i was one of the webmasters - well, webmistresses - who told lee i found women are less businesslike. i've never noticed that about you, raingurl, but i have noticed it for my entire 8+ years on the web - and for years before that.

women are a lot more apt to tell me about their personal lives very early on in meeting on a board or icq. i have worked with men for years who i still don't know if they're partnered, or what their spouses' names are or whether they have kids, dogs, etc. but i know about their sites, what they do with them, where they get their traffic, how it works for them.

i've been on several webmistress boards, talked to lots of women. they were more apt to let personal loyalty or preference sway their business actions. the men i've known focus on business more. not all of them, but overall by far.

i have almost never known a women who wouldn't let business slide when they start in a new relationship. it's probably healthier emotionally to be that way. but most men i know, after the first couple weeks, wouldn be back at work as hard as ever. there are a few who weren't - but mostly that has been my observation.