http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2007/10/18/no-contact-after-the-first-date/ Getting on Track with Online Dating Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2007/10/18/no-contact-after-the-first-date/comment-page-1/#comment-27697 Kirby Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:32:08 +0000 http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2007/10/18/no-contact-after-the-first-date/#comment-27697 In my experience (this has happened both to me and I admit I my self have dropped off the face of the Earth once or twice), the easiest way to avoid feeling rejected is to remind yourself that you have no idea what the other person's situation is. For all you know they may think you are a great prospect but they're on the verge of getting more serious with someone they met earlier. When you first contact them they are 'available, but a week later they might not be. Or maybe they have a bad date and decide to take a break. Or maybe (and this is the one I've been guilty of) they are new to the process and have simply bitten off more than they can chew and need to drop a few contacts just to keep things straight. Sure it would be nice if they'd let you know that, but the fact is the wild reality of the internet is that most people don't feel as though they have any sort of obligation to someone they simpy shared a couple e-mail messages with. In my experience (this has happened both to me and I admit I my self have dropped off the face of the Earth once or twice), the easiest way to avoid feeling rejected is to remind yourself that you have no idea what the other person’s situation is. For all you know they may think you are a great prospect but they’re on the verge of getting more serious with someone they met earlier. When you first contact them they are ‘available, but a week later they might not be. Or maybe they have a bad date and decide to take a break. Or maybe (and this is the one I’ve been guilty of) they are new to the process and have simply bitten off more than they can chew and need to drop a few contacts just to keep things straight. Sure it would be nice if they’d let you know that, but the fact is the wild reality of the internet is that most people don’t feel as though they have any sort of obligation to someone they simpy shared a couple e-mail messages with.

]]> http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2007/10/18/no-contact-after-the-first-date/comment-page-1/#comment-22333 Terri Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:33:35 +0000 http://www.littleredrails.com/blog/2007/10/18/no-contact-after-the-first-date/#comment-22333 Very informative. Very informative.

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