@flushd,
Especially with ''some'' of the weirdos in this RP world, geeze.
Unless you chat and cam...you never know who's on the other side....
Who knows, It could be someone of the same gender than you.
Anyway, RPing is RPing and that is the main reason why some people only IC and don't OOC.
Just be careful to not invest yourself too deeply into this and hopefully you have met someone in RL that kept you occupied and away from that RP world.
take care