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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/9/2007 8:46:08 PM | | Yes, several times. While it is nice to get one before you meet and I fully admit I usually ask for them, it isn't a deal breaker for me not to meet sight unseen. I like it only to assist in the recognition at the meeting place, but personally have never been disappointed. In fact it has been those that have sent photos that were either very old or not even them that were disappointing. | |
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Xwing
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Joined: 4/29/2007
Msg: 1427 | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/13/2007 10:51:46 AM | | I'm new here but I just saveds sombuddies azz from this on line dating and yup irts pretty scrary. I wish every one the best.....in this welll. i just want to go back to tha old days. seeins how I can't, wellhere I am looking around this god forsakends place. | |
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Bri
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Joined: 4/3/2006
Msg: 1432 | |
| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/13/2007 11:11:21 AM | | I met a guy with no pic, he had me kinda scond guessing him cuz he said he was no super ten, just average, so I started thinking he had no confidence. But when I saw him I went weak in the knees he was such a cutie, definately hot. He's the only person I've met without a pic, and the only reason being was his personality was absoulutely amazing. That was a year ago and we still talk, he doesn't get to town very much cuz of his job, or we'd be together, but he's always travelling. So until he's a bit more localized we're just friends. But it was the best chance I ever took..... | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/13/2007 11:18:04 AM | Well yes, I used to do it all the time before this internet malarkey became all the rage....
Back in my early 20s I was a member of 'Socialist Partners' which was quite a nice little dating club/agency. Met some nice folks there although I didn't really click with anyone long term.
A few years later I used to use The Guardian 'Soulmates' column. Again no pictures
All in all it was obviously a bit hit an miss as to whether we found each other attractive or not. I guess it just made the whole searching process a bit laborious.
To be honest, even with pictures I often am surprised when I meet a person 'in the flesh'. I think peoples' choices of photo often reflect their self image rather than their actual image, and there is a lot of variation from photo to photo.
The last girl I dated from an Internet site said I looked different in every picture and she couldn't get a proper mental image of me. When she finally did, she said only one of my pics was totally representative to her...
I can think f a few ladies I know whom I might not pursue based on their photos, but who are lovely and very attactive in the flesh, once their faces move and their personalities come through.
cheers
Steve | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/13/2007 2:11:41 PM | I can only speak from personal experience, I got chatting to a girl who looked really nice on her pic, and as most people know physical attraction is important to men and women. however, after chatting to her for quite a long time we arranged to meet, and was it a massive shock and really embarrassing, as she looked nothing like her pic as the photo she had put on the site was when she was 23yrs, she actually turned out to be 72 and which belive me made quite a difference to her online appearance. I was so shocked, I just got up and walked out. . so not all pics on the site can be trusted also the nice people who dilibrately take their photo so its blurred or altered to a point that you cannot see them. so always get a phone number now and talk for ages, and find 9 x out of 10 they give themselves away.
Good luck to all | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/13/2007 7:13:43 PM | I won't even meet without camming first if I'm meeting someone long distance, and have only met two who had just pics. The one was close to his pic, though skinnier than his pic looked (I know... funny eh??) but the other guy... OMG... I'd seen four pics of him... all of them good but I didn't realize until AFTER meeting him that not one of those pics were of him SMILING. Needless to say... he was looking for me in the parking lot and I came up to him from behind... he turned and broke out in this HUGE smile!!! With ONE tooth!!! One GREAT BIG ROTTEN tooth!!! O M G!!! It was horrible!! I think I even took a step back!! Well... I KNOW I slowed down! This man claimed to have gone to four of the top universities... was a six figure income... spouted poetry... AND HAD NO TEETH!! I don't get it!!
Ok... I'm better now *smile (WITH teeth)*
(I apologize to those who may have seen a similar post in the 'teeth/no teeth' forums) *blush* | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/13/2007 7:48:28 PM | I did once about two years ago, and it was the absolute worst. This woman had rotten teeth, dirt under fingernails, and smelled kind of bad too. After that, I swore I would never do something stupid like that again. Well, a few months ago, I received an e-mail from a woman, who by her description was younger than her age, athletic, and all her friends tell her she is beautiful. By the way, if you see this in their profile, be suspicious(in fact do not walk, but run away), like her friends are going to tell her she is ugly or something????) Anyway, she sounded so good I decided to take a chance. So help me, it will never and I do mean absolutely never ever happen again. This woman looked about 25 years older than her actual age, her athletic body had developed a hump in the back like you see in a lot of pictures of wicked witches and her friends are liars. Nope, ain't happening again.   | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/13/2007 9:03:21 PM | I talked to a guy for a few weeks and he sent me a pic in the mail of him and his ex wife...weird, but I gave him a second chance and met him. He was at least 10 yrs older than the picture and was expecting me to come over to his house. I said no and left. he called me and left a message and wanted me to mail him my panties !
