Has this person relocated to a country where email is prohibited — or possibly turned off Jerry.But before you make a move your love life (or waistline) could later regret, consider this advice from Lori Gorshow, president and dating coach for Dating Made Simple.I’d be more inclined to respond if his email was more upbeat.”-Alicia, 30, Philadelphia“All guys should avoid any reference to ‘the little man.’ Otherwise, Eric gets points for humor, but if he’d weep if everything in my profile wasn’t entirely true, I’d be afraid what he’d do if I turned him down for a second date.”-Christine, 35, Los Angeles, CA“I like the intelligence it shows, but it feels like he takes the joke too far.I’m all for curled-up-in-fetal-position jokes, but he should quickly move on to commenting on something else in her profile.”-Kendra, 30, New York, New York The verdict: Eric gets kudos for originality and sense of humor.Men, on the other hand, generally feel that online dating is a numbers game; as a result, they usually send out a lot of winks or emails, Gorshow explains.“However, most men won’t follow up if they get inundated with responses to their initial emails or if they start dating someone,” she says.

I hope it is—the little man who runs my brain has taken over and made me send you a note.

Then our panel of experts and peers weighed in with their opinions. S.: Some of these emails were successful, some weren’t... ) So embarrassing, I just knocked my coffee all over the place cause my cell phone was ringing and I was trying to type and grab it at the same time. A woman who reads Nabokov (I just finished Lolita), likes Al Green and is really attractive as well?

After all, what you write will directly impact that person’s impression of you—and whether they write back. To help answer that very question, we got five online daters to submit emails they’d sent to objects of their affection.

For example, Gorshow notes that women tend to be more reserved than men when sending out and responding to emails.

“Women also tend to be more unwilling to be the pursuer,” she adds, cautioning men to avoid assuming that a woman’s not interested just because she hasn’t immediately replied back.