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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Poll question: How do you explain this whole lawtalkers/virtual community thing to your friends, family, SOs, ect. or is it your dirty little secret that no one else knows about?
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Well, let's see. My SO obviously knows. I told him about it sometime shortly before we actually started meeting people from the boards. Prior to the disclosure, he just thought I spent a lot of time on the internet finding cool links to send to him. He might have been slightly disillusioned to discover that I just got the links from one source. He's liked all the people we've met through this forum so he's cool with it.
I haven't told other friends or family. Those non-forum friends who have met lawtalkers people have not really asked how I know people and I'm not close enough with my family for it to ever come up. The only reason that I haven't told my friends about it is that most of them are lawyers and I certainly don't want them coming here and watching my posting habits. I think a couple of non-lawyer friends might know a little about my habit, but, like RT's friends, I think that they assume that we talk more about actual legal subjects.
