I am new to this dating thing, ive sent several emails to potential matches , but they do not email back , is there something im doing wrong, All i ask is if they would like to meet for a coffee or a drink & talk to get to know each other. I don't get it. Dan

Maybe they are not interested in you

Dan, you might want to take it a bit slower. I would never meet someone after only one email. Get to know them a bit first. You are probably scaring them off.

Good luck

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On this website, you are supposed to say, "I have abs."

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Unfortunately, people will be a lot more guarded online I find. It's just too simple and easy for anyone to type out lies, and no one can tell if it's true. But if you're in person you can be caught in a lie for something as small as your body language.

As a general rule, I wouldn't suggest meeting up for coffee in the first few messages. In person it might be acceptable to suggest coffee so soon assuming the chemistry is good since you met, but online it's too forward. It sucks because it takes SO much time to play message ping-pong, waiting for the other person to come back online, read your message and so on, but it comes with the online territory. It requires patience and the ability to not be offended when people ignore you. A lot of the messages I send get ignored, so it's not just you.

some of us don't reply because even a polite refusal gets challenged by someone who thinks they are owed an explanation.
wish you all the best

This.

Welcome, danno59 :-)

have the patience of a gold miner....sometimes, he has to sift through a lot of rocks to find a nugget worth keeping....

welcome to mingle, danno...

thanks very much everyone for your helpful advice. I didn't realise these things. but i can understand since there are a lot of scammers in this world now, wish all of you the best in your life. thanks again