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A good pic (RECENT) is always a plus. It will definitely get the wheels turning. Personality is a good thing if you got one.
I have always tempered the snap attraction to a hot picture with the fact that no matter how good looking anyone is....they got an ex out there who is sick and tired of thier schitt. |
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I look at picture first....a smile then to the eyes. If I see them two anger lines between the eyebrows, I move on and not even read the profile words. Then I go to the "stats"...I look at place, children, height and whether a smoker or not.
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I'am screwed.
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Hummm pictures will make me look a bit farther....
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I'am screwed. 
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I'am screwed.
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I've been on too many dates whereby the person doesn't match their picture - it's usually an old picture. I have also and that's not honesty, and most likely means FAIL It brings up a bit of a dilemma for me though because on the one hand, I can understand why some people may choose to misrepresent themselves in this way...online daters are a shallow lot and put so much emphasis into aesthetics and visual attraction etc. On the other hand, itdoes make me wonder if ‘they’ can lie about their picture, what else are they lying about..hence the dilemma. Long and short of it is that I agree with you. By lying about something so basic automatically cancels out any hope of anything else developing. |
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I've been meaning to come back to this thread for a while. I got side tracked and didn't do it. Anyway, I started this thread because I'm trying to understand something about people in general and maybe figure out something about myself. I don't understand how anyone can be attracted to a picture. Now, Don't misunderstand me. I've seen some women on dating sites I thought were nice looking in my eyes. But in the almost seven yrs that I have been using dating sites I have never been attracted to a picture. I've come across many men that fall all over themselves over a picture. I just don't get it. In all the yrs I've done this I have never met a woman on a dating site that looked exactly like her picture. If I choose to ask a woman to meet me it's because of the way we were able to communicate with each other. If I write at all it had nothing to do with her picture. If I write a woman it's because something in her profile, when I read it appealed to me. Sometimes I think I'm the way I am because I'm looking for something deeper. All I do know is, No one woman's picture has ever been that appealing to me. If I find her looks appealing it's after I meet her. Am I the only one that's this way? So how do you choose which profiles to read? Do you just go down the line and read them all? |
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location isnt usually a factor for me, cause I would gladly move for the right situation (just like seeking the right job) and hopefully the right situation would move for me,,,lol
The job market is good in my area of the USA. Just saying . . .
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I used to read every profile, in depth, and with great consideration, then write specialized e-mails to that person if I were interested. After 1000s of messages going nowhere, I now look at the picture more than anything else, and leave it to the other person to contact me, outside of a wink or a blowing a kiss. I'm frustrated by the number of unspoken rejections or lost messages this indicates! I only recently joined this site, and am hoping for better luck than I've had in the past.
I will admit, there are certain physical attributes that I know I am attracted to, so sometimes I screen in advance for those. Mostly, I am looking for someone caring, intelligent, adventurous, active ~ and I can tell at least two of those a lot of times by just flipping through the pictures! I like the sponteneity of phone calls to get to better know if there is a chemistry involved, and for things that clue the presence or absence of compatability. |
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I'm wondering how many people base their attraction to another on just a picture. How many look deeper than a picture and a few words in a profile. The only thing I look deep into is my baby's deep blue-green eyes. Here? Let's just say I don't take this or any dating site seriously. Just killing time between feedings and thoughts to turn into things. What's here would date you if you bought them a pair of tennis shoes. |
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I've been on too many dates whereby the person doesn't match their picture - it's usually an old picture. I have also and that's not honesty, and most likely means FAIL I third that. If they can't be honest, they might aswell live like a hermit. No good comes from lying. |
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Standards: cute butt.
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Standards: cute butt.
You do know that even if it's cute, it's a waste repository, right? |
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I'am screwed. im so screwed bad pics and pro 
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I can't put up pictures on my tablet computer.
pictures are good, but brains is better. |
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most people skim read
infact i bet about 70% of the people in this thread have skimmed profiles before it's the picture that is the hook! just like in nature with peacocks and other colourful mating displays after that it's a sense of humour NOTHING else is important at first look and if you say it is then i call BS! as nature dictates that the fittest will take the best females so that the species will thrive (sounds a little un-romantic but its physics at the end of the day) :P |
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most people skim read infact i bet about 70% of the people in this thread have skimmed profiles before it's the picture that is the hook! just like in nature with peacocks and other colourful mating displays after that it's a sense of humour NOTHING else is important at first look and if you say it is then i call BS! as nature dictates that the fittest will take the best females so that the species will thrive (sounds a little un-romantic but its physics at the end of the day) :P Yes, there needs to be some attraction. That's obvious. However, on a site like this, for most there needs to be something more as well. If someone has pictures and no profile, chances are many will pass by that profile anyway. |
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most people skim read infact i bet about 70% of the people in this thread have skimmed profiles before it's the picture that is the hook! just like in nature with peacocks and other colourful mating displays after that it's a sense of humour NOTHING else is important at first look and if you say it is then i call BS! as nature dictates that the fittest will take the best females so that the species will thrive (sounds a little un-romantic but its physics at the end of the day) :P so true, the pictures narrow down hundreds of profiles on the sight, but the profile sets the stage for further interest,,, Yes, there needs to be some attraction. That's obvious. However, on a site like this, for most there needs to be something more as well. If someone has pictures and no profile, chances are many will pass by that profile anyway. |
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I have THE most unattractive pictures of me posted that I own. ON PURPOSE. It scares away losers. I am here for friends. I am pushing the limits of how many people I can block on Mingle2. Anyone who hits one me DID NOT read my profile.
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