No pic on his profile...

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Registered: 04-09-2008
No pic on his profile...
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Tue, 11-14-2006 - 1:00am
I almost passed up replying to an email from this guy who had no picture on his profile. I had a good feeling about him when I read his profile, though. For the last three days we've been writing back and forth...not just quick little comments, but long thoughtful emails. He's very engaging and interesting. He finally uploaded a pic on his yahoo 360 page for me tonight. I was surprised. He is very good looking! I mean, VERY good looking!! I'm excited that it's the same guy who wrote the emails to me ;)
For the first time ever, I'm going to ask him if he wants to talk on the phone. Do you think that's fine for me to be the one to ask?
Now, I'm wondering how many other great guys I've passed up because they have no photo.
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Registered: 07-21-2004
Tue, 11-14-2006 - 8:41am

I think that, too, sometimes...but more often than not, I'll be talking to the guy on IM/the phone, he'll finally send a pic...and he's not my type, like, at ALL.

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Registered: 08-13-2006
Tue, 11-14-2006 - 7:49pm
I find this alot. One time I went on a complete online blind date with a guy and he was very hot. Another time this guy started messaging me, I asked for his picture and he was very goodlooking. Right now, I will be going on a date with a guy who has his picture hidden but he is very hot. I usually don't respond to no pictures but sometimes I just get a gut feeling and take a chance.
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Registered: 07-28-2004
Wed, 11-15-2006 - 2:22pm

Interesting...

With regard to the one photo he's shown you so far, is it a professional (model-type) photo? If so, see if you can get him to show you a photo that's totally candid and non-professional. I have a very good reason for suggesting this.

Earlier this year, I was on a **Christian site** and received a message from a guy who was absolutely drop dead gorgeous! I mean honestly, he was one of the most gorgeous men I'd ever seen! Oh lucky me! Still though, a part of me was thinking, "I so hope this is really him and not some fugly joker masquerading as him."

Well, well, well...it was a fugly joker masquerading as him! I busted him after finding a second and completely different profile (different name, age, state, occupation, birthday, marital status, etc.) ON THE SAME SITE!! Although the primary photo was different and much younger, I soon realized it was indeed the same guy only because the joker had sent me one of the exact same photos (supposedly of him w/his dogs) in an email.

Ok, so I went on a quest to try to learn the true identity of the Hottie in the photo. It took me about a half-hour of searching on the net, but I found a bunch of other photos of the hottie on a "gorgeous male models and actors" site. If you've seen the movie, "Under the Tuscan Sun" with Diane Lane or more recently, the ABC-TV show, "What About Brian", he's this FOINE Italian actor named Raoul Bova who played the now deceased character "Angelo".

While I was disappointed to find out the contact was a sham, I was relieved to find out who the hottie was and that his name is Raoul Bova (who also happens to be very happily married with two adorable sons).

I hope it goes well for you and that your new friend is the same person in the photo he sent you.

Good Luck!

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Registered: 04-09-2008
Wed, 11-15-2006 - 3:04pm

Oh my gosh, that's crazy! The fugly joker (LOL...I love your description) must have resembled Raoul Bova a little or SO HE THOUGHT as he tried to pass off the dog pic as one in the same man. What a crazy story. Wouldn't he realize eventually you'd find out. Makes you wonder what he thought could come of his charades.

My guy showed me his undergrad graduation picture, a couple casual pics of him at a park, and his current graduate school student ID photo. I wouldn't let him email them to me though (too many virus's can be attached to jpegs without you even knowing it--even with the best antivirus software). He made a yahoo 360 profile and posted them there real quick for me...said he just hadn't gotten around to uploading pics yet since he just joined match.com.

I believe him !!! :-)