Thank you so much for the encouraging words!

Thank you everyone for taking the time to respond!

Thank you everyone for your insight. The consensus seems clear. I will move on. Wow, online dating can be so hard.

I spent two months emailing, texting and speaking on the phone (1 time 7 hours) to someone local to me. In all that time, he always had an excuse not to meet - work, side jobs, pre-planned events with friends, having half custody of his child. They were probably all realistic reasons. He seemed to like me. I know I liked him. I pushed the issue because I was becoming very perplexed. I received a curt and somewhat angry text in return. I responded within 24 hours with a final goodbye message. I really, really miss communicating with this person. I feel as if I'm missing and grieving someone I never even met. Has anyone else had this issue? What did you do? My male friends all indicated that if he was truly interested in me, he would have found a half hour in his schedule to meet me. Is it too late to at some point in the future reach out again without seeming like a crazy person?

I'm not hitting on you or anything, but your photo is spectacular. Is it professional or a self pic?

Hi! Due to the large amount of scammers on these dating sites and apps, I only give out my email after a few interactions on Mingle which is free. I can understand his hesitation. You have to be careful with your info these days. Vet the person thoroughly before you move on to chatting off this site.

Thank you I have it working now. Also within the last half hour I've identified two scammers. I was hoping this site was different, but it seems to be full of them.

Thanks for the reply! I did go to my email and found the message for verification. But, it's still asking me to verify with a code every time I reply to someone on here.

I'm confused. When someone sends me an email, I type a reply in the provided box on their profile. Every time I do this, I'm asked to verify with a code. I have no idea if my replies are being sent. Can someone clarify this for me?