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I agree & I wouldn't like it of the person I'm starting to date. I'd break up w/ them ASAP. I'm NOT going to compete w/ his XXXX amt of followers since I'm obviously not going to be enough.
Let's say you meet someone IRL and they seem perfectly normal. They've captured your interest. After a couple of weeks, you discover they have social media, and find out they have an open profile and thousands of followers on Instagram. Most posts are normal pictures with friends and family, but then they also have the occasional post like this.
It's a red flag of attention seeking, needing validation and being narcissistic.
No thanks
I think there are degrees of it. I mean, if you have a couple of photos of you on your Instagram or Facebook feed, okay. But when you have a new photo every couple of days, that's something completely different.
I have few friends on social media that I can think of as examples for posting "thirst trap" pics...but there are a few both men and women who do.
The men - a couple of them are burlesque guys (yes, that's a thing) and a couple of them just young dudes who work out and are single and I think are trying to boost their own self esteem or maybe get the attention of women, I dunno. One of the women I can think of does professional work in modeling, and is also a clown and a performance artist, so her image is a big part of these endeavors. I can think of a couple of women who advertise that they have paid content elsewhere, one of whom I followed because I really like her appearance and enjoy looking at her photos (I don't actually know her, I just think she's super hot and has a cool style.) I can see why she can charge money for images or video, though I don't spend my money on any such stuff, since I have other more important priorities contending for my cash.
I can't really imagine dating someone who does this mostly because I just imagine incompatible lifestyles. These folks put a lot of time and effort into their appearances, fitness, and image. I'm more of a lazy, nerdy person. I don't have a negative judgment of these folks. They are very nice, I enjoy the ones I know as friends. But it's like...I am friends with stoners, but I wouldn't date one. Different lifestyle. There are interests that some have that take up a lot of space in their day to day reality. Not all possible interests are going to be a good fit in the space of a shared household, with somebody else who isn't into that. I don't think it's bad, though. And I'm happy for my beautiful friends who have these images of themselves to share, that make them feel good. And I'm not here to judge how they spend their time, either...it's not my business if they are not doing it in my house.
I've got no room for someone that seeks and needs constant attention in my life personally.
Not living life but performing at it.
Great that your boob job is wildly disproportionate to your body size, and your life revolves around your manicures, hair extensions and lip injections. Nevermind the fact that you have three kids from three different dads and you're all girl power when really you're failing your daughters by depriving them of a father figure. But hey, as long as you think you look pretty and your worth is tied up in your appearance and validation from strangers online...
It would be my opinion that anyone who posts pictures and videos like those has some serious self esteem issues. It makes them feel better about themselves because internally they believe that their sexuality is all they have going for them. If they can't exploit that, or show it somehow, they aren't worth anything. A lot of people are like that and for good reason. Suppose a woman was abused emotionally for 30 years by her husband and put down and called names and all this horrible stuff, but the one time he showed any love or affection was during sex. Over a period of years, this woman's self esteem is just gone and she needs her sexuality to be worthy of other people. All men and women that do this kind of thing have self esteem issues and problems. These issues will become a big problem if you get involved with them and a peaceful relationship is out of the question. There will always be jealousy, hurt, arguments, you name it. I would advise staying away from people that do this, because their problem will eventually become yours.
It would be my opinion that anyone who posts pictures and videos like those has some serious self esteem issues. It makes them feel better about themselves because internally they believe that their sexuality is all they have going for them. If they can't exploit that, or show it somehow, they aren't worth anything. A lot of people are like that and for good reason. Suppose a woman was abused emotionally for 30 years by her husband and put down and called names and all this horrible stuff, but the one time he showed any love or affection was during sex. Over a period of years, this woman's self esteem is just gone and she needs her sexuality to be worthy of other people. All men and women that do this kind of thing have self esteem issues and problems. These issues will become a big problem if you get involved with them and a peaceful relationship is out of the question. There will always be jealousy, hurt, arguments, you name it. I would advise staying away from people that do this, because their problem will eventually become yours.
yes, yes, and YES
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