Well your sig line may be sending a mix signal if they are under the impression you are the she in the couple. And they may want to play/train with her and not you necessarily. Also if they think they are chatting up a girl and surprise it's a boy they may be embarrassed. If it's a really big problem for you then you could remove you IM information or possibly make your sig line less inviting and your av obviously male (not that it isn't). Not sure...just some ideas.

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