| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/2/2007 5:57:48 PM |
So to make a long story short..we met and he was hot! Not pretty boy movie star looks but totally my type! So coffee turned into lunch turned into an all day date
I was just curious to know if anyone else had ever met anyone without ever seeing a picture and how it turned out??
Absolutely bosslady ... some of the sweetest souls I have met in life
didn't show photos of themselves on public domain sites ... my current
SO didn't for similar reasons to your friend and just think what we would
have missed if we ignored "no photo" profiles. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/2/2007 8:25:05 PM | I have answered a few...can't say it has been successful. lol And I was on here before....POF...and had several pictures on the sight. Got lots of original emails saying..."you are pretty"...."great pictures"......"wow"!!! This time...I chose not to put a picture on...almost as a test to see the difference. And I went from getting 20 plus emails a day to almost none.....there is something to be said for a picture is worth a thousand words.
Sad that we can't trust that when a person says they are attractive...that they are. And part of me not wanting to post my picture....there are still a lot of those same guys on here that were on here a year ago. lol  | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/3/2007 4:01:58 AM | How's this...
Back when I was about 25, I was at the Hardees speakerbox at the drivin...I flirted with the girl taking my order....I drove around to the window, where I actually "met" her....we went out that night after she got off work and we dated and had fun for quite awhile!!!
So yes I have "met" someone with out a "pic"! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/3/2007 11:41:04 AM |
my current
SO didn't for similar reasons to your friend and just think what we would
have missed if we ignored "no photo" profiles.
That is exactly how I feel if I had not gone ahead and met my current guy without demanding a photo I would have passed him by and I am so grateful I took the chance. Hopefully though I won’t have to “worry” about in the future, but if for some reason I am ever back “out there” I certainly won’t be hesitant to meet someone sight unseen if I like what they have to say and their description.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/3/2007 12:55:05 PM | | I have to admit I did meet someone without a pic on another site and was not disappointed at all. We had such an attraction which led to a second date but of course that was when I found out he smoked. That was the deal breaker for me. Made me sad but that's the story of my life - lolol. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/3/2007 2:48:43 PM | | I totally agree! I send out pictures when they ask and they are not disappointed! I don't like shallow men and I send very up to date pictures. I think that shows a lot of humilty when a guy says he likes my profile and asks can I see a picture of you. I'm like sure and email it to him. So, thanks for sharing that and I hope that happens to me!!! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/3/2007 5:01:41 PM | Thanx blondblueyed for sharing and confirming my thought.
That is exactly how I feel if I had not gone ahead and met my current guy without demanding a photo I would have passed him by and I am so grateful I took the chance.
soul connections don't need photos because what we see in the other person are things very few others see. My SO told me on first date "men in our age group have told me I don't blend" meaning her hairstyle and dress style didn't fit their matronly 50ish image at the RSA. I said "I'm glad they had no taste leaving you for me". Looks will keep you happy for 5 minutes but if there's no connection from the heart, soul and mind the r/s won't go far. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/3/2007 5:06:26 PM | A long time ago, I had another profile on here with loads of pics on it. Got all kinds of e-mails from men I would never even consider dating.
When I put up my current profile, I decided to forgo the pics and see what developed.
I guess I wanted someone to actually READ about me instead of blanky "staring " at my pics. And yes, I have lots and send freely to someone that interests me.
Have I ever been brave enough to meet someone with absolutly no picture???
Ummm....nope.
~~weeone~~ | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/3/2007 10:12:31 PM |
Looks will keep you happy for 5 minutes but if there's no connection from the heart, soul and mind the r/s won't go far.
So true and I think the majority of people learn this as they get older when “things” aren’t exactly in the same place as they were in their teens and 20’s. I am a firm believe that attraction hasn’t got an awful lot to do with “looks”. In my own experience the men I found to be intriguing and even sexy probably wouldn’t even come close to ranking in a looks contest and many of the physically attractive had nothing else going for them. I guess I just figure picture or not you aren’t going to truly get an “impression” of someone until you meet them and I don’t like the impression I go home. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/4/2007 8:05:49 PM |
So true and I think the majority of people learn this as they get older
We are definitely on the same page there blondblueyed ... best wishes to you and your SO.
Pity we weren't a little closer so my SO and I could enjoy dining in your restaurant:-)
Thoughts I gave mine this morning:
Let Your Beauty make the Day Beautiful
***With You***
In your presence
the world is so much brighter
In your loving arms
my tired old soul so much lighter
Immersed in your love
Life is all rhythm and rhyme
I pray this will last
until the end of time ...
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made,
and forgot to put a soul into.
~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858
If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by
a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.
