Never tell me the odds!

I decided to dive right in my first week and start sending some emails to the lovely ladies of POF. I've seen some bad statistics on how often a woman actually responds. The average return rate is 1-3%. 5% is considered excellent. Say what!?! So for every 100 emails a guy writes, at best he can only hope to get 5 replies in return. I'd have better odds surviving the Normandy invasion of WWII than I would getting a response from a woman I want to take to Starbucks. Good for me that I played Call of Duty II and survived that mission without a scratch.

Last one out pays for coffee

I figured the best approach is to keep it simple, humorous, but show some interest without commenting on her boobs. So, two playful, teasing sentences about one of her interests. Three sentences about me and what I find interesting in her. End with an engaging question that she could reply back with. Sign name, send. Easy formula but difficult in practice. I found ten lovely women that I wanted to meet. I spent about twenty to thirty minutes carefully constructing each email and sent them off with a smile. Now all I got to do sit back, sip my margarita and ponder how I am going to juggle ten dates in one weekend.