LaTigresse
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Joined: 1/15/2006 Status: offline
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Trying to explain what causes me to write someone is like trying to hold water in my hands, ellusive. But I will do my bestestest. When I write someone from the forums it is almost always simply a friendly gesture because of something they wrote. Something that, in a real group gathering would cause me to want to say hello. I don't look at the forums as dating potential, most are too far away and/or have a quality that makes it not possible anyway. Example: 1000 miles away and not interested in or able to move, male gender, attached already, etc etc etc. I don't even so much consider their orientation either sexually or as dominant/submissive. They are quite simply people I would love to spend time with and get to know better. On the other side, if I email someone it is usually as a response to one I have recieved. There has been a rare occasion that I have seen a profile pop up on the home screen that has caught my eye and had some signs of intelligent life within the words that caused me to email them. I'm not shy, nor do I feel an email sent is necessarily fishing. They may have a quirky something in a photo that makes me pause and consider there might be something interesting about this hot chick, or a few words that jumped out and made me laugh and think....."okay, good looking, a brain, AND a sense of humour! I gotta say hi" Hell, half the time they are straight or already attached but I honestly do not care. I think everyone likes to get mail that is complimentary without being obnoxious. I just remember that I once wrote someone because they were standing in front of a cabinet full of awsome art pottery, one of my many loves. I just had to ask if it was theirs and what their favourite was. Turns out she was a stupid snotty bitch and the photo was taken at a party at someone elses house......oh well. No harm, no foul. The thing is, kinda like others have said and Michael so succinctly, for me it's about the person I get a feel for behind the photo, with their words. That they have a life, a rich full life that goes far beyond this one common interest reflected by this website. It makes me want to know them better. That combined with a brain and a really complex sense of humour is priceless to me. I write to tell them so.
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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one! Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!
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