J, I feel your response was entirely too nice for that creep.
The odds are that he does too. Dontcha know that when a guy pinches your *ss getting his face slapped is one of the reactions he anticipates and almost certainly likes 'cause it makes him feel like a big bad predator. I'm too lazy/bored/despondent at the moment to deal with men who need that much stimulation so I tried to do the equivalent of saying "I would slap your face but I'm a bit fatigued, would you care to sit down and chat a bit?" Either he'll get confused and wander away or he'll be amused and respond intelligently. IOW, I am testing to see if he is a meta-wolf which I would like or a clueless monkey which I wouldn't.
It's not the e-mail in itself so much as the age of the author. It'd be ok for a 20 year old college boy trying to sound intellectual and hiding his insecurity behind false bravado. There'd be a fair chance he'd grow out of it. In a 58 year old it makes me wonder why he still sounds like a 20 year old college boy.
Your response was good though. If he drops the attitude now I'm willing to give him a chance. *s*
