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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 3/3/2007 9:32:00 AM | YES YES YES...i've heard of criminals using dating sites...I'm always reading about serial killers, and one book i recently read, the guy was meeting women on the net, winnng them over and they would move in with him, then they would disappear. A lot of lonely people on the net (and off) who can be easily taken advantage of if they are not careful.
I also went on a date with a guy i later found on a sexual predator website for having sex with minor. At the time my daughter was the age of the girl he'd had sex with so that was a bit daunting. Glad it was only one date...he creeped me out...i still see him every now and then at a club i go to....it's everything i can do NOT to approach him and say, "isnt this crowd a bit too old for you?"
on another dating site i was on, I was directed by a ''police officer with a photo" to a guy who was also on the predator list, who just happened to be talking to me and trying to get me to go out with him at the time i was contacted. Of course i asked him all about it and he gave me some lame excuse about how she lied about her age. He had a daughter as well. Made me wonder what kind of father he was.
Yes, anyone can post a fake photo...and clearly I've run across a few with fake photos...or very old photos....which is why i tend to steer towards people who have more than one photo....i once had a guy with a gorgeous model type guy on his profile, he bragged that he was a model and when i asked for more photos of him, he said he only had one photo...imagine that...a model with one photo
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 3/23/2007 8:59:10 AM | [you can never be too careful online and offline.....]
Personally - there is too much emphasis placed on photos and there is no guarantee that what you see is what you're getting. By accident, I came across a group dedicated for the healing and support of victims of on-line dating scams and got quite an education on the photo aspect of on-line dating sites. Great pics posted by the scammers - only the pics were not theirs, rather stolen from modeling sites and in some cases, from valid profiles. In some cases, several photos were posted in the profiles - all stolen.
And, frankly - while I agree that physical attraction certainly has it's place in the whole dating/relationship scene - it is not everything. Actually - I will not continue "conversing" with a man that continually goes on and on about how beautiful I am (on the outside) as it chaps my bottom so to speak. Life invariably throws curve balls that in some cases may impact on looks. So my express opinion is that there should be less emphasis on what a person looks like exteriorly and more emphasis on the beautiful person behind the "pretty" face. At least when seeking a long-term relationship.
That being said, I do post a pic in my profile - only because it has been my experience that most men will not even look at a profile without a picture.  | |
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 3/23/2007 10:28:30 AM | | This is quite simple: SOME people actually rely on their wit, personality charcter and sincerity....others are simply skin deep (meaning shallow) and not interested in anything but "physical attraction"....not posting a pic is ACTUALLY a great way to weed out those who ACTUALLY have some substance to them.... | |
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 3/23/2007 10:42:55 AM | | Sooooooo....you seem to have had a lot of dates with guys on websites...perhaps, if you weren't dating based on looks and actually looked for substance, you might not be attracting thesepervs and criminals...why don't you take your pic off and see what happens? Or do you simply judge by looks? Not doing such a great job I'd say | |
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 3/23/2007 3:46:03 PM | I agree, unless they have something to hide, there should be no reason not to put up a recent picture so people can see who they are communicating with. I am seriously technologically challenged, and even I figured out how to take a picture of myself and upload it | |
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 3/23/2007 7:01:24 PM | #1 I would rather see NO picture than a dark picture (one where there is almost zero lighting) where you cannot see if there is a person or a blowup doll in the picture.
#2 I will echo what others have most certainly said. There are those who might want someone to get to know them first, before making a decision based on what their physical attributes are. Maybe a better relationship would come out this way?
#3 I have seen ladies who give their points of interest as say "115 lbs 5ft 5in" and such and the pictures show a different story alltogether. Maybe the picture was older, or maybe it's more recent. If the pictures are not current it won't matter either.
#4 I have seen ladies who say they are "average". Can someone tell me what average is for a lady? I'm not nocking how someone views themselves...but, oh well. | |
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 3/25/2007 6:48:47 AM | | The only other reason that I know of for no picture is A woman named ugot2bekidding is running experiments on people here.She told me herself that she has a good person profile that will turn bad and treat her victims like garbage and the evil person that will try to turn nice.She is here to find lab rats for her thesis.She is quite proud that she is going to hurt a few people here and o well thats life.She has no picture here so that she will never have to bump into anyone in real life that will tell what lousy person she is. | |
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 3/28/2007 6:23:41 AM | Fact is ...we are all human and its our nature to look for some physical attraction........If you find someone hard to look at how likely are you to maintain a relationship with that person. Same thing applies to someone with personality traits you can't stand. I suspect that those of you who have no pic posted don't get your profiles red too much anyway. I like to consider both photo and profile before contacting anyone .... yes in that order...I'm only human after all!
As for the evil experiments with human lab rats....I don't expect that is going very well....stay in school! | |
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 3/28/2007 11:53:58 AM | OKAY!! I'm working on a photo. Rather be a little late with one than use half a photo because you have cut someone out of it, jeez. Some of us just don't have someone they feel comfortable asking to take photos for them. Some of us suck at setting up a camera. So far, on my digital, I have shots with no head (which seems to be the norm in many photos, now what is that about. Am I to be thrilled you have great abs?), swearing because the camera was ready and I wasn't, etc. Will keep trying until I get something that is a close resemblance to me. | |
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 4/2/2007 8:40:50 PM | "I think that average muxt be between 150 to 250 pounds. At least from what I see on here"
From a woman's perspective, average should be height proportionate to weight. 150 for a woman of 5'4" for example, would be a few extra pounds. Beyond that, starting to get a little chunky.
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| Can anyone give me a legitimate reason for NOT posting a picture???
Posted: 6/4/2007 4:35:09 PM | | There really isn,t an honest reason not to post a pic. Many women I have talked with in the past posted pics taken 15yrs earlier. It,s dishonest and not the way I want to start a relationship. If you,re slim and petite then a recent pic reveals that easy hey honest very. | |
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