Lately, there have been several threads asking why a provider didn't respond to questions or date requests.  As I cannot speak for others, I will give my own top reasons for not responding.  (and yes, I must do it Letterman-style lol)

10.  You asked what I consider to be questions that indicate you are very particular: do you have stretch marks?  what do your tattoos look like?  is your hair the length in your recent pics or the earlier ones? what color nail polish will you be wearing? how often do you get manis/pedis?

 
9.   You wrote something that irritated me; often in the form of negging, example:  I don't usually go for older women, but you look like you've taken good care of yourself!  (Please note that I normally do reply to the previous two, but not when I'm in a bad mood.  Then, I just hit "Delete"!)

8.   Your name and/or contact info are very similar to someone on my Do Not See list. (Sometimes I will respond to try to verify one way or another, but I'm frequently too spooked to do even that.)

7.  Your name and/or contact info ARE on a blacklist for a transgression I consider serious enough not to take the risk.  

6.  Your communication was just one word: Available?  or "Hey"

5.  I never received your email or text. (This does happen because I'll get texts/emails TELLING me it's their 2nd attempt when I didn't get the 1st!)

4.  I just plain flaked: I read your message and meant to reply but forgot or thought I responded when I actually didn't.  Sometimes I accidentally save an email to Drafts when I think I've sent it.  Duh.  So I'm trying to be more vigilant about that and reduce my amount of "flaking" incidents as a whole.  

 
3.  You attempted to negotiate.  

 
2.  You referred to sex acts or money.  

 
1.  I've been sick or injured and unavailable.  I get sick a lot, unfortunately, and often don't respond to emails/texts until I'm able to accept dates again. Just because I'm posting, tweeting, or blogging doesn't mean I'm available.  At this very moment, I am sick in bed with Norovirus and really should be responding to people who are looking to book.... but when I don't know when I'll be back, I feel really stupid replying.  Something I need to work on, obviously. Maybe I'll just start using Auto-Reply in those situations.  

 

 
These are my honest reasons and while I realize the "professional" thing to do is to send a polite no-thank-you, I've found that these situations can quickly get ugly, which causes me to hesitate.  My actions (or lack thereof) are more often guided by my fear of retaliations than by bitchiness.  

Recently, H+T mentioned that she sends a quick note after which she quickly blocks that person.  I'm planning to do just that in future...... provided I can figure out how to block emails and texts, that is. LOL.  

 
These are just my reasons, but I'd guess other providers have similar ones.  

 
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