| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/16/2006 10:10:37 AM | | I have met one person with out a pic and he was not bad looking at all. We had a good time together. He said reading my from profile i would like his looks and he was right. We dindt work for long term but his looks was not the factor. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/20/2006 3:16:16 AM | Yes i have.........................................................................................................
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/20/2006 8:09:14 AM | I can see it from the girl's POV but the guys here should NOT discount meeting women without pictures.
So what you had ONE bad experience?
I gurantee you, the hotter women on here DO NOT pics. YOU would be foolish not to find out. It doesn't cost anything to meet up in a mall and just window shop together. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/20/2006 8:44:43 AM | Yes from more than just POF but since I am a guy the need for concern of a first meet is not the same. I will add that I will meet for a drink or chat with just about any one regardless of appearance but I have never met a picture less profile that I felt was the one.
If you are reading this and know me, you know of my other profile with pictures. For the record I can state that it is untrue that profiles with no pictures get xx% less responses or dates. And no this is not a fake profile at all, just a different, less intense side of me.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/20/2006 9:02:06 AM | new to the forums. forgive any lack of protocol.
i've been single all my life, and in the past (slightly over) nine years i've met over 200 women,
the vast majority without pictures. anyone who is worth going out with will be functionally honest regarding their looks, stature and age. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/20/2006 11:29:52 AM | There really is no good excuse not to have a picture.
If you don't have a camera, you can buy a disposable one.
You can get "digital" service where your pictures are saved onto a CD. You can easily share your pictures with anyone.
I've run into too many women who had something to hide. Some of them used pictures that were 10-20 years old... What were they thinking? When you meet someone, you'll know what they look like, NOW.
We don't have to be the sexiest people alive, but we can darned sure share our pictures. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/20/2006 11:45:13 AM | I always wanted to post a profile with no picture, just to have a chance to know some-one likes me for who I am.
Believe me, not because I have something to hide or I think I'm too ugly that one look will scare ladies or so hott that just looking at me will disolve all their ability to reason.
But to be able to know, that I am liked for what I have to say.
How-ever I allways have a picture because the majority of female profiles insist on it, so that's the only reason I have a picture.
Yes I have met a few ladies in person who had no pictures, no diss-apointments at all, they either had no picture to share or like me hoped that they would be accepted for who they are.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/20/2006 1:22:42 PM | | Ive met someone from the internet once who didnt have a picture. She was about 100lbs more than she had told me and well nothing matched. I still took up the date and it turned out to be a good time. It ended on the first date though. All I could think about was that she lied to me. Otherwise it was a good time. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/20/2006 1:29:27 PM | | Seems as though your instrincts were spot on. I met someone who didn't have a pic and didn't send one, she turned out to be very pretty, but not the least interested in me. So I'm still here, waiting for my shepherdess to appear. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/21/2006 9:22:15 AM | | I've met a few without pics and they were alright but sometimes men are hiding alot without a picture so if you are not sure about meeting someone without a picture follow your instincts. Just a little bit of safe advice especially if you are not strong enough too get rid of a total liar. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/21/2006 2:36:56 PM | wow...unbelievable the things people will say to show their shallow side lol. One excuse after another to cover up the fact they just want to see a picture to know if the other person is "attractive" or not.
In repsonse to "some" people on here that say there is no excuse not to have a picture in a profile...who said you EARNED an excuse? or a reason or that anyone had to justify their not having a picture. People worried about the honesty of someone not having a picture...are more than likely the ones you need to worry about.
As far as this thread goes, since when is meeting someone (be it thru the internet, thru the church, thru a bowling league, or meeting a penpal for the first time) does it have anything to do with "bravery"? The very idea of the question suggests insecurity, or implies something more dangerous than picking up a complete stranger at a bar or nightclub or hotel lobby.
There is an old saying "Locks are for honest people". On the flip side, Pictures are for shallow people.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/22/2006 5:42:39 AM | | Yes i have, and I have never been disappointed. Actually I hav found those without a PIC are truer to who they really are. All to often, while the site suggests a PIC, they are usually older pics and deceptive. The other, pics only give one an idea of what the perosn looks like. More times than not, it is when you meet them in person is when one sees the real indvidual. so to all those out there. Do not be afraid to contact one without a pic. As some have found, you may be pleasently surprised. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/22/2006 5:44:45 PM | Being scared -not interested or even just cautious about meeting or in fact even talking to some one without a pic has absolutely nothing to do with worrying about looks or being shallow . It has everything to do with wanting to meet people who are open and honest about who they are.Dah | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/22/2006 6:00:51 PM | Interesting thread from what I perused through. I know by not posting a picture, I'll get at least 90% less hits on my profile or emails from women. I'm fine with that. I have pics available, they are current and I'm more than happy to fwd them along to anyone who asks. I thought about putting them on my profile and perhaps at some point I will, but I am just curious right now to see what kind of response I get without posting them.
