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ORIGINAL: MysticalPhoenix

I think I'll take another swing at ol' Dobbin the deceased...

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

regardless of their spelling or capping etc, if you do not state it on your profile as a no no then you cant legitimately hold it against them.

You at a minimum owe them a "THANKS BUT NO THANKS".

No, I don't.

Looking for someone online is like fishing.

Do you get angry at every fish that passes by your bait without taking it, or finesses it off the hook without snagging it? Do you stand up in your boat and shake your fist yelling, "You owe me, I dangled my bait in front of you, and you at least owe me the politeness of indicating you see it!"

If so, why fish at all?

Phoenix

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ORIGINAL: AAkasha

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ORIGINAL: seaturtle50

RealOne,

Seems from a practical standpoint that you could have sent about a hundred unanswered emails to Dommes, with the same number of keystrokes used here. Wasn't your original point something to do with wasted time?

st50

No, RealOne doesn't get it. He should answer this question:

What if you received 50 emails a day from GAY men that said "I know you aren't gay, but would you at least be friends with me, or give me a shot? Let's email one another," and from gay men that said, "UR hot. Email me." And that said, "Can I ask you a question?".

Add on top of that that for every 10 minutes you are online, you receive 5 more emails from GAY men.

For every 10 emails you send out a "Thanks but no thanks," you get at least three back that say, "Ok, I understand and respect that. But can you give me some advice then about how I might get a het guy like yourself to at least give it a shot?"

For every 10 responses you send, you get 4 that say, "You homophobic asshole! FUCK YOU!"

In addition, you only have ONE hour of online time a day because of your work and social situation. Period.

What do you do with the 3 decent emails from women that you would like to spend at least 15 minutes responding to and the 47 others?

How do you not be an asshole? How do you give EVERYONE the courtesy of a response?

Give me an answer to that question. And no, this is *not* an unrealistic analogy.

Akasha

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ORIGINAL: kc692
I gotta tell you, I like your profile now, chuckles......out of curiosity, have you gotten emails since you have been this explicit? I'm guessing you have, smiles.....

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ORIGINAL: MysticalPhoenix

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ORIGINAL: kc692
I gotta tell you, I like your profile now, chuckles......out of curiosity, have you gotten emails since you have been this explicit? I'm guessing you have, smiles.....

What's sad, is that I have...before I changed it to the line from Vacation, it simply said that I was not accepting applications for service and just here for the forums. Some people misread that and didn't see the word 'not'.

I don't feel that I owe any of these people a response, they are obviously stupid.

Phoenix

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ORIGINAL: AAkasha

Akasha

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What if you received 50 emails a day from GAY men that said "I know you aren't gay, but would you at least be friends with me, or give me a shot? Let's email one another," and from gay men that said, "UR hot. Email me." And that said, "Can I ask you a question?". Add on top of that that for every 10 minutes you are online, you receive 5 more emails from GAY men. For every 10 emails you send out a "Thanks but no thanks," you get at least three back that say, "Ok, I understand and respect that. But can you give me some advice then about how I might get a het guy like yourself to at least give it a shot?" For every 10 responses you send, you get 4 that say, "You homophobic asshole! FUCK YOU!"

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Akasha, that is probably the best analogy I've seen in a while, to maybe get the OP to put himself in the other shoes. I think if some that do complain all the time about their emails not being answered put themself in your scenario, the light bulb might go off.....