Pollyperkins, I went to my first meeting last month and was really nervous. I met 4 lovely ladies, who, it turned out had the same feelings. Everyone was so friendly, sharing bits of info about ourselves and having a laugh. In fact we stayed on and had lunch together. We gave our user names and our own names too.
I have often spent ages in department store coffee shops, looking enviously at groups of women enjoying a chat. Suddenly I found myself in the middle of one. I do hope you will come today. I will be wearing a bright red duffel coat and we have a sign on the table too. Just do what I did, enter looking a bit nervous and the love Loopyloo will take you under her wing.