Is it so difficult to be polite enough to respond to someone's email? Even if you are not interested in friendship, what is so hard about being polite enough to respond and say thanks but no thanks? What has happened to common courtesy these days? I believe in treating someone as I wish to be treated, so I politely let people know if I am interested in them or not. I like making friends with anyone, so that is okay. I hardly turn anyone down in real life, just seems there is less people who want to be friends even though it is says so in their profile. If someone has taken the time to write, at least be kind enough to respond even if you are not interested in anything. Just be nice about it.

I haven't had that experience here as I am still fairly new and haven't really written to more than a couple of people. I just think it may be a good idea to bring attention to being kind.

Thanks for listening to my "rant". Here's to making new friends..

very well said!!!

you are very right, as a matter of fact i just brought up something similair in another post

here's to politeness

i agree with you100% some say friends welcome but its just not true,lol i welcome all friends,i got friends that i do not date and not thinking of dating but we have fun having casuel chats and sharing,

agreed, should at least reply in some sort of manor

Thanks

I wrote a lot and just get snub also...yes a GET LOST DUDE would be cooler

Common courtesy is dead apparently....lol I have the same problem

I agree, and welcome to the site

Thank you very much. If anyone needs someone to talk to, feel free to write.

I agree... to a point, since I have been guilty of this myself. I guess sometimes I don't feel like I "owe" a response to someone I don't know. There have been many many times that I have emailed or tried to IM someone that never responded and I never got mad at them for it. If they want to talk to me, great, if not well that's up to them.

That's why I stopped e-mailing anyone first. Civility and common courtesy are on the endangered species list here.

Right after I joined, I tried to write to some of the locals and got NO responses. Then I just said screw it, and posted in the forums until people got to know me; now I get tons of e-mail here.

And I still never write first.

And I still never hear from anyone local, but that's OK since I'm not looking anymore....!

David, I'm David, too. I was thinking along those lines today 'cause I answer them. Some lead somewhere and some don't. You can tell pretty fast and it isn't fast enough for you, be bolder.

I'd rather that anyone I contact NOT reply to me simply out of some imagined courtesy; then, I have to respond out of same. ICK

Personally, I can't imagine not responding at all to someone who emailed me, but at the same time, "I don't want to have to play with you because Mommie says so."

I have found that the people who are more likely to respond in a polite and timely manner are in the forums.

I believe you're correct, Mirror.

Well said David. I won't E mail guys 1st but i will surely respond (if I ever get any). Mirror I am finding people i the forums here are generally well mannered. I like the forums.

I agree with you mirror

Welcome to the site

/wave

if anyone messages me, I'll do my best to reply, although motor/mental faculties are not 100% when drinking

I also agree with what you have written....

Welcome to the site