Do YOU actually write something or just send emoticons like you did here?
Getting a reply hinges on what YOU write AND on a decent profile and photos.

As they say in the forums: "no reply Is a reply".

Maybe they think an 'assistant doctor' in New York
will have not time for chitchat ;-)

Firstly, you need to give something to reply to. Emojis or just “hi” are not going to get you replies.

Secondly, no one owes you a reply.

Thirdly, no response IS a response.....means they’re not interested.

There are people who will really reply. You can just say Hi or how are you..then the conversation will start

for someone who claims to be a poet, an emoticon is not very verbal.

I would suggest you also write about what you are looking for-- what kind of relationship and what kind of qualities about the other person. Are you sending initial emails that are inappropriate? I don't mean vulgar, but maybe getting too personal, or expressing political views, religious views, asking how fast she will jump into bed with someone, sexual history, etc.? I agree with motowndowntown. Your profile does not look like you are as educated as you describe yourself. Speaking for myself, I do not respond to members who can't write well. I understand you are not from here, HOWEVER, you claim to be a doctor's assistant. There is no way you would have achieved that level of education with the way you write. One spelling error is one thing, but multiple errors and poor grammar is not someone that would interest me any day of my life.

Potato