May I respectfully differ with your assertion that lurking is rude? When I see repeated visits, with no email or other contact, I send HIM a message. Maybe he's just shy.

What sort of life saving did you do?

Very politely, respectfully, and diffidently yours,

I guess you can only stalk 'em & hope for the best. "No Response"= Is A Response. It means = Not Interested. Simple. Next...!
I'm certain that this "No Response" response evolved as the result that any courteous acknowledgement of someone's interest which additionally contained, a polite rejection due to one's own disinterest in pursuing any further dialogue with the smitten individual became very unpleasant business. In a vast majority of instances the rejected admirer's [constant & frequent] return response[s] to "Politeness" would be ridden with mounting hostility, an irrational, abusive sort of entitlement,& in certain cases-just downright threatening. Above my pay-grade & not my job. Sorry. Filed in the "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" folder & forgotten.

If I am asked a question I usually respond...

Why?

to
confuse
and
confound...

How?

no
punctuation...

That's merely irritating...

I don't know if I should respond to someone who doesn't ask me a question or doesn't say they have any interest in me. Sometimes it's just a comment. They might say something like, I have been to Idaho before and I think it's nice. Should I answer back? And especially, If I see their profile and have no interest in them at all. They didn't say that they liked me at all. What is the proper response, if any?

"I've been to Michigan" gee that's swell
" I have a hat" uh okeydookey
" I like your hair" ohhhh goody
" I used to be married too" uh huh
" you're perty" fanfriggintastic
" hey I got kids " wonderful
" you're funny" uh thanks

I usually ask if the boobs are real. I don't know why I rarely get a response and when I do it is an insult. I believe it is an important and pertinent question.

perfectly acceptable question

just like

" answer me this: do you have more hair on your head at this point or is it growing out of your ears and your nostrils? "

" are those your real teeth or will they be sitting in a glass by bedtime?"

" is it only the hair on your head that has gone gray?"

" do you qualify for senior discounts if we go out to eat or travel?"

I only need to use a weed whacker on my ear hair 3 times a year.

Yes, but when it does come time for me to have dentures I'll keep the glass on my side of the bed.

What hair on my head?

Not yet.

If there's zero interest on my part then I don't respond. I've found a response is interpreted as interest. I don't think it's rude. Generally most men haven't read my profile blurb so when I say I like fit and athletic tall men and the guy emailing me is short and overweight, then why should I respond?

I wonder if the people who claim it is rude to not respond, and say it is due to not being raised properly, have instructed their children that they must say hello or respond to every stranger they see or who has sent them some form of correspondence....

I promise I will grow 6 inches,lose 50 pounds,and start marathon training tomorrow.
Now,what ya doing tonight

I guess since I'm new enough to this game, I will respond.

Me personally, I just think it's manners. It's treating a fellow human being like you would want to be treated. So yes, I answer when someone speaks to me here or on the other site.

And yes, Sometimes I get one that doesn't know how to take "NO" or "NOT INTERESTED" for an answer. That's where that little button that says "BLOCK" comes in handy. So to me there is no excuse to be rude to someone by not answering. No excuse to put every woman in the same box. Just because I get the occasional woman that can't take "NO, I'm not interested" for an answer doesn't mean I treat every woman the same and ignore them all that I am not interested in. I give respect to everyone because I know you can't expect respect if you don't give it. And when I see that my respect is misplaced, One click is all it takes. "BLOCK"

And why do some folks seem to think that when someone takes time out of their day to write, They have to ask a question? Whatever happened to the art of conversation? People write me on that other site almost daily. And it isn't always to ask a question. I don't get it.