Ugh. Sorry to hear that Miss Christy. No words of advice for you, other than to just ride it out and keep trying. That's too bad. Keep us posted so we can pray for you.
Ya, it was a s-t-r-e-t-c-h for me too when I got onto these online matchmaking sites - but at the same time, it's turned out to be a huge blessing in many ways. There's a learning curve, but you're doing the right thing hopping on the forums.
Ya, you gotta remember - people can be looking at your profile for a lot of different reasons - although I agree, if it's like, 5 or 6 views, it kinda makes you wonder.
I don't give much credence to views personally.
Someone else (Zoe?) suggested sending an email with "BOO!" written in it.
Pffft - I've run into the same issue with ladies. Like WRITE SOMETHING. I agree - like, I know it's hard to write profiles and stuff, but c'mon - give us something to go on.
I like the recommendations made so far - although I'm a brutally honest kind of guy myself, not intending to be rude, but c'mon! Why should I respond to someone who writes a one-sentence email, or sends a wink, and they're profile says even less than the wink did???
On the other hand, if you say nothing, then these guys, or whoever it is, *never improves their profile.* And so they're going to have the same problem - somebody's gotta tell them sooner or later...
I have to agree with ole cattle - although I don't even READ profiles without a picture. But there is some ladies that I did get turned off by their looks - I can't put my finger on it; and no, it's not that I didn't think they were pretty enough, there was something about their appearance that came across as a red flag. (Just trying to be brutally honest here with myself and everyone else) That also included a PILE of skinny, drop-dead gorgeous ladies whose profiles I looked at. Their looks set off alarm bells, and some of the time, I couldn't even tell you what it was that bothered me.
This guy also may have been sincere in what he said about just slowing down though. And - this is the down side to the online matchmaking thing - you have NO idea what on earth is going on on their end. While there's a lot of things I really, really like about the online dating scene, this is the biggest thing that gets me down. You just don't know what's going on on the other end. It may have nothing to do with your pictures, but something else coincidentally came up at the same time - i.e., he met someone else.
Did you meet this guy on a christian dating site?
Try to keep your chin up, don't get too discouraged (we're all here for you - keep posting to the forums!) and I agree with Cattle - put yourself out there all the more. Here's the other thing - I went and looked at your profile - you literally have nuthin' on there! You gotta give the guys a reason to contact you, give them something to get the conversation started, give them something to go on. Be bold - post away, then let us no here so we can take a look and make suggestions. Find a nice shot of yourself in the brightest dress you got, post it as a profile picture, and don't let your size and looks think it's going to slow you down - be confident. That'll get attention.