I'm new to this site, but not to the world of Internet Dating. I've corresponded and subsequently met women who had pics and surprise, they looked nothing like that when they showed up to meet me; some looked better, some looked worse. Everything is a toss up until you meet in person. At least that's how I see it. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/22/2006 6:09:09 PM | | Yes, I have often written to people with no pics. I can honestly say that I go straight for what the content of the profile has to offer. I am looking for a quality person with a good heart. I met my last boyfriend on a penpals site and he didn't see MY photo. It turned out he thought I was beautiful, but we clicked with our personalities first. I have issues with people that REquest your photo then don't talk to you anymore once they've seen it. You can tell so little from a photo. And what if it's a bad photo? :-P | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/22/2006 6:53:58 PM | | In answer to this question, i can answer on both sides. I have met many men with no pic on here, all good looking with good careers. The job they had was the reason for no picture. I can also say, i have a good "sense" of people, never met one that didnt treat me like a lady. On the other side , I have no pic posted and have dated extensivly. When i was on another site, i got about 100 responces a month. One crazy day on POF, I got 41 messeges in 36 hours! My job is also the reason for no pic on here. I found that those with high powered jobs, or "public" jobs, kept the pic from being posted. I thank these sites, its a great way to meet people! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/22/2006 6:54:39 PM | No matter the pics, it is how they communicate with you is most important.
In my experience, I became mesmerized by a pic of this hot guy, and ignoring all other red lights. We meet and the date was a big flop. I liked the guy, just no brains, not entertaining at all, he was b o r i n g !!!. I was trying too hard for us to have fun. He kissed grate, but I am staying away----far away from him.
chatting online and talking for awhile b-4 meeting. When someone starts asking you strange questions or off questions...need to move on.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/22/2006 8:14:54 PM | The thing about internet dating is that people make themselves look in a way they want to look. One can not trust anything, especially the pictures, nor the profile. It's best just meet at some public place as soon as possible. A lot of people have multiple screen names on more then one internet dating site.
The one thing I have learned is that if they don't want to meet, it is because they have something to hide. I have had better luck with people who have no picture then with people who do. The one turn off I have is to see a slim internet picture and then see a physical fat elderly woman on the first meeting. Now I am forced to let her do the talking while I eat and then leave. The truth is most of us need to work on our bodies to get it into better shape. Between work I need to sleep, not spend endless hours responding to bullshit BS on the internet. It seems to me that most people don't know what love is? They should try to do something about their bodies first. Chating BS is not excercise. The next thing is to have a place to call your own to live on and a means to support yourself. The next problem I keep running into is mortgaged slaves shackled to debt. To me if you own the house, you own the house, not the mortgage holder. I am really not looking to pay another bill or for that matter other bills. It would not bother me if woman with children took their kids along on the first meeting. Kids have a way of being more direct and to the point. They will either accept you or reject you. If you come as a package, then show the package. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/23/2006 4:25:25 AM | I have done this quite often....but only after a bit of emailing back and forth. And of course meeting in a public place. I dont really consider looks a big part of a person.
In my eyes, when I met them, I was pleasantly surprised too. "BUT"...that big "BUT".
It is the meeting that really counts. What kind of a guy actually exists from that blank photo space. Either you will click...or not. The whole experience revolves around "who" they turn out to be. And boy do I have some horror stories on that statement! Sex seems to be the ut-most topic on any guys mind, and I dont care if he is 40 or 80. I have met some perverts out there.... I am 65 and was married a good portion of my life before becoming a widow. I have had quite a learning experience since then. Trust in those red flags ladies....Trust um! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/23/2006 4:55:36 AM | | good subject! i corresponded with a woman who had no photo,asking her if she had one ,she replied no,but i promise you "i am not a hag"lol... she was beautiful and we dated 3yrs! take a chance,anyone dating online must be able to handle rejection. | |
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