OpeningUp: Maybe I'm missing something but when a guy asks me in his very first communication with me to: text him, call him, or send something to him at personal e-mail address, I don't do it. I'm polite when I explain that it is for my safety. They get very angry about it. This has happened more than once. Are these people just jerks or am I unreasonable to want to keep my private information private?
If you politely state your reasons and they respond with anger, be thankful that they have done this for it shows that this is someone to avoid. Whether they could be a scammer is debatable, but I'd tend to be inclined to think so even the similar experiences I've had here. Sometimes they are simply just "off".
My reasoning is that if someone is truly interested in another, they will be respectful to take the time and energy it requires to get to know someone without pressuring them into something that they are not comfortable doing. There is absolutely no reason to correspond off-site until you decide to pursue things further.
Maybe I'm missing something but when a guy asks me in his very first communication with me to: text him, call him, or send something to him at personal e-mail address, I don't do it. I'm polite when I explain that it is for my safety. They get very angry about it. This has happened more than once. Are these people just jerks or am I unreasonable to want to keep my private information private?[/quot
You're just trying to protect yourself and that is fair enough. I just simply ignore and delete them ..
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My reasoning is that if someone is truly interested in another, they will be respectful to take the time and energy it requires to get to know someone without pressuring them into something that they are not comfortable doing. There is absolutely no reason to correspond off-site until you decide to pursue things further.
Good luck.