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Old 07-27-2014, 11:21 PM
 
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I don't mean like tuxedo/gown, but nice work clothes. Suit/dress or something.

Me, I always assume those people are completely incompatible with me . But elsethread, there seemed to be an assumption that such photos were desirable, so I started wondering what y'all think.
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Old 07-27-2014, 11:27 PM
 
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Old 07-27-2014, 11:31 PM
 
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If he's an artist, I can understand it, otherwise, it's weird.
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Old 07-27-2014, 11:53 PM
 
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I think anytime anyone puts up a front especially in a posed picture where the guy's dressed up in a suit and smiling for the camera like he's a Real Estate agent or next presidential banker, I just.. automatically want to barf.

Be real. Take a picture of yourself in jeans and sneakers. Or if you're totally preppy, show off those pleads and khakis (glasses too).

But, if he's in a suit and it's a natural setting like at a wedding or something, why not?

Anything posed makes me think: "Business" and relationships are more intimate and real than that. Just look appropriately dressed that's all. And maybe some chicks dig guys who wear wife-beaters.. to each their own?
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Old 07-28-2014, 03:52 AM
 
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I don't mean like tuxedo/gown, but nice work clothes. Suit/dress or something.

Me, I always assume those people are completely incompatible with me . But elsethread, there seemed to be an assumption that such photos were desirable, so I started wondering what y'all think.
I'd be fine with it.
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Old 07-28-2014, 04:22 AM
 
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Be cautious!

He may be using his senior picture even thou he's 40.
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Old 07-28-2014, 06:07 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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One of my pics was me at a charity fundraiser in a suit. Not posed, but certainly didn't seem to hinder me. There are only so many photos to pick from. I, like lots of guys, are in a suit and tie many if not most days of the week, makes sense that many of the photos of them will be in those clothes.
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Old 07-28-2014, 06:15 AM
 
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I would certainly wonder why they chose to display only portraits and no candid shots.
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Old 07-28-2014, 06:20 AM
 
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I don't mean like tuxedo/gown, but nice work clothes. Suit/dress or something.

Me, I always assume those people are completely incompatible with me . But elsethread, there seemed to be an assumption that such photos were desirable, so I started wondering what y'all think.
Well, for starters, I would not date someone based solely on their appearance, in the first place.
So sure, I could see myself dating someone that did that. Big whoop. But I wouldn't even meet them until I had communicated/talked to them enough that I had a good sense of compatibility. Pictures often don't tell the story.
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Old 07-28-2014, 06:22 AM
 
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I am a member of another forum where most people use pictures of themselves as an avatar that appears on every post. In my usual profile picture, I am wearing a suit or at least a tie, as I update it every 6 months or so. This is not a dating forum or anything, and it is tangentially related to what I do for a living. A few years ago, just to be different, I changed my profile picture to one where I was waist deep in a stream, shirtless, and holding a 6 foot long snake in one hand and a KBAR knife in the other hand. Within a week I got a number DM's from women on the forum interested in meeting, even though I was married at the time and not looking at all.

I have never done OLD but I would imagine the same principle still holds; use pictures where you are having fun and people will think that you might be fun to meet. You can have fun in a suit, jeans, a bathing suit, scuba gear, full camo, or anything else, but a posed picture just screams "no fun!"
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