~Audra Foveo | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/5/2007 6:01:34 AM | Strangely enough, I've just added 2 or 3 photos to my profile that I had taken on my birthday last month, but, after reading some of the comments here, I'm not sure I should have done! Something someone said on here about people going to our profiles and not reading what we've written because they're distracted by photographs struck a cord so maybe I should hide mine and see what happens!?
As regards meeting someone from POF who didn't have a picture.... yes I have. I'm not sure that I'd do it again although I'm not totally discounting the possibility. The person I met was someone I had spoken to for hours on the phone and thought there was a possibility it could have gone further but on meeting in person, I knew there was no chance of that.. there was no spark, no chemistry. I was a little poorly at the time though but I don't think that had any influence on how I felt. However, having said all that, this person is still one of the best friends I have ever had and we are still in touch. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/5/2007 8:40:26 AM | If only more people felt that way. My profile has no photo--partly because I want to weed out anyone shallow, and partly because I don't think I'm all that good looking.
I don't get many replies, even when my profile EXACTLY matches what a woman "says" she is looking for. Several times I've gotten replies where they demand a photo before continuing the conversation.
Sad, this hang up on looks. And people wonder why they have bad relationships? | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/5/2007 9:15:51 AM | J-Aine-Cliodna, I wouldn't remove all the photos of yourself. If you're trying to get a nice guy, one or two conservative and dignified pics work fine, just to show that you're a real person and not a scam or a spambot. In the real world, at least among sighted people, we always see people we're meeting for the first time, so why is there anything wrong with that?
I have a peeve about women who are disgusted because the only responses they get are looking for sex, and yet their pictures are hot and sultry, or lying half naked in bed, or playing at a stripping party. Sheesh, what do you expect? If you ask them about it, they say they put those pictures up there because they think they're "cute". Obviously they don't understand the definition of the word. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/5/2007 11:33:12 AM | There are so many pros and cons to pictures. I think many of us are guilty of just looking at a pic and moving on without even reading a profile. Pics are a great tool but can also be very deceiving. Some people are very photogenic, others aren't. Then there are those who use pictures that are 5 years old.
I have done it myself. I could be missing a great guy just based on the picture. Physical chemistry is important but when do you take a chance. I think getting to know each other online and on the telephone is the best way to get a true understanding. I even like to ask guys how the dress. "Are you a blue jeans and t shirt guy?" I think the quote "Love is Blind" should be considered, especially with online dating.
There just seems to be an awful lot of people on here and not a lot of dating going on. Something to think about. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/5/2007 11:55:32 AM | Yes i have done it .Like you trust eveyone to use a real pic anyway.10 yrs old pic just as bad as no pic, but many good looking woman have no pic ,it was a lovely night for a ride got there for 10 pm as was said and phone was off . Was a good but wet ride home. Then again i think the moral is dont dare a biker !!but have made a few very good true friends . | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/5/2007 11:59:56 AM | yes,only it was him who met me with no pic, and I told him the very same thing, that not to worry I was not ugly and i had not lied about anything,, so he drove down here from milwaukee and we played golf at the country club it was an all day thing.. we fell madly i love, and when i asked him why he would ever meet someone without a picture ,, he said he fell in love with me not my looks, but when he saw me for the first time, he gasped and responded , your better than i could of ever hoped for, and I felt like a queen ... what a man... just what i was looking for A real MAN ........ so you have to believe there out there, and by the way he was the first man I responded to on this site, and he was every thing he said he was ... no bull shit no pretence ........ | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/11/2007 12:36:17 PM | I have made it clear that I won't even talk to someone without a picture. I don't want to hear any of that BS about being shallow either because it is natural to want to know who you are talking to, I can promise you I am not looking for a perfect looking girl, NOT AT ALL, just somebody who I would personally find attractive even if others didn't but only if I like her as a person too.
Can any women on here with no picture please answer me this for example, if you went on a blind date would you put a bag over your head while you were getting to know your date? . I wouldn't be suprised at all though if there are a lot women on here with no picture that I would find attractive if I saw them, I think it is a shame that they don't put a picture on just because of their talk of not wanting to be judged on their looks etc. etc. So the answer to the main question is no, I wouldn't be brave enough to meet someone with no picture but I also know that it could be my loss and I can live with that. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/11/2007 12:44:51 PM | | I don't normally talk to people who don't have a picture either...but for some reason I gave this one a chance...we met for lunch last week and He was Hot too...lol! Not pretty boy with abs or nothing like that...just a clean cut nice man...We got together again this week. First time I have seen anyone on here a 2nd time, and I've met at least 50 men since I been on POF>> | |
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