The getting to know you process has been quite complicated for me as I have had to rely on my memory which I have to admit is not that fantastic.

If I stick to the email type messages I have a record but the instant messages are not saved and therefore no records! Problem is that there have been many conversations online with many different people and I soon lost track of what I said and to whom.

I had so many responses that I was failing to keep up and was starting to make a mess of it. I should have kept a record from the start but failed to do so. My note taking was appalling and I had emails jotted down all over the place but failed to put corresponding nicknames against them. Nicknames were different to email addresses and different again to their real names. I was in trouble!

To further compound my difficulties I then inadvertently deleted a whole load of messages with valuable information on that were going to salvage the situation.

There was no way out except to send emails on a blind date and very embarrassingly reintroduce myself as the stupid one who lost track and could they give me a quick brief on who’s who!

I rather expected to have spoiled the ‘getting to know you’ process for a few people and was not expecting to hear back from anyone -  which was a shame as a few had sounded nice.

Only time will tell.