Online PlayStation Friends of 9 Years Meet in Person for First Time at a Wedding

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To those who aren't familiar with interacting across online forums, it might seem strange for people to make lasting friendships without ever meeting each other in real life. However, some players, such as two friends that met on PlayStation, can keep a friendly relationship going for years thanks in part to the multiplayer games available to play online.

In one case that has started to make the rounds among PlayStation fans, two friends recently met for the first time at a wedding, after nine years of online friendship. The result is a wholesome moment that emphasizes the strength of online connections and the reality that online friends can still be just as close as ones met in real life.

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According to the original poster, Reddit user McLaughlinreece, the two had been friends for nine years and had never met each other outside their PlayStation friends list until now. Additionally, to clear up confusion from the original post, the nine-year friend was a guest at the wedding, not one of the participants. However, some joining the post commented that the two friends look very similar, with the poster even saying that some other guests thought that they were related. From the picture shared, the resemblance between the two is striking.

Many of the comments range from others sharing their own experiences with meeting friends online, especially through gaming spheres, or their own marital status. Most wanted to congratulate the original poster on the wedding. Others were happy to see another example of gaming friendships extending outside of online communities and into the real world, as many fans of multiplayer games have encountered in the past.

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