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stevep@shore.net (Steve P.) wrote:

[] In article <45fmpu$un@transfer.stratus.com>,
[] fereira@isis.com (John Fereira) wrote:
[] > In article <r2xewgHwtWqX084yn@shore.net> stevep@shore.net writes:

[] > >How about when someone you recently met through the Internet takes the
[] > >time to write email to you the next morning telling you how much fun she
[] > >had on the date, and then when you ask to see her again she says no?
[] 
[] > That's not a head game.  It's possible to have fun on a date yet find 
[] > that there is no romantic interest.  Although many people have different
[] > definitions of what is considered a "date" often a date is used to see
[] > if there is any romantic interest.  If that is someone's intent in the
[] > first place then it is hardly a head game.  It's just that you expect
[] > a romantic interest because *you* may have one.   The expectation that
[] > she may want to see you again because she had fun on a first date and
[] > you have a romantic interest is only in *your* head.
[] 
[] Then why bother sending an email message at all? If you're not
[] interested any more, why do something that gives, IMO, the wrong
[] impression?

From the point-of-view of the person who sent it, sending a
thank-you afterward might have been simply a basic courtesy.
I wouldn't have done it, personally, but I know people who
would consider me rude for that.