Being online doesn’t mean that rejection hurts less or you can be rude when dishing it out. As in the real world, real emotions are involved and real people get affected. As I mentioned in the previous article, rejection should be given with kindness, and in a firm and strong way.
There are a variety of conducts on how to go on with rejecting a person that you don’t feel a connection with. But before you go on rejecting someone in online millionaire dating, you must ask yourself two questions: First, don’t you really want to get to know the person better? And second, what are the grounds on why you want to reject him? If you have a sound answer (an answer which sounds plausible to yourself and to a friend that you can consult with), then you can go on kindly, yet firmly, rejecting that person online.
We have already discussed on how to reject someone after the first e-mail. Now, we will discuss how to reject an online friend when you are in the middle of an Instant Messaging (IM) exchange.
Now, assuming that you have already exchanged a few e-mails with each other, the next step is to move onto Instant Messaging. You’ve felt the connection during the exchange of e-mails, but you just can’t feel that the prospect is a possible match. What do you do? Here are a few tips on what to do and for good measure, what not to do when rejecting someone in the middle of an Instant Messaging exchange:
What to do:
The best thing to do is to send a message that goes, “I’m sorry. I enjoyed chatting with you. But I have to stop because I just don’t think that we can be a match. I don’t want to waste any more of you time. Good luck on your search though!” That’s it. The message is clear, short, and polite, which is what you must aim for always. If the other person replies to insist that “No, you are wrong! We are a match” simply do not reply and do not send any more messages. If the person continues to contact you through IM, then you can block him/her.
What not to do:
1. Saying, “GTG!” then logging off. For those of you who aren’t familiar with IM-speak, GTG stands for “Got To Go.” I particularly don’t like this because once both of you have a current conversation, it is kind of rude if you just went and pull of a stunt like this. I mean, you wouldn’t like it either if you were talking to someone on the phone and the other person says, “Gotta run!” then slams the phone down on you now without giving you the chance to say good-bye, would you?
2. Breaking the current running conversation and logging off. This is called “poofing” in the internet world and it is just as bad the first one. Besides, if you do this, you don’t provide closure, and the other person would just continue to contact you, so it’s best that you just spell it out, kindly yet firmly, that you don’t want to continue contacting each other anymore.
3. Replying with obscenities or anger. Hey, it’s not the other person’s fault, or your fault for that matter, that the two of you just don’t click! It’s just that maybe the two of you are missing the spark that makes up a connection. So anger or obscenities should never be a response. Do not leave mad nor should you let the other person do so too.
As I’ve mentioned, online dating and looking for your wealthy, single, and successful match, are enjoyable activities that you need to invest an amount of time and effort in. So it is definitely not an option to just go ahead and reject people without considering their feelings as well.




Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Rejection