For the past month or so, I've been emailing back & forth with this guy trying to arrange a meeting. Since we're both busy, it's been a bit of challenge to arrange. About 2 weeks ago, I suggested that I could manage to meet this evening on my way home from a business meeting near his business. He responded saying that this might work, but wanted to try to meet sooner. I told him that this was the soonest day that would work for me & to let me know if he still wanted to meet. I never got an email back after that which I thought was strange since he'd been so anxious to set something up. But, I know he has a bust work schedule & didn't think too much of it. Well, today, I sent an email asking if he still wanted to meet, but got no response.

Do you think I should just leave it at this, or tyr calling to see what happened? We have spoken on the phone, but most contact has been via email.

Thanks for all your input. I considered everyone's advice & decided that I would send 'one last email'(subject=one last time). I knew that he is was in the process of opening up a new restaurant & also that email can be unreliable (although he'd always responded promptly before). I guess having some experience with marketing as a consultant, I've seen too often that people get busy & don't return calls or emails & are really glad when I reached to them. Anyway, turns out, he had tried to call me, but didn't leave a message & I didn't see a missed call on my cell. So, we're going to try to arrange to meet this week. Just goes to show, you never know. Thanks, again, to all who responded.

Thanks for all your input. I considered everyone's advice & decided that I would send 'one last email'(subject=one last time). I knew that he is was in the process of opening up a new restaurant & also that email can be unreliable (although he'd always responded promptly before). I guess having some experience with marketing as a consultant, I've seen too often that people get busy & don't return calls or emails & are really glad when I reached to them. Anyway, turns out, he had tried to call me, but didn't leave a message & I didn't see a missed call on my cell. So, we're going to try to arrange to meet this week. Just goes to show, you never know. Thanks, again, to all who responded.

Question..if you're that busy, then what are you doing on a dating website? It sounds like work is more important to you, but I don't think the problem is you.

In fact, it sounds to me you're dealing with a wussy that would rather submit to you, live in your reality, and waller around for a month because he puts more emphasis on what you think, because he doesn't think his own reality is valuable enough.

Seriously, is it just me, or are men becoming more soft, feminine, and submissive, and the women becoming more masculine to make up for it?

If I invest time away from my business for someone I want to get to know, not only is she screened, but she better be able to make time for me. If she can't, then there's plenty of other fish in the sea.

Just an observation..

Busy people need love too.

And any softening of the gender role lines is a welcome thing. I have had enough macho men to last a lifetime. There is nothing wrong with a man being considerate. It does not make him a wuss. I don't think a man being patient with a woman's work schedule means he is "wallowing" ( I assume that is what you meant by waller). He sees something of value in her that he is willing to wait for.

I like that "she better be able to make time for me".

What is it like to be the center of someone's world? Not every man had the kind of blown-up ego that demands that type of undivided attention. Real men understand that women have busy lives, and they don't expect a woman to drop everything just because they showed up.

Kindness and understanding in a man is VERY SEXY.

Bitter musings are not.