There’s not a day when Chris Wardzala doesn’t think about how he unexpectedly met his fiance. It wasn’t in a bar, at the office or through friends.

Instead, it was the Twitterverse that brought them together.

“It was so random and just so weird. I think about how crazy it’s been that we met online in a place where we’re so restricted in what we can say,” said Wardzala, who teaches classes and workshops at the Apple store on Michigan Avenue.

Both new to the microblogging service in 2007, Wardzala and Magdelyn Skacan ended up following each other, at first sharing 140-character tweets about computer problems and sci-fi movies. It wasn’t long before they were on their way to tweet love.

They exchanged e-mails, talked on the phone and hopped on planes to visit each other. And in May 2008, Skacan moved to the Windy City.

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When a friend of mine who’s dipping her toe back into the world of online dating recently asked for three quick rules to remember when e-mailing potential matches, it occurred to me that if she needed a bit of a refresher course, some of you probably do too.

As convenient as it is, e-mail is rife with opportunities to shoot yourself in the foot and hurt your shot at making a real connection. So after the jump, eight dos and don’ts to remember when emailing a potential online dating match.

1. Do keep it short

Think of an e-mail as an appetizer. Don’t ruin his appetite by feeding him entree-sized portions before the main course. Keep him hungry for more.

The Frisky: Top 5 online dating dos and don’ts

2. Don’t double-e-mail

One e-mail for each e-mail received, OK? Writing two or more e-mails before you’ve gotten a reply to the first not only makes you look a little obsessed, it also makes it seem like you don’t have anything better to do with your time.

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Dear Dating Girl: A few months ago, I met a guy at work. I made the first step and, to my big surprise, he agreed to go out for a drink with me. On the date, we started talking about previous relationships, and he admitted that he’d never had a girlfriend. I told him I’d never had a boyfriend, either. He said it was good that we were on the same page and that we should see where things would go.

After this, he never called. The next time I ran into him at work, we talked casually, but he didn’t mention anything about what he’d said. I recently found out that he started going out with another girl from work. I’ve since turned the page, but I need to know: Why talk about the possibility of starting something when you’re clearly not interested? We’re both young and I know this kind of stuff sorts itself out as you get older, but right now, it’s confusing and upsetting because he made me feel like there was something there. I hate to feel sorry for myself, but I need to know what happened.

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