I am new to the site, I have used these sites in the past, but I Get a little disappointed with people, for not replying to messages, surely a polite message, to acknowledge the person who has sent you a message is not too difficult, if nothing else it shows politeness, and lets the interested party know if you are interested in further correspondence or not ??
if I had any messages, I Follow the same principle in which I like to be treated, would welcome comments from like minded people,
thankyou for reading..
MR ANDREW MCINTYRE

No reply to a message is a reply.
Nobody is obligated to reply to a message sent by a complete stranger.

just keep trying, like dave says, they are not obligated to answer, but if/when you say the right things, they just might...

one thing guys on dating sites need to remember, women get about 10-30 times more emails than we guys get, they might not ever even see it if you only send one message and quit...

HELLO, THANKYOU for your opinion, we are all different as people, with differing views and principles, myself, I would welcome a simple response to any messages I send, and I do not view a no response to a message as a reply ???
Ie ; if you are out in public and say hello to someone, surely you would expect a reply ? it is just good manners, is it not ??

it's not really about manners, people shouldn't really look at it that way... some women on here get 10-100 emails a day, they are not going to go through every one and reply... just keep trying, don't give up thinking they are rude...

this is an international site, the ladies get really tired of opening an email and seeing "hey baby, lets f@ck", or a pic of a mans johnson swinging around...

some men are way ruder in their emails than any woman is by not answering...

thanks for your interesting reply, you give a valid viewpoint, about ladies opening lots of possible 'offensive' messages. . . you suggest to keep messaging, in the hope of a reply, I have to draw a balance, to what is acceptable, for me to send lots & lots of messages to one person without reply, would border on being a nuisance ??
unfortunately this is the difference between posting messages on a dating site, and talking to someone face-to-face, in the real world.
thanks for your input.

i'll just use this as an example: on another site, there was a very pretty, nice young woman i liked and wanted to meet... so i sent her an email, and never got a response... so i sent her an email, every day, (just one a day) and said something a little different each time... after about 2 weeks she finally replied, telling me the same thing i just told you.. after about another week of general chat emails, she finally agreed to go have dinner with me...

so, try not being rude with some persistence, it can happen...

just so you know, this woman was way outa my league, and never saw her again after the second date, but it is something i won't soon forget...

Sometimes I respond, sometimes I don't. I have on my profile, that I'm looking to meet someone local and close in age. That I will not be responding if those two criteria are not met. Likewise, I don't respond to one word messages or short sentence. I also don't bother with obvious fake people. Hopefully, that helps you find what you want.

you may also be messaging women who are not around, unfortunately this site refuses to deactivate accounts that are ancient. .

many times if you see 'last seen over a month ago' that could mean more than 5 years ago...over a month is the highest the 'last seen' goes to

I'd say 75% of the woman on this site have been inactive for years...

most people say stick with the forums a nd I'd agree, because then you at least know they are active users