Why is is that people dont respond to a polite email. I reply even to say thank you but im not looking for a man :-) I find it incredible rude not to reply to a non spam non offensive email. They open it than check out my profile than thats it. Am i worng?

Just don't think too much on it. For some reason they were not interested. Keep on searching!q

I don't think you are. I have done the same. I have sent the occasional message to girls just to see if they would like to chat and get to know me and they didn't even take the time to say "no thanks" lol. Oh well what are you gunna do.

Yes, the rules are different in cyber so if you're old school, you will have to adjust.... :~)

Old school is one thing. Manners is something that should never be "old"

I get that many messages that it would take me forever to reply to them all, plus I prefer the forums

But why take the time to open and look at profile.

Sorry all have to wake up my daughter for school. Luv to hear more opinions.
Smile and have great days.

I don't know if it's really that nice to say to somebody that you don't fancy them and aren't interested. Better to just let them think that you're an ignorant bastard that can't even be bothered to reply to a polite message.

Cheer up..:)
There are people who will be mean but it does not say anything about you but a lot about them. It's their loss not yours.

It is very uncomfortable to tell people "thank you for the message but you do not match my search". When you say nothing, at least people are supposed to understand without hurting. As far as I am concerned, I used to reply to all the messages I got, a few years ago when I first got on dating sites and was not aware of the "rules". Since I am rather "old school" too, I thought I had to answer it all. The problem was :
- people are not as nice as you and once you start to reply, they do not really read what you said and they don't leave you alone, thinking you are still interested
- some people answer "I dont match? Who do you think you are???" (yes, this happened to me before)
- you could spend your day replying you are not interested, don't you think it is better to have a life than spending non productive hours on line for nothing?

I hope this helps, but I am afraid you need to understand that people who do not reply are not necessarily bad persons, some they just don't want to hurt you. If you only look for friends maybe this is not the right site. But if you are looking for a lover, it is not a matter of not being rude to not reply.

Have a good day, be patient, stay old school and it is good to like good manners. Be good over there !

I don't look at all profiles and if the profile has no answer no answer to everything I defineatley wont reply

I couldn't care less if someone doesn't reply, thier loss and their ignorance so I don't lose sleep.

Well, I guess that sometimes if they aren't just being nosey they look at the profile as well because they can't just tell from your messages if they're interested in you or not. Most look at my profile. I flatter myself that they do that because they think that I'm nice looking but then they read my profile and I'm not a "match" because I smoke or something.

why should People reply to unsolicited Mail?
And to check who it came from is just natural and good sense!
Doesn't oblige anyone to answer the Message itself!

If a guy doesn't continue talking to me on here, I just assume he has better women to be talking to. Maybe he has. The ball was in his court. He chose not to continue chatting, so what other choice do I have but to find a guy who is genuinely interested in getting to know me. He probably wants some model gf on his arm, which I could never be, or even want to be. I had to eventually block some guy friend, because I noticed a pattern with him. Whenever I put on my profile that I was single, he used to suddenly be in my face again, but only whenever I wasn't taken. He went on about how his white witch friend thought we were suitable for each other, "because her love spell said so". . Get real. If we were meant to be, I'd not have blocked him. He was way too stalkerish.

Zackleeeeee...Greetings Con!! I suppose you want these too!

Yes, you are wrong.

You are assuming that people are obligated to respond to unsolicited mail coming from complete strangers.

No, people are not under any such obligation.

Free will is a wonderful thing.

.. if you message me.. I will generally view your profile.. if you are local to me.. and we have some common interest.. I will mail you back.. for the most part.. if you message me.. and you live in Timbuktu.. Tim buck too..lol... I' more likely will not message you back.. however there are exceptions to this.. if you peak my interest. then yes I will message you back.. other than that.. why open a can of worms.. if you're not going to be fishing.. if you get my point...

Toughen up. "Rude" only hurts little old ladies....Besides, you gotta be used to rejection or you wouldn't be online looking. Real people live in the Real world