Face to face is best and jumping the gun...
Hope to have time to select a "your e-mail of the week" later today - so get yours in if you want something answered! And thanks to everyone who's e-mailing me.
If you're addicted to Facebook and other networking sites beware - there have been about three research reports out this week spelling disaster for your life.
Depression is common for those who spend too many hours on it. If you're collecting as many "friends" as possible you're likely to lose as many. And if you're making mindless posts about ‘having a cup of tea’ you’re also going to lose friends plus lose precious time that you can't get back.
Let's face it, where possible face-to-face contact is better then on a computer!
Worked late last night so had to miss the of Montreal gig a pal was going to - check out their music if you like Indie influenced by a bit of 70s funk.
But as I was in it meant I could take a call from a girlfriend in need. The big dilemma? What did her new boyfriend's e-mail really mean? They've been out about four times and have already ‘done the deed’ and this was the first e-mail he'd sent her (they'd been sending short texts).
The problem was it had the tone of a friend’s e-mail - nothing flirty and nothing about making more plans to meet up.
TODAY’S THOUGHT: I was like, hang on a minute, don't jump the gun, he may not be good at writing, he may not know how to flirt by e-mail (it's a skill!), he may not want to come across wrong and scare her off, he might have thought a friendly tone was better than a sexy tone - or other possibilities!
So, that's one girlfriend reassured, and she was planning to send him a friendly e-mail back.
Don't get your knickers in a twist over something like that. Calm down and make the next move. Never judge someone on one friendly, but noncommittal, e-mail like that, unless they spell out that they don't want to see you again or something...er, then you know what they're trying to say.
Enjoy the beautiful Indian summer, Pam X