/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9095058
I got some hugs from a few grils

Thats about it

To those that found an (ex-)SO on a Con out of mere luck and not through forceful searching:
Through which circumstances did you meet this person?
What were your experiences with that person?
Would you date again someone you met on a Con?

I'm quite curious since can't really grasp what cgl actually thinks about random SO's and cons. On one hand there seem to be quite a few gulls that found their luck on a con and are quite pleased with their catch and its outcome. On the other hand there are also quite a few gulls that would avoid a con romance since they tend to draw the attention of all kinds of crazy folks, thirsty loners and other people you don't want to be acquainted with.

Is there a clear tendency or is it just as diverse as love can be?

I go to cons and don't speak to anyone.
I think the ragu was leaking from my fannypack

I met a really qt boy and now I'm sad because we live in different states. I don't often like 3D.

>>9097895
What made you like him then?

>>9097890
I met my ex when we were cosplaying characters from the same series who ended up being love interests and we talked online after the con. We had pretty normal dating experiences and broke up sorta normally, but he was a really narcissistic scumbag to be honest. I wouldn't do it again because it tends to be that most semi-attractive male cosplayers have inflated egos the size of the hotel and if they seem nice at first, they only care about you for selfish vapid reasons. Find someone who is open to going to cons and your interests, but don't bother with the people actually at the con.

Met my now husband at my first con. We dated a year before we broke up. Both dated others but ended up back together. Apparently according to both of our friends we were both love sick for each other.

>>9095058
Sure, so about 9 years ago I was looking for a hotel room for that years Otakon. A girl had messaged me saying she had room but it was a pretty packed room. I thought she was pretty cute and I'm generally a very outgoing but weird guy. We barely talked the entire con until Saturday evening when everyone else got plastered. We hit it off extremely well and eventually just passed out holding eachother. She lived around 5 hours or so across the state so I wasn't sure it would last. We spent the rest of the con just hanging out and getting to know eachother. The con ends and we both go our separate ways but talk about every night for around 3 hours each. A few weeks pass and she drives out all the way to see me on a whim and we have a great time. I work a lot and typically keep to myself so the company was amazing. But after that first trip I honestly felt something I never have with anyone else. She leaves and the phone calls continue. She ends up visiting again a month or so later and I take her to this overlook that you can see the entire city of Pittsburgh on. I proposed to her and she said yes. It wasn't long before she moved out to be with me and everything has been great. We have been together 9 years now and have 2 sons. It's funny I'm getting teary eyed writing this, but I love her more than anything. We cosplay together and have been making costumes for a long time. Con hookups can be fun, but you never know when something will just hit you right in the chest.

>>9097890
two experiences
age 16
>Through which circumstances did you meet this person?
We had similar con friends so we seen each other a few times at different cons, eventually she started talking to me and we started dating.
>What were your experiences with that person?
Good, first relationship with someone who didn't break up with me for a girl. lasted like, a month or so
>Would you date again someone you met on a Con?
ye

age 17
>Through which circumstances did you meet this person?
very small "anime day" at mall and there was a talent contest. I'm not too sure how it really happened, but we both drug each other into the contest together and our characters fought as the talent.
Complete strangers, but from pure chance we saw each other and instantly liked each other I guess. It was what people in this thread dream of.
>What were your experiences with that person?
Went from fantastic to god awful. Great for, like 3 months, then she has a mental break down and we stop seeing each other. Turns out she has PTSD that she didn't tell me about and I some how triggered her. Woops?
>Would you date again someone you met on a Con?
Sure, why not? Been single for 3 years now, sorta getting desperate at this point.

Met my current boyfriend when we were in our last year of high school. He said he saw my cosplay pictures through a mutual friend and wanted to make a cosplay group. He asked if we could meet up and I was like yeah man sure no problem. Next day, I immediately went to said mutual friend and begged him to come with me to the meetup because I had no idea if this guy was gonna kidnap me or anything because I didn't remember him at all. Turns out they've been best friends since elementary school, so I had nothing to worry about.

Fell in love with him when we were driving around to buy pieces of his costume of my Ultimate Husbando that he said me he would do for me (it was awesome btw because I was hardcore crushing already so that send my heart into overdrive; sadly nothing happened in said costume).

Didn't start dating until I went away to college, since we didn't want to potentially mess up the group pre-con if dating didn't work out, but we made it clear like two days before we graduated that we really liked each other.

Now it's been 5 years, and it's pretty cool still B) sorry for the text barf

>>9100874
I'm so happy for you anon!!

I was at a con, and some girl came up to me, saying that she loves seeing my costumes. I don't know how she recognized me from previous cons in other states, but she did.

I really regret not getting her name.

Had a smaller con this past weekend, minor funny story from that inc.

