Background: I'm a lone parent, who has been single a loooonnnggg time. My options for meeting available men are extremely limited - especially as I work from home.
A friend called to say she had bumped into an old work colleague who divorced a few years ago, and is now single. She thought we might enjoy meeting, and after checking with both of us to see if it was OK, sent an 'introduction' email to both of us giving contact details.
I know a little about this man as, at my friend's suggestion, I visited his website - describes/shows his work, gives a bit of professional background/bio, and has a photo.
There is not much way for him to know about me, and I am not on Facebook or other sites - so he really has no idea about who I am or how I look other than what he's been told.
Neither of us made a move to contact the other after the email introduction. So, given that I have the 'advantage', after a day, I wrote him a brief/funny 'hello' email. A day later, he responded saying he is very busy working night shift at the moment, and then is going away for a few days, so 'maybe we can meet' when he is back.
At first I thought - 'goodness, he sounds quite busy and not very open/interested'. But, after a few days, I responded to his email - again lighthearted (trying to be friendly and get a little conversation going) - and asked him if he was travelling anywhere fun/interesting, and told him briefly about a trip I have coming up to a city where I lived for 10 years.
A day later, he responded thanking me for the note and saying he was just so busy at work at the moment, but that he hopes we can meet soon. No reply to my question, no attempt to 'chat'.
What would you think? Would you respond to his email, or at least acknowledge it in some way?
He may truly be extremely busy, or maybe he is simply not an 'email' person - but he seems unavailable, and not very interested. I am inclined to leave it at this point. Thoughts would be appreciated - I've been off the dating scene too long!