First of all, because she clearly does not know how to do it. She keeps finding herself in weird conversations with men who offend her sensibilities. And once the FB's back is up, it is hard for her to reverse the feeling.
What is the FB to do about the following:
1. The man who signs all his emails with love and wants only to deposit tender kisses upon the FB's face? This is sweet, in theory, but he and the FB have never met or talked on the phone. And so far, they have exchanged only two short emails.
2. The man who sends the FB photographs of Paris and then gets annoyed when she does not reciprocate?
3. The man who makes reference to a very particular kind of erotica? This would be bad no matter what, but it is particularly bad when it is erotica not to the FB's taste. Again, on a first email.
4. The man who peppers his emails with phrases in Latin (the FB loves an intellectual), then makes jokes in very poor taste?
The FB is aware that she is a difficult person herself, but negotiating this challenge is proving very hard on her nerves. She is also aware of the French expression, "les gouts et les couleurs ne se discutent pas," meaning taste and colors are entirely subjective and therefore shouldn't be discussed.
However.
The FB is under the impression that this online dating stuff is just as much about getting over herself as it is about connecting with other people. But she is finding it difficult. That's all.
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