tasha_tart
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Joined: 2/20/2004 From: Ontario, Canada Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: tasha_tart I'm with you. "Thanks. but no thanks" is far better than "Deleted Unread." I can see your point of view, Tasha, but have to say, for me...I delete messages without reading them. When my profile/journal are VERY specific about "local" only, and say as an example, that someone from the UK, or Israel responds....they are wasting their time and mine. Why waste more? The message sez, "if not local, you're e-mail will be deleted"...so most times, there are no surprises for some of the respondents, when they see "deleted unread." (Although I'd never delete you, Tasha ...or anyone else from the Message Forum, if I recognize their SN. ) K Well, the only times I have written to someone who was clearly not a match for me, I expected no reply. These messages, all five or so, were only quick favourable comments on something in their profiles that struck me. Ironically, all of these messages were read, and most of the recipients replied to them. If I send a message to someone in hopes that there might be something between us it is only after careful consideration of whether there really seems to be a possible "fit" between us. If there are obvious showstoppers...age, distance, sexual orientation, "type" being sought...there won't be a message at all. Of course I realize that my idea of what constitutes a "fit" is not necessarily shared by another, and that Dommes on this site...well women in general...get loads of email. I realize that I may not get a reply, or that a quick one-liner may well be the best for which I can hope. But, if I have put some effort into a message, and tried my best not to be a time-waster, "Deleted Unread" really sucks. Having said that, it really isn't the end of the world...I just move on. Tasha
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