The thanks but no thanks response. What's the point?
This week, I got an email that said, in full, "Your profile was perfect until you got to the nonmonogamous part. Too bad. I guess I'll go have dinner alone..."
Now, I know you guys have a hard time in the dating world. It can be tough to meet someone who strikes your fancy, and I know it's demoralizing not to hear back from the women you write to.
So I have to wonder, why bother writing to someone who exhibits one of your deal-breakers? I assume he was hoping that I would write back and say, "Hey, that thing in my profile? I was just kidding!" Silly.
Two points here: First, when you're writing a profile, there are a multitude of things you can mention. Therefore, everything you do bring up, you have gone out of your way to do so. Thus, second, when you're responding to a profile, the things that are mentioned are the ones that are important enough to bring to the fore. The conclusions one can draw from these two points are left as an exercise for the reader.
