So you see someone that peaks your interest (you see there profile pics and read about them) and so you send that first contact email. He/she responds. And thus begins a convo via email. Now, how quickly do you move along to texting, or phone calls? And then how fast do you move along to that first meeting? I know things such as distance and work schedules can influence how quickly things progress. But in general, how fast do you move it along? And, when is it "too fast"?

Too fast is giving me a phone number or asking me to meet immediately. If they are local, though, I like to meet within a week or two. That is if they actually put some effort into chatting a bit to see if we get along.

I think that is case by case based on feelings, vibes, abilities....

Abilities? Such as are they good at fixing up the house?

The speed of a relationship is different when it's online than when it's offline. Online, you have less things to assess a person so it would naturally take more time to build trust. I also think it would be acceptable for things to move a bit faster if the two persons are near each other.

If they live in my own country, I would want to meet them as soon as possible after we have exchanged enough emails for me to know if I am interested in meeting, and providing they are happy to meet me of course. However, I would be happy to meet them sooner if they wished, but hopefully within a couple of weeks. If they lived outside my own country, I am not sure whether I would be interested in forming a romantic relationship, there is a lot more to consider. I would have to give it a lot of thought before entering in to a long distance relationship, and if I did, any meeting would probably be months later.

There are no speed limits, only speed bumps!

I just started with the online stuff and was unsure how to begin. The website/I, sent, me/myself to the Meet Me location. Can a woman explain to me if I've destroyed any chance, because of my lack of knowledge on how to use/start using this type of website. And also what is a woman's opinion on the webpage for introductories.

If they live locally and we seem to hit it off. I usually am willing to meet them with in the first week. I dont usually talk to guys who arent local except as friends because im not looking for the long distance thing.

If you're not talking Star Wars weddings on the first email, you're moving too slow.

I guess I started off OK then.

Weddings???
Get your mind out of the gutter!

And you only wanted to be friends!

And some women have larger speed bumps than others.

Don't be dissin' my Star Wars wedding!

Sometimes slow is good.
So slow that you're not going anywhere...
....Even better!

So sorry, Dear.
Didn't mean to diss ya.
You know, poodle there would make a great ring-bearer for your wedding

I'm thinking if you need to ask the question, one or both of you must not communicating very well.....

Wouldn't that just confuse people...oh wait they'll just think he's something Disney added.

He's too scary for Disney