Topic: perception vs. reality
elwoodsully's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:17 PM
What have people said to you from just looking at your picture,or from meeting you in person that is totally wrong?

For me personally, I feel most comfortable in bib overalls, and have had many people think I'm a big farm boy. Nope- raised in the burbs. They see my beard and tattoos,and think I work on bikes. Nope. Spent 9 yrs in the army, another 9 as a cop. They also think that they have to talk down to me- as in using easier dialect for me. Nope- I speak 3 languages, and have an IQ in the 140s. They get thrown for a loop when I tell them that I'm multi-lingual,and they usually have to test me. When they can't even understand what I'm saying back to them is priceless.

How about you?

CBBRYANT's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:18 PM
That i'm dumb

Muddysneakers77's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:21 PM
I believe in sterotypes for the most part..they are 90% right on in my book--and for the few times when I am wrong--Im man enough to admit it.

I personally would of classified you as a biker/farmboy just by your looks..and when youve proven me wrong...Id think otherwise

As for me, Ive been accused of alot of things and I enjoy the sterotypes--I know otherwise.

jonny63's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:23 PM
devil They think I'm a "Nice guy"devil

MirrorMirror's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:24 PM

devil They think I'm a "Nice guy"devil
love U R love

Winx's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:25 PM
Nobody has said that there was anything wrong from what they know of me online and when we meet. It's been all good.

bastet126's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:26 PM
that i'm just looking for an intimate encounter, oh wait...but i am laugh :wink:

darkowl1's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:30 PM
when they see me in person, i look even worse, and they run away fast. so it's good to talk here, because they sit still and dicuss things with me, and there's that space barrier that allows people to be civil to me.

madamx7316's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:33 PM
owl you are a beautiful creature darling...inside and out...those of us who are lucky enough to know you adore you....my feelings for you are unmeasureable, a true gift you are my friend :heart:

darkowl1's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:40 PM

owl you are a beautiful creature darling...inside and out...those of us who are lucky enough to know you adore you....my feelings for you are unmeasureable, a true gift you are my friend :heart:

why thank you darling, but i still look funny(odd).laugh laugh laugh

madamx7316's photo
Sat 05/17/08 10:42 PM
who says what is odd and what isnt. beauty is in the eye of the beholder. what one perceives as beauty, another may not. i find you beautiful and have from day one. you have a light that shines from your soul...its quite breathtakingly beautiful darling!!!