How does OC usually go?

I was wondering about how OC conversations usually go? Yes, I'm naive. Anoother first for me. What I found interesting is the guy (or someone did, they weren't the canned questions) typed in his 2nd questions (they were very good questions), now we're in OC and he has a lot of typos, grammar mistakes. Feels like a different person is talking now or he's got a Sat night hangover. Gives me his email address and tells me "talk to you later." Is he looking for a email buddy? I'm kind of confused. [img]images/smiles/5.gif[/img]

Kate...

Sometimes the words we read in an email or an on-line conversation don't come close to the voice match of an actual conversation?

There are some of us who have excellent 'word skills'---because we've got time to rewrite and use the right phrase-ology ...while a one-to-one, spur-of-the-moment conversation is much more difficult?

How long have you been communicating with the gentleman? And more important, do you wish to continue...even if the communication eventually goes NOWHERE? [img]library/editor/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-surprised.gif[/img]

argytunes

I have sometimes given my Email address quickly and other times I've stayed with the eHarmony protective Emails a little longer. For me the eHarmony part is just a matter of determining whether or not to 'take it to the next level'. I find that sometimes it's easier to use conventional Email than to log into eHarmony to read a message and because of that I like to exchange Email addresses.

The thing that stands out is your mention of spelling and grammar errors. I have never understood why the scammers don't write better scam letters, but luckily for us they do write bad ones. One thing to look for is whether or not the person you are communicating with is actually responding to things you write to them.

Open communication will often go along the lines of... what do you do for a living, where do you live, what did you do today, tell me about yourself. While general questions like this are important they also make it easier to write a generic response letter that can then be repeatedly used. If you ask someone specific questions relative to them (maybe something from their profile or their thoughts on a movie preview or if they've even heard of the movie) you might get a response that throws up a red flag.

I once sent a one line Email to a 'lady' with a question (I don't remember the question now, but it was something specific I had mentioned before) and got a response that had nothing to do with my question. It might not work the same from the female side, but maybe this will help.