| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/28/2005 6:40:21 PM | | I just wanted to add a twist to your question- I am a person without a pic in my profile- and have had a few responses anyway. So far I have only met one person- mostly due to geography- on this site by the way- and I think we were okay. I always chat a bit first anyway- even if I have seen their pic- you may know what they look like when you meet up- but you still want to know something about them first- or at least I do! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/28/2005 8:36:05 PM | | I have met a lady without a pic before. Lol we met at a Wendys and she was about 15 minutes late. I was having a frosty. I was pretty nervous cuz I had no idea what to expect at all. i kind of got into a mode where I was trying o not act nervous but yet still be aware of my surroundings. There was a mexican family sitting in front of me, a group of high school jocks behind me, the place was pretty busy. I reassured myself, thinking that I am just here waiting on a friend, nothing more, even though I had no idea what she looked like. I knew immediately when she walked in that it was her. She was not a hottie by any means but very average, which made me feel very comfortable right off the bat. I felt like I could chat with her and hang out so that is what we did, go to my house and hung out. We are still friends to this day and she went on to find herself a good boyfriend. Would I do it again? I don't know. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/29/2005 12:49:24 PM | I also agree with redneck, I have meant someone at the very beginning when I got into POF and gave her the benefit of the doubt. I will not do this again and I would recommend if you want to get a date, better place a photo for the person before you go for the meet, it's only fair to the two of you.
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 5/29/2005 2:20:34 PM | msports39, I have been on several.. meetings with men whom had no pic. For some of the reasons you mentioned and also because they wanted as they called it a " fair chance "????
But I have met only two without a pic. for a potential relationship. I asked them to discribe themself to me. And well .. lets just say upon meeting they gave me all the facts but none of the details. Things that I think you should let the person know.
I have the bad habbit of smoking. It is something that I tell in the begining because some are offended by it. I wouldn't want to make the person I'm meeting to feel uncomfortable or surprised, or feel that I wasn't being totaly honest.. not a very good start. However, I did'nt run and we had a nice visit.
Not every one is photogenic. some were much better looking in person. And yes, there are some who doctor up there photos, post a younger one or post someone else. A man I had been chatting with said his photo was current. A month later we met. My first though?
" Shuuuuuu. ... How could anyone go down hill so quickly! He was at least 10 yrs older than his pic. and 5 inches shorter.
So.. my conclusion. Whats the point in pretending? I don't want to waste my time getting to know someone only to find out that they are 29 instead of 45 . Some men like heaiver women.. would I say I weighed 200 lbs. just so I could get my foot in the door? Some like big breasts.. do I tell them I'm a size 30 just to see if they will delete me? If you don't have a photo then at least be honest in discribing yourself. If you have a reason for not sending one then state it. Recently at my company,a male in a important postion posted his photo, they were passing it arround the front office.. ????I'm not advertizing myself and I'm not in a mail order catalog. I'm just intoducing myself. Much like we do in person. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 6/8/2005 8:24:45 AM | Hi Boss,
I don't have a picture posted! The thing is I don't want to attract the wrong kinds of people. Moreover, I'm not quite comfortable with posting my picture as I'm a very private person to an extent! But if somone interests me I think I'll send them my picture via email. Anyway I was corrseponding with a guy for about 2 weeks and the third week he asked give me his number. I didn't call him, but the day we agreed to meet, I called him I liked his voice and decided to meet him. He never asked me for my picture. Wierd right! I knew what he looked like from his picture and profile, but he hadn't a clue what I looked like. He turns out to be ok. A simple guy who's looking for someone who cares for him .We're friends I don't feel I like him like that. But what I'm trying to say everything turned out ok. It's a risk meeting someone who doesn't have a picture, but we always know what we want or what we're looking for even before we ever really get or see it. So if you end up meeting a person who you don't like physically all you have to do is not go out with them anymore. That's all! That's what I tell people here if you don't like how I look we don't have to see each other again if we ever meet! Take care. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 6/8/2005 9:43:56 AM | yes, i've met 2 girls with no pics........ after that i knew why they had no pics up.
omg!!!
both of them claimed they were average to attractive........ i guess i'm not attracted to the fred flintstone type body, and the face that looks around 25 years older.
funny, they think they look great.
and it's those type that keep insisting that looks shouldn't matter, and you are vain if you think it does. ....... then they remind you not to ask for a picture. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 6/8/2005 3:19:05 PM | | craww I met a doctor once, didn't want to post his picture because of his profession, plus he was just very computer illiterate. He was attractive and we got along well, it just seemed that he wanted a wife for convenience, the little lady at home waiting for him with a nice hot meal, etc. After talking with him for a while, he turned out to be very vain and into himself and I'm not the little lady at home type. Been there done that, I have my graduate degree and my career is the most important thing now, other than my grown children. I didn't go to school for six years to be someone's maid. | |
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Posted: 6/11/2005 2:45:42 PM | u wanna sex with me.....honey!!!! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 6/11/2005 3:28:08 PM | I would prefer to *NOT* see a picture before meeting.
I want to get to know *WHO* someone is... before I decide to see their picture.
The whole point of doing this "online" is to make it *DIFFERENT* or *BETTER* than
meeting people The Old Fashioned Way (without using the Internet).
One of the big benefits of "online dating" is... it's the only way to learn a lot about
someone... *BEFORE* seeing them.
I always ask a lot of questions (perhaps TOO many) and decide to meet/pass based
on that.
People that base an entire meeting/relationship on "1 picture" scare me.
I wish life was that simple. But it's not. | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 6/11/2005 9:59:10 PM | No pic...no meeting. That's my policy and I need to see several pics...not just one...
AND IT IS NOT SHALLOW TO EXPECT TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT SOMEONE LOOKS LIKE! PHYSICAL ATTRACTION IS ALSO IMPORTANT...GOD I AM SO SICK OF HEARING THE 'SHALLOW' COMMENT..IT'S OLD HERE! | |
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 6/25/2005 11:36:24 PM | I have met people from the internet who had pics and who did not have pics up. The ones who did not have pics up tended to lie about what they looked like.
There is nothing shallow about feeling a need to have some kind of physical attraction to someone. It's hard to date someone you're not attracted to. It doesn't mean youre just after one thing.
I have met four people off the internet---2 had pics and 2 did not. And like a lot of you I prefer to at least know what the person looks like. But it doesn't exclude me from considering people without pictures. I just prefer to see who it is I am meeting up with before the actual meeting.
And by the way----none of the meetings progressed to second dates------bad vibes sprouted up! 
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| Has anyone been brave enough to meet someone with no pic at all?
Posted: 6/29/2005 11:04:39 AM | | I met someone.....what a cutie! I liked her voice, I liked what she had to say, so I took a chance, and I was pleasantly surprised. I'm glad I had no idea what she looked like before meeting her, because now I know I liked her for something other than her looks (which, I am embarrassed to say, has not been the case lately...) | |
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