my eye which showed up more the next morning and I took yesterday off work. Today the swelling is way down and I was able to cover up the slight bruise with makeup. That's about it. And yes she is interested in a rematch and I told her I'm game.
Thanks for sharing Sue that was great.
fantastic, im really glad she wants a rematch.
thank you. sounds like a totally sane private event. really sweetens the thought of hooking up with real folks frome here or as here recognizing each other accidently
What was the attire for the match?
Quote from: WJcouple on March 11, 2016, 01:45:46 PM
What was the attire for the match?
That questions always comes up. I wore a bra and gym shorts. She wore a bra and yoga pants.
It is always great to hear about IRL meetings that are safe and sane. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.