Meeting people in person after you've gotten to know them online can either be a very pleasant or a very unpleasant surprise. Either way, the person...in person (awkward wording), is seldom like they are online. Sometimes that can be a positive, but it can also be very bad. The way some folks can misrepresent themselves online is unnerving.
As much as I enjoy my interactions with some folks here at CC, I wouldn't want to meet any of them, nor would I want them to meet me. I feel like meeting in person would shatter illusions, and I rely on those illusions to be able to maintain what little bit of the grasp on my sanity I have.