Yep, my thought is - each to their own.
Have we not already got a verification or not thread?
Email Tennis :- The lost art of continuously exchanging pleasantries with a prospective meet via email for a yet undrterminable medium-to-long-term duration before establishing whether or not a meet legitimately is viable.[/i
A guy I know on one site said he had to be establish a friendship with one couple first (fair enough I thought) - this took him six (6) years to do before he got to finally have a meet with them, despite having met them socially a few times and exchanged countless emails over the years. It paid off though, they shag like rabbits every week.
I'm just not sure if I can wait 6 years for a meet - I tend to think "If you can't make your mind after the first year, you're clearly either not horny enough, or not interested at all, so I'll make it up for you and no longer darken your inbox - Happy Swinging" (and apologies to those who get offended).
Imagine I start chatting to a couple who prefer under 30's (say I was 29 then),... and definitely no 35's or over. By the time the 6 years had past, I WOULD be 35, thus eliminating myself - back to the drawing board!
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i know what you mean DG,
ive chatted to people before,and thankfully for email tennis i have sussed alot of people out, it also gives you the oppertunity to say what you dont like.
i have had initial emails where the person seems fine, they have a well presented profile but after just a few emails you find stuff out that makes you think thank god we didnt meet, bid them a fond farewell and move on.
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i interpret " no email tennis" as the writer is saying i'm not looking for a "penpal" im looking to meet for nsa fun, which could be construed as "swinging" not "dating".
I think the question here is time.
How long of continuous communication would make "feeling each other out" (oer!) become "email tennis". At one point I got so irritated I put on my profile "If you'd prefer to chat continuously for 6 - 9 months first, then I might not be right for you" as I had wasted time on countless women who "wanted to be friends first before deciding" over 10, 12.. 14 months. The current record is 18 months (but had met q fair few times at different socials - at the end of which I jokingly dropped in "So, you think we should take the next step?" to which they implied "Am still thinking about it, haven't decided".
Fuck me! If you haven't decided afterall this time, that's as loud a hint as any!
I like a bit of email tennis. It has worked for me.
It appears to me that people can maintain a level of almost normal for a short time before their loon bag tendencies escape and I am left reading an email which makes me think..ooh Im glad that I didnt agree to meet you straight away!!
But it also does depend on how much tennis there is - 10 emails a day compared to 1 a fortnight would make for a quicker meet but not necessarily a better one.
But hey ho - its all part of the fun.