When you contact me for the first time, think about how you would reach out to someone in an online dating type of scenario - introduce yourself in a way that's engaging, as though we're both real people who are considering getting together to share some real intimate stuff (because we ARE real people who are considering getting together to share some real intimate stuff!)

 

What you say and how you say it is all I have to go on to decide where we go from there.

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I'm a really nice person! Just be yourself! I enjoy spending time with 'normal' people who are kind, respectful and intelligent, and who live a decent life. (The delicious 'new normal' stuff comes later ;)

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If I get the sense that we aren't a compatible match, it's not because you said anything 'wrong' - it's just because I feel as though we aren't a compatible match.