The Woman Who Won’t Send You Pictures

There’s some things you need to know about her.

I have had the same conversation more times than I care to even share. It’s the shortest, most annoying conversation. If you are a woman and you have ever dated online, you know the conversation. It happens with a man you have not even met in real life. For me, it is usually in the first day or so of contact. It always starts the same way.

“Have any pics?”

We know what guys mean when they ask for a pic. I am always tempted to send the most random picture I can find in my phone just to see what the reaction is. Mental note: start taking random, bizarre pictures specifically for this purpose. Go deep.

Point of reference: I do having a dating profile. Not one of my pictures is filtered. One is adjusted to black and white. One shows the fact that I clearly have all my teeth. Two are there to demonstrate that I’m not hiding my body intentionally in photos. They are me. They are all from the last year. The dates of the pics are noted. Clearly, this is not enough.

The conversation always ends the same way.

“Just what I have in my profile!” Then…radio silence.