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Confidence is a plus! Let it out and show your picture.
Don't be ashamed for who you are. Somebody will be scanning the profiles and find you attractive. To be honest though use a recent picture with low lighting.
Anyways, every ad I see when someone is selling something has a picture. The ones that don't I hardly take the time to read the ad. So put a picture up and be strong!!
As for someone seeing your ad and calling you out that they saw it just say, 'Yeah?! (Like so what!) response.
Wow, a lot of replies here, thanks! I finished my profile last night and was up way too late looking at profiles and messaging a few men. I'm still a little embarrassed but I'm going for it. So what, I'm lonely and looking for someone to have a beer with on a Saturday night, big deal. I put a very recent picture up so no one can say I tricked them. I'm interested to see if any of this leads to an actual date with a decent guy. I'm caustically optimistic at this point. It's fun looking anyway.
Wow, a lot of replies here, thanks! I finished my profile last night and was up way too late looking at profiles and messaging a few men. I'm still a little embarrassed but I'm going for it. So what, I'm lonely and looking for someone to have a beer with on a Saturday night, big deal. I put a very recent picture up so no one can say I tricked them. I'm interested to see if any of this leads to an actual date with a decent guy. I'm caustically optimistic at this point. It's fun looking anyway.
Wow, a lot of replies here, thanks! I finished my profile last night and was up way too late looking at profiles and messaging a few men. I'm still a little embarrassed but I'm going for it. So what, I'm lonely and looking for someone to have a beer with on a Saturday night, big deal. I put a very recent picture up so no one can say I tricked them. I'm interested to see if any of this leads to an actual date with a decent guy. I'm caustically optimistic at this point. It's fun looking anyway.
That's cool! Good for you!!
Hopefully you will get someone to send you a message.
I'm not embarrassed to tell most people I met my boyfriend on Match: friends, coworkers, relatives my age or younger. Plenty of people use online dating and that stigma of years ago is just a memory. However, I'm a little embarrassed to tell older relatives of mine. Mostly because they don't get it and think online dating is full of predators, people looking for easy sex, criminals and con artists, or something. It's just not worth it to tell them (if you know what I mean).
One thing I will warn you about. Online dating isn't easy for most people and it will be a lot of work if you want to find someone... even if you are a young woman (don't buy into the women have it easy myth or else you will find yourself wondering what's wrong with you.) It took me almost two years to find my boyfriend. He's wonderful and we are a great match for each other. But it took two years and a lot of trial and error. If things aren't great at first, remember, nothing is wrong with you. Google some blogs and articles written by other women about their experiences. And good luck!
There's one man whose profile states "I'll lie about where we met"
Guess we know what his opinion is.
I've read a few women's profiles that state the exact same thing. I'm in a more rural area, so I do recognize people in person that I've seen online or event talked to, but never met. There's still that stigma, but it exist more with the people that didn't ever need online dating to get a date.
Wow, a lot of replies here, thanks! I finished my profile last night and was up way too late looking at profiles and messaging a few men. I'm still a little embarrassed but I'm going for it. So what, I'm lonely and looking for someone to have a beer with on a Saturday night, big deal. I put a very recent picture up so no one can say I tricked them. I'm interested to see if any of this leads to an actual date with a decent guy. I'm caustically optimistic at this point. It's fun looking anyway.
I probably met 100 men, if not more, over the course of two years in the online dating scene. A lot of them were cool and interesting people. I'm still friends with several. I dated casually for a portion of that time, numerous one-and-done dates, a few I dated for a brief period of time, a 9 month relationship, a 6 month relationship, and the last gentleman who caught my fancy, I married.
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