Met a really nice person in a CompuServe chatroom. It was the first person I had ever spoken to on the Internet. I kept asking him if he was real. I was like 11

Met a really nice person in a CompuServe chatroom. It was the first person I had ever spoken to on the Internet. I kept asking him if he was real. I was like 11 or 12 years old, but didn't believe that he was a real person. We talked about his job, what I was learning in school, video games, etc. Nothing crazy. Nothing out of the ordinary. Of course, in this day and age, a man talking to a 12 year old boy is insane and chances are that 12 year old boy would be a cop or something, but back in the day of A/S/L and being 12 years old, I was chatting with real live 12 and 13 year old girls! It was awesome! Even called them up on the phone, though my mom was pissed off when she got the phone bill. Definitely had no other way of calling California from New Jersey except to call the number and get those long distance charges. My first computer video games were Putt Putt and Doom. I eventually wanted to make video games and thought that learning Visual Basic 3.0 would lead the way, and although I never did create actual video games, this would definitely be the pivotal moment that would help me 15+ years later in my life and career.