Jim from NYC wrote:
> Over the past 6 weeks,  I've been corresponding with a 42 yr old
woman I met
> through an online dating service.  We've exchanged pleasant emails
and seem
> to get along well.  Being that we work within walking distance from
each
> other, I asked her if she was interested in meeting for lunch or a
drink
> after work one day.  She was up for the idea, but said she was 'busy'
at
> work for the next 3 weeks as a deadline for a project is looming.
Gimme a
> break.  What kind of lame excuse is that?   She is career oriented,
but can
> somebody be THAT busy.  She has time to compose email messages and
surf the
> internet, but can't meet for a date?  She is a workaholic career type
and
> never married.  Should I ditch her and move on to something else.

Absolutely.  She may just be too shy to meet, or she may be too
workaholic to ever have time for a boyfriend, or she may just be a nut
job.  There are other trout in the stream.



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