| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 10/30/2007 2:13:39 PM | I think that seeing someone's pic before meeting is a personal preference...I tend to be a trusting person, but have you ever wondered if the pic on their profile was actually them or someone else?...or that the picture was 10 years old? (I've seen alot alof of posts in here complaining of just that)....so if I were to agree to meet up with someone I would want to see a recent picture. Besides, I don't want to be at a restaurant/pub and walk up to some man and introduce myself only to find out it's the wrong man...well (hmmmmm) that could be interesting (haha)....
If I like the person and their personality and agree to meet, I am always prepared for someone to not look like their pic...then I'm never disappointed by their looks. That's not to say that looks are not important to me...But, looking good is in the eye of the beholder....and looks are not always as important as are their values, intelligence and personality. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/1/2007 12:41:07 PM | | I met someone who said he looked like his photo, he also said what his height was, but when we met he did not look like his photo, he was the same height as me when he said he was taller, and he kept going on about this women he used to go out with, even showed me a photo of her on his phone, and to cut a long story short after we had a meal, he said your place or mine, well i was gobsmacked, i said i have work in the morning he said thats ok i will wait for you to come back, i said i am sorry but i am not the "jumping in and out of bed with anyone and everyone" type, then all of a sudden he turned round and said he didnt want to see me again as he though i was ugly, he said i talked too intelligently, mind you it was hard getting a conversation out of him, cheeky b*****d, so there you go even if you see a photo sometimes that might not be them. The thing is we didnt chat much before meeting so i never reallyn knew what his personality was like, never again though. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/1/2007 8:02:25 PM | | To be honest bosslady I think twice before responding to women who post a thread without a picture. In terms of dating?? Brave???? I don't think it's brave to date without knowing if your attracted, it's foolish and potentially hurtful to who ever you are about to date really blind. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/1/2007 8:31:33 PM |
it's foolish and potentially hurtful to who ever you are about to date really blind.
Well, guess I am one big fool, I was attracted within minutes of the "blind" date now 10 months later and going strong, hasn't hurt me once and we haven't even had a fight. Boy, was I stupid! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/2/2007 9:09:27 PM | Truth is that I've done better with those who have had no photo posted, and whom I never asked for photos, although I did get them before first meeting. (At some point, they *want* to send them. Something about the personality of those that don't need them for validation? I don't know. I just know it works pretty well for me, so peeps without pics get extra points from me, lol!
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/2/2007 10:13:08 PM | | OP I knew from reading your first post that this man was married, because I had a some experience with someoen with a blurry pic who was married. No I don't date anyone who does not have a pic online. I will not take the chance to end up with someone who is taken. It is the only reason. I don't think that those who don't post pics are not attractive but I think they may be taken. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/2/2007 10:27:26 PM | Smart woman! I say anyone who doesnt ask to see a pic before they meet is just asking for trouble!
There are way to many guys on here with some serious personal issues and an easy way to make yourself a target is by doing something totally dumb.. like meeting without first seeing a pic in the first instance. I haven't been desperate enough yet to meet not to want to see a pic of the person whom wants to meet me! It's called common sense and for those who are stupid enough to take the chance and meet without first seeing a pic, you just might be setting yourself up for more than you bargained for! I learned my lesson the hard way! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/2/2007 10:34:33 PM | I have! In your case I'd say you were lucky that this guy wasnt a crack head or worse! Meet without first seeing a pic?? Now I have to ask myself.. how idiotic is that??
You're setting yourself up to be a moving target and there's always the possibility that you've gotten yourself into more than you wanted! Just for the sake of meeting someone! Be safe not stupid! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/3/2007 1:31:20 PM | The first guy I met from this site had no photo and he was an Adonis. It was overwhelming to say the least.
I met another one but I knew him before this site, so that doesn't count :) He, too, was very good looking.
As long as you give me a description, I'm good.
