Re:What's the "Dating" thread for? - avoid if needed :) sheydp: I want to point out - it isn't just a dating area - it is also for Single Life... I think it is supposed to be the "next stage" area - the one where you go when you are ready to think about moving on. As such, no not a hook-up area (though more power to those of you who manage it!). I think that there are many issues surrounding dating and being single - including not being ready for it! that people come to this area for... Sometimes the more blatant things can rub the wrong way for people who are really struggling... But, maybe that is a growing thing. Anyway - most stuff doesn't bother me, but I try to be a bit circumspect out of respect for those it MAY bother... thats just me.
Edited to add - Oh - and did NOT post my pic for dating purposes... Just to put name with face...
Re:What's the "Dating" thread for? - avoid if needed :) Bubba: Oh man, TWG, you just had to ask an indepth question like this on a Monday morning didn't you? Now I actually have to attempt to think.
1) Can't answer your first question, I think only the poster of the pic can truly answer it. If I had to hazard a guess, it I don't think it was to "hook-up". The poor woman is new to the board, which means she is likely in the early stages of the divorce. You know the stage. The one where you feel unattractive, have low self-esteem, etc. I have seen guys do similiar things here talking about their abs, arms, etc. Are these people really arrogant? I think they are more likely in need of feeling good about themselves. They need to know the opposite sex still finds them attractive. They need someone to tell them that their ex's are nuts for giving them up. At least that is my guess. Like I said you would need to ask the poster for the true answer.
2) Know one is going to tell someone who just went through the hell of divorce and yet still had the courage to put up a pic they look like crap. The site is to help people, and part of helping, in my opinion, is to help rebuild their loss of self-esteem. In short, everyone wants to be told they are attractive, especially after the feelings of rejection we all felt from our divorces.
Best I can come up with!
Evil Bubba
Re:What's the "Dating" thread for? - avoid if needed :) CoryL: A picture of an attractive woman on a motorcycle has caused all of this?
Wow. Suddenly I feel like it is junior high again.
Come on people. Seriosuly.
Re:What's the "Dating" thread for? - avoid if needed :) tyrogers: Hmmmm........guess I should not tell everyone which Playboy magazine I am featured in, should I?
JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Personally, the reason I posted my pic(s) was because I had so many friends on the board. It is nice to picture that person when it is someone you have confided in on a daily basis or someone that you talk to on a daily basis.
If she needed an ego boost, she got it. Heck, she's got a great body! Gotta give her that. Personally, I am not offended. But, then again, it takes quite a bit to offend me anyway.
BBH
Re:What's the "Dating" thread for? - avoid if needed :) sheydp: by the way - I don't think this discussion is just about that pic... I think it is our little communities way of discussing what is appropriate and what is not....
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