Day 2

In my personal email account, I see that I have received some mail. In my allotted time slot, I log in, committed to answering my email in a timely and polite fashion. Almost immediately, I get a pop-up message asking if I will allow a member to IM me. I check out his profile and consider. He's younger than I am looking for, and I'm not really impressed by his profile or his pictures. But, I tell myself, I'm here to meet people. So I click on "accept" on the pop-up. An IM window opens, and this conversation ensues:

[him]: sup
[him]: what's up
[him]: what up
[me]: This is my first time using IM on JDate!

*long, long pause*

[him]: well that's cool I guess

*long, long pause*

[me]: (thinking, buddy, you IM'd me, so how's about working the conversation?) So, what's your name?
[him]: [his name]
[him]: u
[me]: [my name]

*long, long pause*

[him]: so what's with [your username] anyway?
[me]: Well, did you read my profile? I have a prediliction for a nicely-turned phrase
[him]: give me an example

(me, thinking: uh, was that not specific enough for you?)
[me]: {I forget exactly, but I used a few more big words and sibilant sentences}
[him]: that's complicated

*long pause*

[him]: do you use [other IM service]?
[me]: Nope.

*long pause*

[me]: Well, nice to meet you. I've got to run.

I log off the IM, since it's not too productive and I'm really not impressed with this guy. I go to my Inbox to deal with the one email message and two flirts I have received since yesterday. The first message is from a man in his 40s. Nice guy, but not for me. I give him my newly patented, polite-but-nice rejection. I try to do the same to the flirts, but it's hard to reply to a canned one-liner. I decide that a flirt doesn't warrant a personal response.

While I'm working on my mail, I keep getting pop-up messages that the IM guy from before wants to IM me again. I keep clicking "decline" but he keeps trying to IM me. I just ignore him after three "declines."

I organize my favorites before signing off for the day. Maybe tomorrow I'll send some emails. Baby steps!