I think as financial bloggers, we're really an odd bunch of people. We don't really fit into mainstream and what's interesting is that we're probably okay and comfortable sitting in an outlier position. I guess most of us are lone rangers - and we have to be in order to take some bitter pills and bash through the jungle to carve out our own paths that nobody really understand and might even vehemently opposes to. Like squirreling a huge portion of our salary aside. Like putting money into the stock market when others are running away from it. Or even simple things like bringing your own meals to work to save our health and wealth...
...On Wed, I met up with 2 financial bloggers. Though it's not the first time we met, the online conversation spilled over to face to face interaction and before long, we chatted for nearly 5 hours just like that. This is shorter than the 6 hours I spent a few months ago here. My wife would probably lament that 3 grown men can chat longer than 3 aunties lol! There's usually a lot more sharing of personal experiences during such face to face interactions, because some things just can't be said online. It might be rude, might be crude, or might be politically incorrect, so face to face meeting is still good for such topics.
