looks got nothing to do with love.

but it does have something to do with attraction

best wishes on your hunt

Boy oh boy.. I have made this crushing mistake far too many times.. and I know it sounds bad very shallow.. but I'm sure we all have done this at one time or another.. they message you it's a good message but they have no picture... you message back and forth for a few days.. you really like them.. you would even like to meet them.. and then they finally send you a picture... and they are just not what you are looking for physically.. now you find yourself in that horribly awkward position.. you think to yourself.. I do like them.. but I'm really not attracted to them... so now what do you do?. Send them let's just be friend message... oh that always goes over so!!! well..

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As a rule I won't chat with anyone who doesn't have a photo.
I did how ever break that rule with this one guy on here. I thought the worse for his looks but he was very friendly and respectful. When I did see a photo of him I was very surprised he is cute. So I got a cute good friend out of that risk. A risk worth taking.

Whaaaaa?!? No Pictures?!? A Surprise?




YIKES!

Sure.
Blind people do it all the time.

You don't even need ears or a tongue to get to know someone!

You do need a means to communicate and understand communication, though.

Are you asking I (if I actually tried and had a normal profile) "still get to know someone" via an online dating site with someone that didn't have a photo?
Depends on their reasoning for not having a photo.

If they said something like "it's kinda retarded to post a picture on a dating site anymore. It's not uncommon for them to get hacked. Scammers steal pictures all the time to start their own profiles. And you pretty much lose any rights to anything once you post it on the internet. I'll share a photo with you via private email when we set up a meeting so you could recognize me in public, though," then I would.

If they said something inane like "I don't have a photo to take a stand for my convictions that looks ain't got nothin' to do with love! I'm looking for someone that falls in love with what's inside!" then I'd laugh, know we'd never be compatible at least until they grew up, and ignore their emails.


Eyes evolved for a reason.
They're a predominant sense for a reason.
There's a reason babies look like they do and why people respond to them like they do.

Looks just aren't the only thing to do with love.

And there's no love if there's no desire to get together and date.
There's no desire to get together and date if there isn't at least a false sense of connection, comfort, attraction, or security that an online picture offers.

If people wanted to date black and white text they'd spend all day at barnes and noble and never go to a dating website.

I always thought that she had good looks.

I've got bad eyesight and can't tell much from the pictures anyway. Some people tell me that I'm good looking and I suppose that women looking at my pictures are going to ask themselves if they're in my league. I think that puts off the ugly ones. I'm telling myself that anyway.

The problem that I've got with it if the date really is "blind" and I've not got much idea what she's going to look like is that it will throw me a bit if they're not my usual type. What if she's not got boobs? I really like boobs but I'm not so shallow that I insist upon them. She might have a nice arse. I think that I would like to be prepared beforehand to meet a woman if I'm likely to be a bit disappointed by what she looks like. I could be sitting there debating with myself during the date whether it really matters if she hasn't got nice boobs or legs or whatever when she could just have told me that she hasn't got big boobs before we met, so I wouldn't be expecting them and would have already accepted the fact.

....said quasimodo to beauty after she laid the beast....

Actually it does ...

The following three minute video will explain it all to you ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_12fBY9NYmA

Well I always ignore any profile that has no pic what are they hiding ?????.

Hiiiiiiiii

but it speaks volumes for the initial attraction...
with no pic you would have to have a sensational profile....and most guys dont have that...

do yourself a favour and post several pics and then make your profile inviting...

...but lots to do with passion

Well when I first started out on the internet due to my contract I couldn't post a picture publicly but would gladly exchange pictures.

Now have I talked and got to know someone without a picture on their profile yes, but before it ever went romantic I wanted to know whom I was talking to not so much to find out how "hot" they were but to know who I was talking to.

Back in the day before people decide to do X rated webcamming I would love to webcam and it was a condition before I did a meet and greet.

no pic? no deal

The heart doesn't need to know how someone looks to love them. But the mind and body does - that's part of attraction, chemistry, and is tied to our base natural urges.

We are not just a heart; we are not just a mind; not just a body - we are all of these things at once and ideally, we want to satisfy all parts of ourselves with one mate. So "looks" are tied to the whole and fulfilling love we are all searching for - or at least most of us are searching for.

Given that, I need a photo. If the person says they'll be happy to send one upon asking, that is one thing - but must who don't upload a photo do not do that - which is suspicious. Also, a photo will help tell if they are a scammer or not - fake photos or obviously stolen ones are key indicators they are.

well iam screwed then,,,,LOL.

am new here and also looking for people to chat with and i need serious relationship.