Originally Posted by Jordan I'm going to be a Debbie Downer here and just come straight out and say I am not Dear anything to you. You have not approached others with "Dear [User]" so please don't take advantage of my sex to belittle me in a condescending tone.

He has been nothing but professional and polite in the responses I've seen and I highly doubt his intention was to degrade you as a women... Using you're sex and taking his "dear" out of context is just not cool...

Read on Jordan...
"The salutation "Dear" in combination with a name or a title is by far the most commonly used salutation in both British and American English, in both formal and informal correspondence."

Also do you always give bad rep for people voicing their opinion when it's not even directed at you?