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| | Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?Page 106 of 110 (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110) | The question about a pic or no pic is one thing - I have NOT been brave enough to read through all the posts on this topic. MTCW There are many pro's and con's to this. Is there a right or wrong? Who knows. Each individual will make up their own mind on the matter.
However... given the tools available today, there is no issue with a picture. (After all, a picture on the internet can be doctored.) The way around the whole thing is to use a video conference tool like Skype. As a natural progression to knowing a person, after the initial emails to determine whether or not one wants to proceed (like the OP did), the next step before an actual meet is to "see" the person. Skype is one tool that provides a real time way of doing this. For the gals, it can also be a safety tool, in that one knows who the person is that one is going to meet at the coffee shop when you do get together (although I would give credit to those gals who have had the courage to meet with me without the benefit of knowing what I look like).
My further TCW is that beauty is only skin deep. A person is what is inside - and that comes across in so many ways that has nothing to do with what a person looks like. I so often see good looking women on POF (and other dating sites) (and not just "good looking" but going on "beautiful") and I have to ask why they have to resort to using a dating site in the first place. (Better still, when the profile reads along the lines of "I'm back to try again", I am left wondering even more.)
What one looks like is but one small factor in our on going search for that someone special. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 1/28/2012 10:38:37 AM |
I so often see good looking women on POF (and other dating sites) (and not just "good looking" but going on "beautiful") and I have to ask why they have to resort to using a dating site in the first place.
I have the same question in my mind all the time.
I think the vast majority of women on here, in my area (Southern California) at least, are very attractive. They MUST be attracting male attention all the time out in the real world as they go about their daily lives, or there is something seriously wrong in the real life dating world. 
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 1/29/2012 9:28:32 AM | I have had many encounters with gals who have not posted a pic. I think the key here is to plan a short meet and greet (in a coffee shop or sometimes I offer to buy breakfast at a decent restaurant) in a public place. ((The public place is for common sense precaution for both parties.)) One must be opened minded about meeting new people. Having a sense of "adventure" is also a requirement. That and the adage "nothing ventured, nothing gained" applies.
IF one is truly paranoid, seeing the other person via webcam and a utility like Skype is now available. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 1/29/2012 10:24:19 AM | I knew a girl once who used to be on the dating sites and never posted her picture. She was one of the most attractive girls I've ever seen. The men who agreed to meet her were always astonished.
Why didn't she post her pic? Because she knew it would generate too much email, most from losers, to go through. She wanted only those she was interested in.
Not saying it always works that way. In fact, I imagine she was the exception. Still, it's pretty hard to judge a book by it's cover when you don't get to see the cover. | |
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Posted: 2/19/2012 11:34:01 PM | I have never posted a pic, and I guess many people assume that I am either ugly or married or have low self esteem. Oh well. If I think a guy sounds awesome, I will send him a pic of myself with my first message.
When I started trying this out, I didn't post one on my profile because I was a substitute teacher in a fairly small community and I just thought that rumours would start flying around the schools I work at and maybe fathers and coworkers would start hitting on me and the whole thing may affect my ability to secure regular teaching jobs. It sounds silly, I know, but I hadn't dated in a million years and it was all a little overwhelming.
Anyhow, I may try a pic sometime... In the meantime, if people don't like the lack of a picture, then they don't have to contact me. | |
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Posted: 2/20/2012 10:48:43 AM | | I agree with DJRich. I don't even respond to messages from those with no picture. It's a dating site. If you are that paranoid about posting your pic then this is clearly not the venue for you when it comes to dating. Physical attraction is a must with most people and it defeats the purpose of you being on here if no one can ascertain if there is indeed an attraction. *Duh* | |
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Posted: 2/20/2012 11:04:58 AM | what gets me is the poeple who try to get around the must have a photo filter an they attach some random picture that you know is not even them 1 time somebody sent a photo of thier eye ball just to get pass the settings an send a message..
i cant stand the ones who have no photos an jibberish on thier profile yet want to im you everytime they get online as if somebody is going to open the window to talk...you dont have photos you have no real info about urself your alot older then what somebody is looking for plus your married/attached come on you cant be serious.. | |
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Posted: 2/24/2012 6:26:02 AM | It's just a matter of fairness to me. I just take issue with people who don't post a picture of themselves, then take the high road in doing so by calling everyone else superficial. That might carry more weight if none of us had a picture up.
But I suspect that people who don't have pictures up aren't exactly going out of their way to only look at profiles who don't have a picture. It's quite likely that people who don't have a picture up are browsing profiles and clicking into the ones with pictures that attract them.
