[EternallySingle]

So, err on the side of caution and get a toll free number so we talk as soon as possible. I'll have to check Verizon's prices. I think they are cheaper than the number I had with Pacific West (I think that was the company's name...been 10 years) but I'll look into it.

Seriously, getting the same response ("we don't play at home because we have children", "we'd like to meet you. Whats your phone number?") in every email is almost like saying I should be so grateful someone wrote to me first that I shouldn't use any common sense and tell them everything.

Not saying that everyone is privy to the inner workings of the telephone industry and computer networking industry like I am, but there are enough to make me uncomfortable with telling anyone more than amusing stories about my life in the first three or four emails. And if I don't get something similar in the first two or three, I break contact. I just wanted to know if I was being a little to defensive or narrow minded in the people I decided to contact. I need to feel as safe as the couples I meet. Actually, in my opinion, I need to feel safer and less apprehensive than the average couple would because I don't have anyone to reassure me and when the lights go out, I don't have anyone to watch my back.