From the perspective of the different views of young online friends about offline meetups, I am indeed trapped in the narrative of the internet from the past.

I first came into contact with the internet before the mobile phone era.
At that time, the general view of online social networking was that virtual socializing was not trustworthy.
More importantly, virtual social interactions and identities were unstable and cheap at that time.
You can register casually, and there is no need for a strong binding phone number like now.

In this environment, everyone believes that there is no need to bear the same morals/responsibilities as in real social interactions.
Just like the story of the "seeing the light and dying" in offline meetings at that time, the characters can always be directly blocked, or even disappear by changing their number.
This is completely rude in reality, but at that time it was acceptable because it was just "virtual socializing."
In this context, it is inevitable to feel that meeting in reality is a very difficult thing, too real and cruel.

But now, after so many years, internet identity has already become a part of a person's identity.
Offline meetings have also become an extension of social interactions, gaining a context similar to real-life socializing.
You need to adhere to real social etiquette, no matter how dissatisfied you are with the other party or how much you may have vented online before, you must maintain your image.
No longer facing with a disposable virtual identity.

As an old player, I really am not used to this change in narrative.
Not only do I personally dislike meeting, but I also think it can lead to problems.
Others' thoughts when they see it are still in the old style, just like since you all met, it means the relationship is good, and you definitely have to go through the things discussed online.