| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/1/2006 3:50:58 AM | | i have never met anyone yet without a pic but i do think that on this medium you do soon get to have a good idea of what the person is like and i would meet someone i had not seen if it was a local area and i felt safe but not at a distance !! i am lucky too that all the people i have met have been lovely to me so have had no probs but you do have to be careful.saying that i have got one person i met that said the person he met once was completely a different person to her pic !!!! so that can happen .. bbye folks take care | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/3/2006 8:03:59 AM | Truth of the matter is that most people here have good intentions. There will be the occasional bad apple, but they're just as likely to put up a fake picture as no picture at all.
In real life you're going to spend way more time dealing with the person than their looks, so, ultimately, looks isn't that big of a deal.
I once met a woman who had been badly burned in a fire -- not much to look at, to say the least, but who she was was wonderful. The only thing that kept me from going out with her was that she lives a good distance away, and I'm not terribly interested in long-distance relationships.
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One thing I would add: I say this as a guy, and I'm not even a small guy, so physical safety is rarely an issue for me. If you have safety issues with meeting someone from the 'net (and I'd say that this also applies to guys who d supply a picture (since it's trivial to fake a picture)), then bring a chaperone with you to the date -- Perhaps you can arrange it as a double-date with a coupld of friends, or meet at a POF function.
Once safety considerations are taken care of, then I'd say get over it! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/3/2006 1:18:41 PM | i disagree bringing a chaperone on the date darkonc, it sometimes creates a communication problem. But you should mmet in a popular place with lots of people and never give your home adress. If you feel uncomfortable take a cab home. But double dates are bad on the 1st meeting, because the two people who know each other usually do the talking, at the date becomes a waste of time. because on the double date irs usually the woman's friends and then becomes an uncomfortable 3 on 1 sitituation, if the couple wants to sit at the other end of the restaurant thats okay, so theirs no interference, but if your with the couple its up to the person with the other people to do the approaching, and if you are going to bring some one, make sure you tell your date.   | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/3/2006 2:07:12 PM | | I've never met anyone from POF, but seeing a picture wouldn't matter. Pic or not, if she says she's one thing and turns out to be another, the date would end quickly and it would be the only one. I don't care whether she has a few extra pounds and claims to be skinny, or if she is an athlete calling herself a BBW. I feel the same way about a woman who lies about her job or her interests. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/3/2006 9:08:49 PM | | Yes, I met a guy once from another site. I'd NEVER do it again. He did not appeal to me at all, and had horrible teeth. I want to know what the person looks like that I am writing to before I agree to a meet. Maybe it is shallow, but unless there is some attraction, what is the point? | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/5/2006 2:43:03 AM | | I did a phone thing where you heard voice mailboxes and met a few people that way, one guy was hot, the others were from ok to just plain out weird. none of them were matches for me. but then i have met guys from yahoo personals with pics that turned out to be strange too loL!!! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/5/2006 3:01:03 AM | Yes, just yesterday and was VERY pleasantly surprised!
I do try to go for the entire self, not just looks. Frankly, I prefer photo, but responded to this man because of how he presented himself in writing. It was a good meeting. That said, I think I was lucky. I am always apprehensive about profiles that don't have photos and have often not pursued any communication without one and probably missed someone really great. Oh well. I am glad I didn't take that attitude with this man.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/5/2006 1:57:03 PM | hi everyone
i think as far as having a pic or not
ppl feel more comfortable talkin with someone who does have a pic i mean cmon everyone want to be attracted to someone and hard to do without a pic
and i am someone who reads profiles in there entirety and alot of profiles sound all the same. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/6/2006 3:24:45 PM | Yes I have met a couple of people without seeing a pic. And Yes I was pleased by what I came face to face with. I have been very lucky to everyone I have met so far has been very nice and I have had a good time. I hope to meet more of them. I was to meet someone tonight but they had to cancel at the last min. He has no pic up either.  | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/6/2006 3:52:45 PM | | It's not so much a matter of attraction to me, as I like to know who I am talking to. I understand if you don't want to post it in your profile for whatever reason, but at least attach it in e-mail. I wouldn't want to meet someone in public I've never seen, why should anyone do that if they don't have to? It's a bit awkward - I'd like to know who I'm looking for, or it's just silliness. I agree that at this point technologically speaking everyone has access to be able to at least send a pic to who they choose to talk to. Scanners, camera phones, digital cameras and webcams are everywhere. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/7/2006 5:17:04 PM | | The first man I met online had no picture. That was about 9 years ago. We dated for about 2 years. Since then I prefer to see a picture. If someone did not have a pic I would still chat with them. if they sounded interesting and I felt I could take them at their word I would consider meeting them. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/7/2006 8:06:51 PM | | I think there is something quite romantic and sexy about meeting someone that you've you like by their words alone. This is the most unshallow form of a relationship. We need to trust our first reaction to others and go with it. If you are wrong then walk away, but what if this was the person of your dreams? I've met lots of people who don't have pictures posted and lots that do. What is most shocking to me is the folks who post pictures and then you meet them and they are totally different. Go with your instincts- Love should be about the person on the inside- the rest is all dressing... | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/9/2006 5:31:19 AM |
I don't have any of those, and I'm not getting one just for this.
I don't think you should buy anything for just this site, I don't think anyone here would but most should have something already for general reasons. You can always take an actual picture to a drug store/copy place and scan the thing. Find someone who has a digital picture means and borrow it. Use your imagination a bit. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/9/2006 6:05:25 AM | I haven't but I would as long as I had an idea of what she looked like. Looks aren't everything, and you'd find out fast when you met them if there was an attraction. People just don't like to waste time these days so they often require a pic before they'll even chat with you. lol Funny people.
Problem is that when people don't show a pic - you might already know them from somewhere. THAT could be difficult, and that's why we love photos.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/9/2006 10:08:36 PM | | I have met 4 really great guys on 2 different sites, 3 of them are now long time friends, and one is at the just getting to know you stage. None of them had pictures posted, but I am not looking for looks. Oh, yeah one of them is still my friend after 6 years. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/11/2006 5:14:14 AM | i did many years ago 4 times. one said she was thick with beutiful blond hair and this and that. when i met her she was 250lbs with a crew cut and nothing like she said.
the other said she was ugly, but she hot. little bit pysco.
the other sent a pic with her and 8 freinds in it. she said she was the hottest girl in that pic, i was shocked. she was no wear near what she said.
the last one i did that with, she described her self as a plain, think women. to my surprise she was what she said she was.
i would date someone from a dateing site with no pic, but if she lied about what she looked like. it would be a very short date.
of coarse there was the one that sent an old picture of her self. she was very attractive. we never met because after a month of talking, she forgot to mention early on, that she was 7 months pregnant.
eithor way, people will decive.
forgot this, the one with the crew cut was 5'4". yeah that made a difference between thick and fat ass. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 7/11/2006 5:39:13 AM | Yes, I have met several guys without pics....and them me. I really dont see what the BIG deal is. If you talk and get along then meet!! Its not a week or a year....its just a date!! Some I have dated a couple more times....one even 6 months. Im not bragging or anything but all but 1 wanted to see me again Some I did ...some I didnt. I think people are too paranoid.
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