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xxfrecklesxxBanyeres de Mariola, Valencia Spain1,568 posts
No photo = no reply..
make me wonder what they are hiding, and I dont go with the excuse they dont have a camera, nearly every one has a camera phone these days even if they dont have a proper camera..
solsticemoon: No..its a dating site!!! come on if you cant post a pic whats the point?
I like getting to know someone first so I can see their personality without being distracted by their looks. It's impossible to do that with people I meet offline first. I try as much as possible to ignore pictures when they're present so I can see the real person, but I am human. I'm more interested in profiles without photos than those with.
Beauty fades, and I'm not interested in petty women who only want to give me a chance because of my looks or who instantly don't like me because of my looks. People tend to be visually biased and often don't give others a chance, or give them too much of a chance, based only on beauty.
Besides, our perception of someone's beauty changes when we get to know someone better. I've seen women I initially found quite unattractive become beautiful over time as I got to know them better, and I've seen women go from a 10 to a 4 in my mind's eye after I really got to know them.
GatesideJohannesburg, Gauteng South Africa41 posts
iamkimmyp: Would you mind if someone contacted you that did not have a picture?
Would you contact someone here or on another dating site based solely on their profile but with no pictures?
Feel free to leave comment on this...
oohh! I know...maybe this is the perfect solution to get rid of scammers once and for all lol, we all know they don't read pro files, hhmm! wonder if they would bother if we were all faceless. Personally, I don't mind if some one prefers being faceless but don't contact me!!!. Its tedeous enough filtering daily through mail with pics tryna find Mr right,how much more investing time on faceless people as well? Why should they be so privillaged as to have a one way view? Fake or not I want a pic, the truth will come out eventually and I see no crime in tryna find love online,if you are single and available,so no excuses. If I can go through the trouble of righting up a profile and posting my pics up then I expect the same from anyone who contacts me.
Gateside: oohh! I know...maybe this is the perfect solution to get rid of scammers once and for all lol, we all know they don't read pro files, hhmm! wonder if they would bother if we were all faceless. Personally, I don't mind if some one prefers being faceless but don't contact me!!!. Its tedeous enough filtering daily through mail with pics tryna find Mr right,how much more investing time on faceless people as well? Why should they be so privillaged as to have a one way view? Fake or not I want a pic, the truth will come out eventually and I see no crime in tryna find love online,if you are single and available,so no excuses. If I can go through the trouble of righting up a profile and posting my pics up then I expect the same from anyone who contacts me.
well said!!!
if just friends far away-then no pic is not a problem- but when looking for your mate- then yea i agree - i need to see who im talking to
iamkimmyp: Would you mind if someone contacted you that did not have a picture?
Would you contact someone here or on another dating site based solely on their profile but with no pictures?
Feel free to leave comment on this...
for me is simple, no picture = no play. However, I do know that there are people that have genuine reasons for not posting a pic, the type of job they do and so on. The problem is that they are the minority IMO, the majority is most likely hiding something or hiding from someone, or even worse, don't want friends and family to know that they are on a dating website. If someone fells that to be here is some sort of embarassment, they should not be here in the first place, and the same applies for people who are hiding something or from someone.
that is when tools such as Skype are useful, people can hide behind photos, fake, old or whatever, but they cannot hide from the webcam.
If i get along with someone, I will suggest after a while for us to talk on skype. I had an annoying experience on other dating site and learned from it. We start talking, exchange emails, are we getting along? ok, let's move on to skype, hear and see each other, and if we still get along after that, well all goodd news then!
but you are right, there probably quite few fake pictures around here.
Margarete: that is when tools such as Skype are useful, people can hide behind photos, fake, old or whatever, but they cannot hide from the webcam.
If i get along with someone, I will suggest after a while for us to talk on skype. I had an annoying experience on other dating site and learned from it. We start talking, exchange emails, are we getting along? ok, let's move on to skype, hear and see each other, and if we still get along after that, well all goodd news then!
but you are right, there probably quite few fake pictures around here.
kool...let's get on skype then! by the way, i am ugly. now do u still want to see me?
Margarete: I have a feeling that you are looking for some trouble, and I am not here for that.
No I would not talk to you on skype simply because you seem to be fake all over, so no I would not waste my time.
As for being ugly, if that is how you see yourself, nothing that one can do, is there?
you are right dear...one can't really do anything if someone is ugly looking. But hopefully, somebody else will find my ugly-self attractive. so let's just hope for the best
I prefer a webcam, after while chat here...either way, skype or any how you did, as long as he have cam, if not happen, delete or block from the day one you gave him a trust to chat via cam but not happen. that is.
end of story. foto can be fake. but with foto shown be much better to get to know people.
stareyes: I prefer a webcam, after while chat here...either way, skype or any how you did, as long as he have cam, if not happen, delete or block from the day one you gave him a trust to chat via cam but not happen. that is.
end of story. foto can be fake. but with foto shown be much better to get to know people.
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I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain't cha got no rhymes for me?
Doo-it in doo doo, feeling groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy" ~Simon and Garfunkel, The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
"Got no deeds to do,
No promises to keep.
...
All is groovy."