Yahoo Personals

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Registered: 11-16-2003
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Sat, 08-13-2005 - 9:47pm
Okay, I know that you can send icebreakers on Yahoo when you are not a member. Can you read them if you are not a member? Are you able to read emails sent to you if you are not a member? I am just wondering if I should join or just take advantage of their 7-day trial.

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Registered: 02-19-2004
In reply to: freesia3
Sun, 08-14-2005 - 7:39am
You can read icebreakers and get/read emails even if you are not a member, you have to join to send emails.

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Registered: 02-02-2004
In reply to: freesia3
Sun, 08-14-2005 - 12:06pm

Take advantage of their 7 day trial. You can read and send icebreakers. You just can't send emails.

I would do it and if someone you are interested in sends an email, then join to read it.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: freesia3
Sun, 08-14-2005 - 1:54pm

You can read emails even if you're not a subscriber, but you can't respond to them. However, yahoo is (or at least has been, recently; I suppose they could have changed this in the last month or so) more lenient than match about being able to include your email address in emails you send to non-subscribers.

Sheri

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Registered: 02-07-2005
In reply to: freesia3
Sun, 08-14-2005 - 11:43pm

With Yahoo if you are not a member you can send one ice breaker to each person but not an email, you can read an email from others to you and see who has sent you an ice breaker but you can not respond to one.

If you are not a paying member you can not see the person's screen name and can not IM them, as you can if you are a paying member.

But if you have Yahoo Messenger and are signed on, you will appear on Yahoo Personals as if you are signed onto their site and paying members on the personals can IM you.

The 7 day free trial is good but make sure to cancel it before the 7 days is up if you don't want to continue it or you get charged for the month or whatever you agreed to when you did the free trial.

Good luck to you...
Sunshine

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: freesia3
Sun, 08-14-2005 - 11:47pm

Really, you can't respond to icebreakers if you're not a subscriber? Hmm, that's interesting. Twice recently I've sent icebreakers to guys and both have responded with the icebreaker that says something like "looking forward to hearing more from you soon". I assumed they sent those because they weren't subscribers and so couldn't send an email.

Hmmm...I guess that blows that theory out the window ;-).

Sheri

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Registered: 02-07-2005
In reply to: freesia3
Mon, 08-15-2005 - 12:02am

I didn't word what I wrote correctly in my previous post, what I meant to say is that you can send or respond with an ice breaker to another person when you aren't a subscriber, but you can not send an email to them. You can send the first ice breaker. So you can respond with one ice breaker but can not respond with an email, unless you are a paying member.

It does seem that many guys respond to an ice breaker with their own ice breaker, but I think mainly because they don't want to start the conversation with an email.

Sunshine

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: freesia3
Mon, 08-15-2005 - 12:58am

Ok, thanks for the clarification.

If a guy is a subscriber and *could* send an email, but instead just sends an icebreaker in response to mine, that's a turn-off...but unfortunately there's no way to know that, I guess. I mean, why respond at all if they aren't interested in starting a conversation?

Sheri

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Registered: 07-24-2004
In reply to: freesia3
Mon, 08-15-2005 - 6:25pm

"I mean, why respond at all if they aren't interested in starting a conversation?"

Ahhh, if we only had a nickel for every time we've wondered THIS one...!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: freesia3
Mon, 08-15-2005 - 6:27pm

No kidding ;-).

Sheri

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Registered: 02-07-2005
In reply to: freesia3
Tue, 08-16-2005 - 12:54pm

Hi Sheri,

I think many guys are just too shy or maybe afraid of being rejected so the sending the ice breaker back is easier and safer for them than writing an email. I know it's crazy, but that seems to be the way they do it!

I've had a slump lately with OLD, but have been away on weekends lately also, so it's been ok. Went to a great festival last weekend but the guys who were hittig on me were mainly the babies in their 20's! I can't seem to attract the ones my age (mid 40's), but then they are mostly looking for the younger ladies in their 20's! I guess that's why I seem to mainly date the later 30's guys.

But I have been talking to a guy 52 that seems nice, we'll see but he has very young kids, which kids are ok but if they're older then they will be finished raising them in less years, yet I do prefer the guys without kids or that their kids are grown since my kids are grown...

I'm also looking for a new job so that has been keeping me busy and my mind occupied! But I still long for that great guy to appear! Geez I wish he'd get here soon!

Sunshine

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