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Posted: 12/9/2006 1:20:17 PM | | I try to keep pretty recent pics to avoid anyone saying crap like this about me. Have been on a couple of dates and.....wellllllll.....Ewwwww. | |
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Posted: 12/9/2006 1:43:09 PM | I think boarderchica brought up a good point, and I just wanted to expand on it, beyond pictures at certain angles or are blurry that you can tell were taken to TRY and make them look good as possible...
A lot of times it can be your visualization, not the picture of the other person, that's deceiving. If you're a dreamy person, and envision a lot of things about someone before you meet them, you're much more likely to have a different person in front of you -- not just by looks, but somewhat on personality and how they carry themselves, too.
People can look "better" than their pictures, too. When thought of as cute, they can become hot. I say only view pictures as a general measuring stick as to whether they're likely to be in the range of "attractive-enough" to have a date with... have no expectations beyond that, and then that person won't be "different" (which will actually cause some to see him/her as unattractive) when you meet them, because you didn't spend much time thinking about their specific looks. You won't run into so many people who look nothing like their picture. | |
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Posted: 12/10/2006 6:34:28 PM | i had gone through that experience myself when i met someone who had a picture of what they looked like 10 years ago that is quite a deceiving lie to do such a thing.
the other thing is when u are connecting with someone online on MSN & on the phone and all of a sudden they have a change of heart but dont have the AUDACITY to tell u they are not interested anymore so what they do to show that they are not they BLOCKED u rather than telling u so u wont waste your time thinking when u would be hanging out with them or not.
that was rather low if u ask me.if u are not interested tell the person rather than playing games that is why I am getting a bit skeptic on dating anyone now... its been 5 weeks that i havent so i think i wouldnt for awhile.....bec i dont want to put my hopes up which this person- u know who u are.... that put my hopes up on hanging out and meeting each other and had a connection with then he turn out to be like every other guy that i have dated that is a complete joke and a waste of time if u ask me..... | |
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Posted: 2/21/2007 9:15:23 PM | Amberlynn...I had the same experience with a couple of men. I enjoyed the meet and greet because they were good people; however, I did not have a love connection. Sometimes people may look awesome in their photos but in person, they are not what you had expected. You have to keep going. The picture quality on here is not the best
I actually do look like my pictures. | |
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Posted: 2/21/2007 9:39:18 PM | | I've been told I look like my pictures but I also make sure they're all relatively recent. Posting a picture that doesn't really look like the real you is like posting false information. Who are you trying to fool? If you're serious about meeting people in person they're only going to find out anyway. The only fool is you. | |
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Posted: 2/21/2007 10:17:11 PM | I think I look like my pictures - if anything, I look better in person since I don't think I'm very photogenic. ; )
I haven't met anyone from here who's looked radically different than their pictures - I guess that is a good thing! | |
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Posted: 2/21/2007 10:28:33 PM | Alot of people don't look like their pictures. Some are more photogenic, some are less. If you look at a profile with, say, all 8 pictures taken up, you'll tend to notice that they look different in every one of them. Plus, some people put up older pictures; people do age after all! hahaha!
I don't put too much stock in any of the pic's I see on here.
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Posted: 2/22/2007 5:08:13 PM | I agree with Sn0man... You can see someone with multiple pictures, and a few look nothing alike. 95% of the time this is due to weight gain. Overweight people can look like they are not overweight (neck up) due to lighting and angles, just as a woman's chest can look bigger or smaller given the right snapshot.
Another issue is the viewer -- they see an attractive *picture* of a person, and only judge it on the surface. Maybe it's my background playing baseball to "have a good eye", but you'll notice that an average looking woman can be hot, and vice versa. | |
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Posted: 2/22/2007 8:44:20 PM | | I used to be on another dating site before I joined here last week. I've never had an unpleasant shock over someone's pic not matching their appearance. I've been told that I look better in person, which could very well be true as I don't consider myself to be wildly photogenic. I have been pleasantly surprised a few times when I have met someone who's pics did not do them justice. | |
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Posted: 2/23/2007 9:55:59 AM | | Yes, I had that problem yesterday. Since we were SOO CLOSE, I agreed to meet him. I don't know who his picture was of, but NOT HIM! He had very little hair on top and his picture has a lot of hair in it...Go check for yourself...Hardblaze...I put a block on for lying to me! Do I actually want to meet anyone now...I am skeptical NOW! I look like my picture, actually better. I was nice and polite, but I was happy to leave it at that! Oh this guy was not good! There was a teeth issue too! I don't like being Rude, but I HATE to be lied to. I am sure everyone on here feels the SAME WAY! | |
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Posted: 2/23/2007 11:37:36 AM | | I met a man once who didn't look too bad on his pic - he was a very nice man - but the spitting image of my DAD!!!! ooo eeerr...... | |
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Posted: 2/23/2007 2:09:23 PM | | I took pictures of my twin and posted them. Does that count? | |
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Posted: 2/23/2007 2:33:54 PM | | Sadly, I look exactly like I do in my pics lol | |
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Posted: 2/23/2007 3:21:43 PM | Stupid question but what does photogenic mean?
What are the requirements to be photogenic?
Does someone have to have a certain presence in the picture?
Does photogenic mean that you can smell there scent from just a picture?
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Posted: 2/23/2007 10:00:43 PM | Most people say I look the same as I do in my pics...
But, yeah, I've met a few people who didn't resemble their pics in the least. Not sure why some people post pics that aren't current, but...ah well. | |
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Posted: 2/23/2007 10:52:41 PM | Ive met 2 guys , one had a cuter face in person but was bigger in the middle than portraid in his pic and the other looked like his pic but when he smiled his teeth were crooked...they were both perfect gentlemen though  | |
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Posted: 2/23/2007 10:55:27 PM | | that's happened a few times lol...guys should realize that if the picture is 10 or even 20 years old, we can "tell" when we meet them lol! My photo isn't great --but at least it's just from a week ago!! | |
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Posted: 2/23/2007 11:12:46 PM | | um... yeah... I really do have a beer gut. *burp* But I think I'm beautiful. | |
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Posted: 2/23/2007 11:26:42 PM |
Stupid question but what does photogenic mean?
Photogenic: looking attractive in photographs: tending to look good in photographs
Me, not so much. I have lots of pics but they are all crap. most people say I look better in person than my pics when I go on dates. But then, maybe they're just being polite | |
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