I met someone years ago who said he was 5'11" and he was 5'8" on a good day, and I'd seen a photo. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/4/2007 4:16:29 PM | 123carrie,
love ur reply.i feel the same way.no pix no expectation.would rather have personality and consideration.i would be glad to send a pix once we have chatted a bit.
but that is one of my major roadblocks trying to make a go of this online searching.any suggestions ??? from anyone
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/14/2007 7:19:48 AM | Gotta say good for u hun, good to know it works out for some of us!
I will talk to people with or without pics, it doesnt bother me at all!
I have met with three men so far and although they all had pics on their profiles when we met they were nothing like the pics they had posted so i suppose if they dont have a pic and u meet then at least ur not put off by the fact that they cant be trusted as they had been dishonest from the start!
Dont get me wrong I dont go for the adonis lookalikes but they could at least manage to put up a pic that is of them now and not ten years old!!! If they cant then they should remove the pics altogether!!!! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/17/2007 3:34:45 PM | | I met someone without a pic and it was not what I had imagined. He and I chatted online for about 2-3 weeks and he said the most wonderful things to me. Because he wrote and sounded so wonderful I agreed to meet him for lunch. When I saw him he was nothing like what he described himself. He claimed to be 47 but looked more like 67. I was nice, we had lunch, talked and even hugged after lunch. When he wrote to ask me what I thought I told him the distance (he was about 60 miles away from me) and the chemistry just wasn't there. Because of this bad experience I won't meet without a picture first (several if he has any...and up to date). | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/18/2007 6:44:37 AM | | I did and he was fine...no monster or anything. However, the real issue is that I didn't care if he was Prince Charming because my heart only belongs to one man and it isn't the blind date. I'm not sure if I would encourage anyone to meet without a picture first though. For me, it's no longer an issue because I realize my heart belongs to only one and until that is different, I can't see others. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/18/2007 6:59:38 AM | HISTORY 101-For me at least, the whole "chatline" thing started in the 90s, before the computer chatline existed there was good ol' Thomas Edisons invention THE PHONE & singles dating phone chatlines. I used that method right up till Jan. 2007 actually. It may be blind dating but it probably works just as well as anything- although you do risk the chance of meeting Frankenstein's monster! LOL | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/18/2007 1:55:02 PM | Honestly.... pic or no pic on here doesn't make a difference....
I have met men from on line that have had pics and looked NOTHING like it......
I have met men that have posted someone else pics...
AND.. I have met men that had no pic ( very very few , maybe 3) and was pleasantly surprised....
SO the bottom line is .. they can post a pic of a pony for all intent in purpose and it doesnt make a difference if they are lying. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/18/2007 2:08:23 PM | This thread continues to amuse me no end. What exactly is this need to look at someone to determine who they are? Sight is one of five senses. Beyond the senses, one has a brain and a soul.
I have been on a political blog for almost four years now, without pics. And guess what, of the 50 or 60 of them that I've met, they've ALL turned out to be exactly as one would have expected. Except *visually* ~~ great people. Is PoF just a beauty contest? Or are we really looking for soul matches? I am, and I haven't been disappointed. And I answer and/or contact others solely based on their profiles and/or posts on the forums.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/18/2007 2:25:18 PM | | It seems to be a beauty contest. Heaven help some of these people if they actually met someone for coffee who was not what they thought they deserved as far as appearance is concerned. I had this obviously lame idea that with age men realized that appearance is not what makes or breaks a relationship, but have been disappointed with most of the middle aged men and their beuaty queen fantasies. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/18/2007 2:45:33 PM | I was brave enough and ended up in a 5 year relationship with this man. However, if I had seen his pic previously, I probably would have backed off. He was a bonafide nerd in every sense of the word. He was also kind and caring and totally into me. It was what I needed
at the time. We are still friends today. However, I will not do this again....no pic..no meeting.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 11/18/2007 2:50:41 PM | | i tend to not talk to people who wont put a pic in their profile. I know a lot of women here are paranoid,but if you can't be honest and provide the people with whome they may date, then why bother joining a dating site. I would entertain talking to a pen pal and then meeting them, but at some point they need to provide a recent and real picture, or I will simply not meet them. | |
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