I did tell the truth to Mom and Favorite Sister, and even tried to suggest that with how much people use the internet at work, it's not all that unreasonable to end up making friends there too. They just weren't having any of that, though.
I can tell you for certain that the Canadian customs officials always send you to a secondary screening if you respond "from the internet" when they ask you how you know the friends you're visiting. By the third trip to Canada, I had trained myself to say "from college" instead. Maybe next time I'll remember to say "we met at a convention in Boston".
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I did tell the truth to Mom and Favorite Sister, and even tried to suggest that with how much people use the internet at work, it's not all that unreasonable to end up making friends there too. They just weren't having any of that, though.
I can tell you for certain that the Canadian customs officials always send you to a secondary screening if you respond "from the internet" when they ask you how you know the friends you're visiting. By the third trip to Canada, I had trained myself to say "from college" instead. Maybe next time I'll remember to say "we met at a convention in Boston".