When someone contacts you on www.lovehorse.co.uk (or any site for that matter), and offers you his/her email address along with an invitation to communicate off the site, it's very tempting to follow this up and start contacting that person away from the site by using MSN or by email. We strongly advise our members NOT to respond in this way. We advise our members to use the site's facilites first, and get to know any prospective partners while on the site. By doing so you protect your privacy and can proceed at your own pace. Don't feel pressured to respond to requests to reveal your email address. If the approach is genuine then the person will understand and will proceed at a pace that suits you.