>Pretty forgettable con, only reason I'm there is close friend is having her 18th birthday and she's getting into her first 18+ panel at midnight
>I go into the rave to kill off some time, maybe 50 other people in there tops
>Im the only one in there besides the DJ that can dance
>time passes, it's almost midnight, one of my roommates grabs me out of the rave because it's midnight, birthday cake time
>some girl from the rave follows me
>ask her whats going on
>she says something like "oh, I wanted to go to a room party"
>she keeps looking at me, I give her a bit of a smile, she blushes
>oh shit, she's into me
>I don't say anything, but know one of my roommies is a hardass and doesn't allow strangers
>make some offhand comment about having alcohol and her eyes light up
>get up to room
>open door and quickly slide in
>roommie turns away random girl rather roughly
>never see her again

>>9095058

Met my husband online in the AOL chats of old days.
We started as buddies and a couple years later confessed to crushing on one another.
We dated for a couple years and he proposed though I refused to marry while in college.

We've been together 17 years now. We've had ups and downs and even broke up once but we've had each others backs and know it's for the long haul. We want to be 70 and playing vid games and hunting pokemon together.

I met this lovely Misato at Fanime and I wanted to maybe see what she was up to later but I'm a soft cunt so I didn't

>>9097890
I met my current SO at a con. We are both vendors. The con was really slow so my friends who were working at my booth went to look around. They met him at his booth and made fast friends then decided thay he and I needed to meet. They set up this whole plot to get us together. Needless to say we hit it off. Its been like 2 months.

Since people at conventions are people there is the same variety as out in the world. Most of my ex's I met at gaming events. I've also done speed dating with no luck. Some people like you some people don't. I was very surprised when my current expressed interest.

>>9100800
Feel this. My ex is female (Female myself) but yea pretty much the same. Started out okay, but when she got comfortable just terrible. We met at a pretty small con, started dating shortly after. Within a few months just utterly drained by her victimhood complex. Even made a claim after we broke up that I was abusive. All because I smacked the side of my sewing machine after a good 24 hours no sleep and too much caffeine.

Not against dating after meeting at a con. But too often I think people develop a persona so you have no idea what you could be in for.

I've known this one guy for a while and basically we fucked on the floor with 6 other people in the room, most, if not all were sleeping. No one even noticed. I hope.

>>9097890
Alright here goes
>Through which circumstances did you meet this person?
Originally picked up by my friends during the con because they thought he was cute. Met up with friends and the two of us were the only ones not sperging over homestuck so we ditched to go see a panel. He then aggressively tried to get into a relationship with me until I finally decided to give it a go.
>What were your experiences with that person?
Considering I was initially kinda coerced into the relationship, not fucking good. He was emotionally and sexually abusive and then cheated on me with one of my friends. Which he blamed me for. It lasted a year and it was hell.
>Would you date again someone you met on a Con?
I'm surprised I even think this but maybe. I mean it'll take a lot of convincing to even want to date again but it is a place where you can find people of shared interests.

>>9097890
I met my fiance through a con & we've been together for about 6 years.

>circumstances
We met each other when we are cosplaying. He remembers me particularly well because I cosplayed a spoiler version of a character (fyi, Beato from Umineko with her hair down in EP5) & he thought I had the hair wrong, only to realize he got spoiled after he googled it afterwards.

>experience
Pretty good, he saw me at the first day of the con & we talked further at second day. He was pretty impressed that I know about the series & told me in a light-hearted manner that I spoiled him with my cosplay. I was happy that a fellow fan like my cosplay & did not regret spoiling him at all haha.

Overall I don't regret dating someone at a con & will do it again if there's a chance, there's a lot of weird ones but sometimes you will find a like-minded fan.

>>9101797

>>9101797
they noticed.
they noticed anon.

>>9101797
Good job anon

>at AX waiting in line for teddyloid
>some dudes come up to me and my friend
>annouce I'm gay, they leave
>qt in swimsuit shulk costume next to us in line turns around and starts talking to us
>proceed to talk to me about vidya, we really hit it off
>staring into each other's eyes, friend a cute background prop
>get inside and part ways but exchange numbers
>dance with friends, etc.
>friend says the qt is really into me, should go for the D
>hours later meet up with qt at hotel
>he is drunk
>invites me to sit and chat
>"Anon, I'm mostly straight, but I watch a lot of futa and love dick. I wanted to talk to your friend (girl) but you are so cute. I kept watching you dance at the teddyloid, it was so hot."
>da fuq
>stay with him for the night as he tells me other unnecessary things drunkly
>he kinda touches my thighs a few times, I hold his hand a bit
>he leaves con next day
>live on opposite coasts

The first actual cool qt I meet and it is at a con on the opposite side of the country...

>>9097895
There's one person I just met that would refer to a boy by qt and makes jokes about not liking 3D.
A.

>>9101250
>I think people develop a persona so you have no idea what you could be in for
That is exactly it, thank you for putting it into words.

>>9102169
No bully

>>9100983
tbqh That's an asshole thing of that girl to do

>>9102186
Hue
I can also think of one other personwho would be up this early to reply.
You're lucky I'm too busy to bully either of you.

>>9102158
>this whole story

>>9100874

>>9102158
It's suffering that I will never have a qt bf ever.