No... I didn't send them ! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/14/2007 4:08:41 AM | Wow. Reading these replies makes one really think. How shallow can one be? I understand the idea that you may not be able to get past a persons looks. If that is the case, then one should never say that you want a man to love you for your mind. I am not bitter, just thinking that I have dated women who were not lookers, and had a blast. Beauty fades, personality is lasting. If looks are how you judge people, then when you’re Brad Pitt, or Angelina Jolie starts to look like a bowl of pudding in 60 years, remember you required a picture. Then log back on POF and find me. I keep in contact with people I meet here, picture or not. If you want to meet me then by all means ask me out. I'll pay for mine. If we don't like how each other looks then I most likely made you laugh. Unless you’re in the Intimate Encounter section, you most likely said you want a friend first. Could that be a lie? Or maybe you’re just a shallow player?
Let me ask you this. Would you stay with your new wife or husband if he or she were deformed in an accident? Food for though! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/14/2007 4:10:46 AM | Well I am fortunate, I look just like my pictures. So what you see is what you meet. At various gatherings I have met women in person that you could never believe were the same person as their pictures. I don't know if it is because they get professional pictures with editing and air brushing BUT there is no physical comparison between the actual person and their pictures. Same with men for sure BUT not quite as noticeable as most men don''t wear makeup (or at least not as much).
I'm not ever meeting someone without a RECENT picture that does not appear to be a professional portrait. Like I've said before, I can pass over a picture of anyone, no matter how good they look (that is not what I am looking for), I need to feel somekind of attraction, some kind of pull, connection if you will and as I said it has nothing to do with any adonis'.
Its okay if they (pictures) are not published in their profile but they can send it to me in POF email or to my hotmail. That's my bottom line. | |
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libbyv
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Joined: 8/17/2005
Msg: 1440 | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/14/2007 9:06:11 AM | | Not I. No pic, no meet. People make up all sorts of things. Say they look like George Clooney when they really look like Homer Simpson. Even though Homer is adorable he would be way too short for me....lol. Regarding pics, you better show me your's if I've showed you mine. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/15/2007 6:44:12 PM | I actually got a LOT more attention when I DIDN'T post a picture. Yes, it was usually a return letter asking for a pic, but nevertheless...
And, I absolutely do talk to people regardless of pic or no pic. I'm in this for love, not a beauty pageant. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/15/2007 9:29:56 PM | | I just went on a date with a guy I met here and I'm the one that didn't have a pic posted. He had a photo and I thought he was a cutie so I contacted him first. I just described myself to him via e-mails and then we met for our date. He said that I was much more than I had described and he was very pleased. I said he was a brave man. We have been talking and going out since then. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/16/2007 4:18:42 AM | I'd like to make a whinge here. I resent like heck people who think people who require a picture are shallow and only looking for good looking people. With some of us THAT is NOT the case. I can only speak for myself. I will contact someone without a picture if their profile interests me and they meet my criteria BUT I will ask for a pic. If they won't give a pic well to me (in this day and age of digital cameras, computers, web cams) then that is a red flag for me.
I've said this before and I know that it is a neutral gender issue. I am a physical person, I need to see an image of the person I am talking to BEFORE I meet them JUST as I must chat first and then talk on the phone BEFORE I meet them. It is a presentation of a more complete picture of a person that can't possibly come across in typing on a flat piece of paper. It is NOT all about looks as in good looking, it is about looks PERIOD. I've bypassed many a good looking man who seems to have air between their ears! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/21/2007 10:14:38 PM | message 18, I guess they say look for the one in the green shirt and hope the whole coffee shop is not wearing green that day hahahahha- and if one is way off how they describe themselves........wow.....so a tall, blonde guy who is a shorter , bald ( I think bald is sexy)type man.......much older.........wearing green still would be hard to spot.......
I would need a lot of coffee...to find the person.....and.........then a stiff drink......
And, is it less safe? To meet one with no prior pic at all........to leave behind for the family members to at least have some identifying maybe of who it was......
No, I would not meet anyone without a reference pic first. And , if they were drastically not the person in the picture.....I would consider staying........to chat....but it best be a better surprise than not.......for that would feel like I was tricked in some sense by the person.............. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/25/2007 5:11:03 PM | | Knightwriter33 you are wise......looks will fade with age and it is what is on the inside that really matters. I would much rather be with someone who treats me nice, someone I could trust and enjoy my time with than a trophy on my arm......You can't fall head over heels in shallow water........(unless you are extremely clumsy....lol) | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/26/2007 4:19:13 AM | Just like yourself, I took a chance and met someone without a picture and once we met there was instant chemistry. We ended up dating for a couple of months. Turned out we had alot in common and even went to the same high school. It can happen, but I think it is very rare. I normally wouldn't meet someone without a picture, but my instincts steered me to meet this person, and I'm so glad I did.
alow | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/26/2007 8:13:51 AM | | I conversed with a Gentleman who had no pic,and thought he was a very nice gentleman, and when he did send a picture, it was great... but when you join a dating site, you should be secure enough to post your picture. Attraction comes in many forms, and looks is one of them, and I don't think I am a shallow person at all. But its part of the process, so I think a person should post their picture if they are interested in meeting the people that they want to, as it eliminates wasting someones time, whether it be yours or theirs. And by the way, I dated this guy for 1 month, talked on the phone twice a day, saw each other alot,did interesting things, acted as though he was crazy about me, (no physical relationship), and one day he just disappeared...So there you go... you never know what will happen. Does leave a person puzzled though. | |
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