Erika Ettin

1 day ago | oregonlive.com | Erika Ettin

The other day, a 60-something female, widowed client of mine received a message on Match.com from an accomplished, seemingly nice man. In her first response back to him, she asked – point blank – “Why have you never been married?” He replied very politely, saying that it was a combination of things, some work-related and some more personal. But do I think he owed her a response to her extremely terse, invasive and premature question? No, I don’t.

1 day ago | timesdaily.com | Erika Ettin

In online dating, I often see two competing factors:1. People genuinely want to meet someone great (or at least they think they do). 2. People are lazy and don’t take the time to do online dating well … or at all. This conversation happened to a client of mine (the woman in this exchange) on Bumble:Her: Do you still drink iced coffee in the winter? (Note: His profile mentioned his love of iced coffee.)Him: I do!Her: I like the dedication! Any other anomalies I should know?

4 days ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Erika Ettin

The other day, a 60-something female, widowed client of mine received a message on Match.com from an accomplished, seemingly nice man. In her first response back to him, she asked - point blank - "Why have you never been married?" He replied very politely, saying that it was a combination of things, some work-related and some more personal. But do I think he owed her a response to her extremely terse, invasive and premature question? No, I don't. I quickly wrote this message to my client:

4 days ago | miamiherald.com | Erika Ettin

The other day, a 60-something female, widowed client of mine received a message on Match.com from an accomplished, seemingly nice man. In her first response back to him, she asked – point blank – "Why have you never been married?" He replied very politely, saying that it was a combination of things, some work-related and some more personal. But do I think he owed her a response to her extremely terse, invasive and premature question? No, I don't.

4 days ago | dailygazette.com | Erika Ettin

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