Anybody have success meeting platonic friends on Craigslist?

It sounds kind of risky but I would probably would of done the same thing if I was in your position. As long as you meet him in a public place i think you should be fine. Please don't meet him anywhere else or go some place alone with him. Keep it public and safe for the first time meeting.

 

Have never done it before, but.....

If you were closer..... My team is playing Thursday night so I'll be watching.

 

Cardinals. Should be a good game, but hopefully in Arizona's favor. The Rams have been playing well, and Arizona needs this divisional win.

 

Your need for a friend is completely understandable and the way your going about it is very safe and mature. Yeah you want to be careful with meeting when it comes to craigslist or any site. The fact that someone would meet you based on a site like that can be very unlikely. Not that there is anything wrong with you it is just most people second guess ads on sites like that.

 

Of all places you could go to find friends you just went straight to the place with the most likely to be serial killers, drug dealers and rapists, good job bro!

 

Don't use craigslist! Well at least I don't recommend it. You don't know who's on the other side of the computer; I would never trust to meet someone you don't know well in person. I just recommend seeking love come to you.

But that's just an opinion.

Best of luck

 

I personally never trust that sort of thing...

I recommend going out for something else. I do ballroom dance, and the dancers there roped me into swing, and now I've got drinking buddies and the potential to go out and meet up with friends several times a week. You could join a hiking group, community sports team, choir, art class, etc. Things that are open to anyone and everyone so you can meet all kinds of people. I pay $5 for an hour lesson + 2.5 hours of social dance. Compared to drinking in a bar, its not a bad deal.

 

The best thing is too meet people through people, if someone you know is with you you can meet their friends through them, then become friends with that friend's friends and so on, it's important to meet people in person because you can judge them better than through an anonymous profile on a screen, because you can see their facial expressions, tone of voice, appearance, body language, see how they react to things you do and say, their smell and all the fine details you won't get online.

 

They is one out guy who is my acquaintance, he is not my type at all, he's bitchy obnoxious and rude and tries really hard for everybody to know he is gay and different which makes me feel uncomfortable since I cannot afford to be out and It tells me that he doesn't care about what people say but he also doesn't care about his safety.

I spend time with the closted guys there are much better. You can tell they are interested when you you look at them and they look back and smile. and you look into each others eyes for a 5 seconds or so,and he doesn't look away or make a disgusted face, But I will NEVER act upon these clues and hints as being gay is not safe as I would like. I just flirt with them without being obvious.

 

I met one of my best friends on "The Gumtree" back when it had personals on it (It's kind of like the UK/Australia version of Craigslist I think). It was in the dating section though.
Often when I look for dates, I end up making friends.
So maybe a safer way to go might be to sign up for a dating website that has more moderation etc.. on it.

And as others have said, follow the safety guidelines that are found on most dating websites (meet in a public place, don't go home with anyone you don't 100% trust etc..).

 

I have had far far [far] farrrrr more luck on social media sites. Facebook. Join Forums. there are groups that are dedicated to your region. Meet people on there... they're usually normal, sane people that aren't specifically on there for an "anonymous" purpose. I have never had the courage to meet people from craigslist... but I've met plenty of people from Facebook. Add friends. Once you add a few people then your list of "find friends" expands... and it expands and expands...

I seriously recommend that

 

What about the anonymous guys with fake profiles with headless torsos for profile full of pictures of male models, and really cheap names like James John? It's not much safer than a sketchy dating site.