Dear Jean.
And you did not try to write the first to woman? You are a man. Or you're not a conqueror? Women also have the choice on the sites. I do not defend those women about whom you write, because I do not write first letter to the man. And I like the a determined and initiative men. Men who still remember that they are men. But many men also send only smiles and greetings. While writing profiles that speak 3-4 languages.  Do they think that a woman has conquered him after a smiley? 

а что женщина должна вам писать? роман "Война и мир" или периодическую таблицу Менделеева? любое общение начинается с приветствия. Хотя.... если вы на рыбалке и ловите рыбу.... ну солите, коптите и сушите ее на запас   

Interesting opinion   

Dear Jean, if a slavian wrote you even a simple Hi - its really much as most of us has a complitelly different mental))) and here in slavic world we believe a woman dont must to do first approach to a man , it is me's affair to get a woman interest ))) if you are thinking a woman would be writing long first letter turning out all her inner your bigger fish is scammers    they are really good to write such a letters.

Its pretty amazing thing how men want to get a Real woman in skirt when they dont want to be a real man in pants  

P.S. Please remember - to love means to give your all to your partner but not to take all of your partner to you, than more you give than more you have!!! only that way!!!

Хорошо написали   Я вообще считаю что это минус чисто славянский женщин сразу изливать душу. Поэтому пусть уж мужчины сами пишут, интересуются, дбиваются и завоевывают   А нам вообще зачем писать, мы и так что не напишем то литературный шедевр и мировая классика, что не придумаем то мировое изобретение века   

Ольга, Вы просто классная!

  Спасибо большое  

Да Вы правы!В основном мы пишем привет! Возможно -это ошибка русских женщин?! Кто знает?! Спасибо Вам за совет! Вам
желаю найти хорошую девушку и удачи Вам!

that is the weirdest response to a hello I have seen lol...

I can't believe I need to tell a 47 yr old this but you can't expect a woman to be approaching you in the same fashion that you would approach a woman. Life has not taught her that she needs to work that hard to get a mans attention. Think about it, a man usually gets one chance with a woman to make a good impression, he needs to have his life sorted but when he approaches her he needs to be somewhat charming, interesting, well spoken and be her type, if anything is off, he walks away disappointed. We've all seen woman who have been just horrible mean women that are dumb as rocks with boyfriends/husbands simply by the virtue of them being above average in looks, we've all seen women who barely look like they take care of themselves while their bf/husband is in great shape educated etc , they work on a different standard than us. Sadly our male brethren are not very selective or discerning for the most part so a womans life experience has taught her that if she takes the bold step of saying Hi first that a man will likely take over and be the pursuer, she merely has to show any interest. You can't fault them for that, that is life, you just accept that. It does not mean the woman is dull, uninteresting or shy, it just means she is doing what she knows will work to get a mans attention...i've found that a follow up to her Hi and Hellos with my own Hi and saying something about her profile I found interesting or asking her questions that helped me get to know her better allowed her to open up and reveal her personality more. Sometimes you get the woman who just is dull and boring and will not open up and in those cases you move on but don't read too much into an initial Hi, and don't get so turned off by it.

Дорогой Jean!
Можно мне высказать свое мнение?
"Привет" - это пробное сообщение. Его пишут, чтобы посмотреть будет ответ или нет. Если будет ответ, то можно общаться дальше. Я сама так делаю. Если мне мужчина отвечает, значит, с ним можно общаться.
Однако, Ваше мнение я учту для себя. Спасибо Вам за искренность.
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