I'm Dating on the Internet, Are You?

IS HE FEEDING YOU A LINE??

I'm dating on the Internet, are you? My friend and fellow coach, Nancy, and I are collecting initial emails. Virtual "lines," if you will. Some you just know are being mass-emailed.

VIRTUAL "LINES" with my comments in paren

Are you always this hot? Your burning up my screen. (misspelledtoo!) [This is a mass-mailing. How do I know? Because he can't keep track and has sent it to me three times in the past 6 months!!!)

A man could get lost in those eyes. [Sweet guy. This was via IM]

You have what I'm looking for. Take a look at my profile and see if you're interested. [I don't like taking orders. That sounds like "Get me a beer." I like the man to do the work early-on. I think this is mass-produced.]

Foxy lady. [please]

Can those eyes be real? [This is coming up a lot for me. Must be that Glamour Photo!]

Write me if you're interested. [No way. Mass-produced by a lazy guy.]

Tell us some you've written, or are getting, and what the response has been. Do you send them out en masse? Do you actually read the man or woman's profile? Let us know.

I must say you're very attractive. I keep coming back. [Nice, I don't think it's mass-produced, but it also a passive statement. While I don't like marching orders, I like a guy who is self-assured enough to assert himself ... like, I'm glad he keeps coming back to look at my photo, but that's like a nice porn site, not dating.]

Email me if you're not an addict, mean-spirited, gold-digging... [It goes on and on. Don't they realize when they write like this it's like saying 'I'm so stupid I've been involved with addicts, mean-spirited people, gold-diggers...' This is a statement about THEM, not anyone else. Immmediate "delete."

I'm new at this. You see, my wife died about two months ago. We were married for 25 years... [It goes on. He has my sympathy, of course, but no way do you date someone so fresh in widowerhood. They are not emotionally available. I'm sure it was personal, not mass produce, and that he's taking that much time (long email) with any number of other women on the site, because he's so lonely, lost, scared and grieving. Sorry, but I want the full-meal deal. I'll pass on this one.]
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