Online Email Dating Etiquette

‘Eye contact is a must, smoking is a strict no-no, avoid flashy clothes’ are just some of the do’s and don’ts of dating in the real world. Over the net, however, you could easily be over or under dressed, smoking, having absolutely no eye-contact, and still be dating through chat or e-mail; just another reason why more and more sites are launching matchmaking portals every day, making ‘virtual’ love a ‘real’ possibility. But everything else having become easier, honesty and sincerity – so essential to relationships – are doing a vanishing act. And the general notion is that more women than men tend to fall prey to virtual deception, although it is quite safe to say that they are fast catching on, and even getting into the same act themselves! The mask of anonymity has its advantages as well as disadvantages. With time, virtual daters on one hand have become even more cunning and those at the receiving end, that much more paranoid. Hence some sort of a code of conduct, or ‘nettiquette’, as it is sometimes called, is needed. If you are in search of love and looking for it online, here are some basic online e-mail dating etiquette tips to help you along.