After half an hour of emailing back and forth steadily last night, our last email exchange took her 20 minutes to reply to and it occurred to me that she has other stuff to do, men to browse or talk to, not just me! So I signed off and went to do other stuff. When I returned she'd answered my question and said "nice talking to you, goodnite" and was gone. I just replied "Goodnight M, have a nice day off tomorrow!"
Relax, Wii - chatting online is not like a regular conversation. People get interrupted by phone calls, visitors at the door, favorite tv shows, all kinds of things. Sometimes they'll say brb or something, sometimes they don't. Try not to give off the vibe that you are hanging on the computer waiting for their every word.
And try to get to that coffee date sooner rather than later. It will keep you from wasting too much time on people who turn out not to be your type.
