Dating Site No-No's

Hey guys! So, I recently decided to just take the plunge and join a dating site. I never in a million years thought I would be doing this {even though I slightly dabbled in it late last year}. I was just in the mood to let loose and find a guy in an unconventional way, and what is more unconventional than a dating site? So, after reading about Amber and how she met her beau, I figured Plenty of Fish was the perfect site for me. It is free to use {which is plus points for someone not looking to really commit to spending $$} and it has some pretty good filters as well. Now I am not in any way getting paid or forced to talk about this site, I am sure there are plenty of other sites out there that are just as great, but as far as free ones go, this one is a winner in my book. 

I know taking the plunge and creating a profile is a tough thing to swallow, especially for a girl, but once you get over that initial step, all you have to do is sit back and take your pick or reject someone. Well the biggest thing I have noticed in my small quest is the pictures these guys put up. Honestly, I sometimes wonder what some of them were thinking. Don't they want a girl to take them seriously. I am a visual learner, so when I see a picture of a guy and I am not instantly attracted in some sort of way, I will skip it. Now if the picture intrigues me a little bit, I may look at some more pictures and even read the profile to make up my mind. Not to sound shallow or anything, but looks matter to some degree. 

So far, I have seen some pretty interesting pictures these guys put up. Here are the sure fire ways to guarantee I skip through your page just solely based on the picture provided. These are some of my thoughts as I scroll through my "matches":

{} You are posing like a wanna-be model.
{} If it looks like you have on any sort of makeup, or your eyebrows look better than mine.
{} The worn out Myspace bathroom picture, are you a girl?
{} The duck face, REALLY? Please refer to the above.
{} If your shirt is off, hell if it looks like you're not wearing pants, please go and put some on.
{} A super blurry, super far away picture with your sunglasses and hat on, what are you hiding?
{} Posing like your the leader of the Chicago mob, no thanks.
{} Is this guy really posing with a bottle of Hennessy and hundreds, who are you Ja Rule?!
{} A picture of a male celebrity, are we even going there, you must just hate the way you look.
{} I think you should crop that girl who your kissing in that picture, or how about we get rid of it altogether.

This is just a minor glimpse into what went on in my mind while scrolling through some of these guys' pictures. I definitely clicked on more pictures and read profiles of ones that intrigued me and even got the balls to message a guy I thought I would click with. Hey, what's life without some chances right. Well, I just had to post about this and hopefully you got a little kick out of it. If you have tried online dating, what are your tips about it, pros & cons? Leave them in the comments below so other bloggers can read as well! If you are thinking about trying out online dating, I say go for it. You really have nothing to lose and it might just be a great way to meet someone.

Toodles lovebugs!

**Again, I did NOT get asked to talk about Plenty of Fish, these are my honest opinions!