Internet dating?

Why do girls post fake photos of themselves on internet dating sites? What is wrong with being honest with yourself and others when trying to meet new people?

Internet dating?
First of all, men do this too ... all the time ... there was one here a little while ago showing off his 'goods' rather high on himself, with a fake pic, so don't be trying to make this a female thing, lol.





Some people aren't comfortable with their own looks and feel safe hiding behind fake pictures ..... boosting their own self esteem. It's harmless really, only a sign that they aren't very confident about themselves.





Then again, there are also the ones who are showing their actual pictures and get accused of posting fake pics anyway.
Reply:beats me.
Reply:Well, I've never posted a fake photo of me. Not everyone does.
Reply:Why do GUYS post fake photos of themselves on internet dating sites? What is wrong with being honest with yourself and others when trying to meet new people?





Gawd - why do people generalize about large groups of other people? (i.e, all girls or all guys on the internet - what is that, hundreds of thousands)?





Thats MY pet peeve...





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Reply:Because of internet preditors


or it can always be, they are to embaressed to show themselves or they probably are just underaged. I don't think there should be internet dating. Or webcam chatting.
Reply:Fatness.
Reply:most of the looking for dates on the internet are desperate and they would do anything to get that date so they put fake photos on the net so as to get attention quickly
Reply:i don't know maybe some girlz are flirty
Reply:Probably because they are afraid of the people on the sites. Not many people trust internet dating. They probably think the men's pictures are fake. Or it could be that they think if they put their real picture up they won't find anyone who likes the way they look.
Reply:Because they want men to think that they are who they are not. I always put up real photos of myself. I rater you like me for who am rather than make myself claim to be something i'm not.
Reply:Because they feel insecure. Like no one would be interested in who they really are. They think that if they draw someone in on false pretenses, they can fix it later on down the road. ("Oh, by the way, I don't really look like Pamela Anderson", etc.")


I think it's really dumb when people do that.


But you've gotta remember, %26amp; not be sexist, that guys do it too.
Reply:why so guys like to do the same things..... well maybe cause u guys might jux come and try to look for them or something..... We jux don't trust yall
Reply:some girls are immature.. It is not wrong with being honest about yourself :) :) :)
Reply:It's probably a PRECAUTION, nothing fancy nor a ploy.
Reply:They have such a low selfesteem that they can't even be themselves.
Reply:That's really shallow and sick. There's hardly anything worse than a liar.