Dating Profile Fix: Bad Group Pictures with Blurry Friends
What do you do when you’re flipping through your digital photos and the only good pictures of you are with other people?
Welcome to the Daily Fix, where we take snippets from real dating profiles and changes the names to protect the not-so-innocent.
Today’s fix is a 20-something lady who we’ll call Isabelle.
Before:
Isabelle has a dozen pictures on her profile. All but one are in groups of people. In one photo, she did this little bit of Photoshop on a blonde friend (I’ve taken the liberty of chopping Isabelle out of the picture.):
What This Says:
I have to applaud Isabelle for consulting her friends about using their photos in her profile. That’s the only reason I can think of to explain why the blonde friend is blurred while the others are not.
There are a couple red flags going on in her photos, however.
- Multiple group shots implies a “party girl”. Party girl is seen as synonymous with “drama queen” in the eyes of most men.
- The thought will be in his mind… “When she dumps me, will I get blurred out in her new set of online dating photos?“
What Should She Do?
Three words: Take new pictures.
You really only need four or five pictures on your dating profile:
- Close-up of your face.
- Full body shot. (Girls – no bathing suits. Guys – Keep your shirt on.)
- You enjoying a hobby. (Do you cook? Play music? Build things?)
- Personal choice (group shot if you want).
- Personal choice (or limit it to four pictures).
Isabelle needs to take out her group shots (especially the one with the blurred-out blonde) and replace them with pictures of just herself. She’ll find she gets a lot more replies from men looking for real relationships.
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