Missing Element

Arggg. OK, I just needed to get that out first.

I finally bit the bullet and put myself on eHarmony. I've done it before, a couple years ago, and have also tried Match and Nerve. But each time I've enrolled in one of the internet dating sites, I usually meet someone in my "real life" within days. So I figure if I have to shell out some dough and put myself on the internet to meet a guy off the net, so be it.

Anyway, eHarmony has matched me up with about a dozen people, and I've started the communication process with each. Many have not responded. Several have, and I've eliminated most, on the basis of their answers to my questions. The only one I've emailed with regularly is Matt, the cutest one so far. He works in the same industry as I do, and his profile is encouraging. We've emailed back and forth on their site, which gets annoying, because I check my email more than that site, so I finally just gave him my email address.

What I got in return was an email from him on a yahoo account with a fake name on the return. I teased him about being paranoid and said I had nothing to hide, so was not worried about him knowing my real name. He shot back a lecture on why not to use a real name on free email sites, and at terse "Thanks for that. Take care". Obviously did not get that I was teasing, even though I said I was kidding. I wrote back apologizing for the misunderstanding, but got no return.

So this is why I am not such a fan of email, or instant messenger. It is so easy to misinterpret meaning when you don't know someone, or even when you do but can't see their expression or at least hear their tone.

Maybe (kidding) I need to (sarcasm) insert little notes (joke) in the text of my (hee hee) messages.