So no matter what your intent, it's just fair to have a picture up so that I have the privilege of seeing who I'm speaking to just like you do. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 2/25/2012 6:35:46 PM | | Sure, I meet them in public so it doesn't matter. If there is no chemistry I can leave, no harm, no foul. The last two men I were in love with I wouldn't have smiled at on the street so I've learned not to judge a book by it's cover. | |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:42:00 PM | It happened to me. It was on early 2k's. Yet she never asked for my pic, and when she decided to send me one of hers, I don't think that she'll ever forget my response. It wasn't bad, but something that she - or any woman - would expected it.
What I can say out of the whole mess ( guess we ended up breaking up each other hearts ) is that the both of us, were very irresponsible. So, I don't think is a thing of bravery, but a bit of ignorance. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 4/1/2012 1:47:26 PM | For me it depends. I generally only search profiles with pictures.
However if im messaged by a women with no picture, and the message interests me then I will talk to her and see how things progress.
That said i'd expect to see a photo of them before I met them atleast. Now im not shallow at all, But even as a guy online you cant be too careful. To make sure their not a man, Or 50 or something.
I mean I can understand people not wanting their photo out their for everyone to see etc, not wanting strangers checking them out etc. But once i've finally decided to meet you then I would like to know who Im meeting.
If by the point we've decided to meet they refuse to even show me a single photo of them then honestly I've got to assume theirs something wrong here. Whether it be that their not who they claim to be, That their worried that I wouldnt meet them if I knew what they look like, or whatever. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 4/22/2012 10:58:01 AM | | Hello!!! everyone just notice the Forum, but anyway I'm on another site & theres a guy he sounds like he is a Godly man quoting Verses, but no picture we've been texting back & forth , he has a Tin Man as his picture ?? so finnally I said where's your picture he said he had t o find a good one? he wanted my e mail address so I gave it to him, but no picture yet. I'm not meeting without a picture. If there's a picture & we meet at least someone will be able to see what he looks like if anything goes wrong. I'm just saying, you never know!! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 4/22/2012 11:16:17 AM | | I wouldn't meet someone without a pic.. how would I even know the guy was the right person? I could walk up to any guy sitting alone who fit the description the guy gave me (ex. brown hair, blue eyes, thin.. there are a lot of guys who look like that!) and even if they weren't my date they could say they were because they thought i was cute or something.. or if they thought I was ugly they could say they weren't him even if they were lol and I'd be sitting there for like a half hour all confused, waiting for someone who I don't really know the true appearance of! | |
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Posted: 4/22/2012 11:16:26 AM | @ 1foxiemama the guy is yanking ur chain it doesnt take that long or that much stalling for a photo..AND if he can upload random photos on a site he can upload photos of himself as well.
as for him sounding like a Godly man HA those are the worst..he probably has the personality of the devil once the true colors come out..
meeting an talking to somebody without pics or men who only show d ick pics is a NO NO self descriptions an penis shots dont show me what you really look like nor does it tell me what kind of personality you really have although if the first option is for a man to show you his penis before anything you can kinda tell he doesnt have much of a personality from the start.. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 4/22/2012 6:06:07 PM | I have, but it wasn't a POF connection. It was someone from AOL back in the late 90's.
A woman and I had started communicating with each other because we were both musicians, and had a lot in common. She had seen my picture, but she didn't have one of herself. Unlike today, you could understand someone not having a pic online back then.
We communicated online for several months, and she suggested meeting one day because she was going to be in my city and state for a weekend.
I was reluctant, but went through with it anyway.
Well, she ended up being drop dead gorgeous. Waist length jet black hair, olive skin, and an incredible body. It was one hell of a weekend. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 4/23/2012 7:38:42 PM | I have private pics. Too many people are shallow and only want to talk to a girl that has a pretty face and that just aggravates me to no end. I have had plenty of messages because they actually took the time to read what I had to say and liked what they read. I would
much rather get a message from someone that checked out my profile and thought Id be fun to talk to and get to know versus someone who only looked at my pic and their first thought was I she's hot/cute/sexy whatever. Just my opinion. So far no one has been dissatisfied when I did finally send a pic....usually after 4 or 5 messages | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 4/23/2012 8:24:55 PM |
Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Yes, 20 years ago before online dating, responding to a newspaper dating add. Now, I wouldn't use the words "brave enough" but "stupid or desperate enough". There is absolutely no excuse for not posting pics. | |
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