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Worst photo on OLD

62 replies

HobgoblinUK · 24/12/2022 23:02

Holding a slimy fish

Selfie on bed with tounge hanging out

Mirror selfie in pub toilet with urinal in the background.

Photo with ex gf or wife with her face blurred out

Have I missed any?

OP posts:
HobgoblinUK · 25/12/2022 15:31

What's wrong with drinking a pint?

OP posts:
Sallytobleroney · 25/12/2022 15:50

What's wrong with drinking a pint?

Nothing wrong with doing it, just doesn't make for the most attractive photos I've found, especially when they are also smoking Grin

Heatherjayne1972 · 25/12/2022 15:56

I hated the ones with his mates - which one are you?
the ones with his kids - not appropriate
the ones with his mother- mummy’s boy
the holding a fish pose - yuk
the ‘sexy’ reclining / chest on show ones - just no

FestiveFruitloop · 25/12/2022 15:59

'Moody' unsmiling shots that make them look like serial killers.

B1rd · 25/12/2022 16:24

A butler in the buff type of man with apron, face away from the camera, showing a naked butt. However, the butt looked like it had received implants, so it was really bobbly, like a really bad case of cellulite.

purpledalmation · 25/12/2022 16:55

A photo in an outdated suit which is clearly taken 20 years ago!

littleburn · 25/12/2022 17:16

Oh god, the selfies where they're lying in bed topless, about to go to sleep/just woke up. It's all a bit 'watch some porn/have a wank/take a 'sexy' pic for my match.com profile,'🤮

TenTeo · 25/12/2022 20:33

The fish thing is weird, I don’t know any men in real life that go fishing yet it is so prevalent on OLD. Is it just that men that go fishing are also the ones that are still single in their 40s/50s? I also have never met a female angler, so why do these men think that any woman is going to be remotely interested in fishing?

MyCrumpetIsCold · 25/12/2022 20:39

Any male in the ‘lesbian’ section 🤬

Sandra1984 · 25/12/2022 20:44

headshot of them with a covid mask one. I assume they’re married 🤣

Summerhillsquare · 25/12/2022 20:47

Guns, car selfies, scowling, fish...

theskyisbluernow · 25/12/2022 20:52

Ones with their bike up a hill/mountain, with cycle helmet on. All identical. Do ALL men on OLD either cycle or fish?

c0nfusedasalways · 25/12/2022 20:54

whats OLD?😩 u feel like a dinosaur on here sometimes

Sandra1984 · 25/12/2022 20:55

c0nfusedasalways · 25/12/2022 20:54

whats OLD?😩 u feel like a dinosaur on here sometimes

OLD: online dating. It’s an acronym?

newtb · 25/12/2022 20:55

theskyisbluernow · 25/12/2022 20:52

Ones with their bike up a hill/mountain, with cycle helmet on. All identical. Do ALL men on OLD either cycle or fish?

They do in France, believe me, and don't seem to have shirts that the buttons do up, and wear shorts.

Sandra1984 · 25/12/2022 20:57

Men with filters, specially the cat filter with fluffy ears. I’ve seen them.

Forzatesoro · 25/12/2022 21:00

Ones taken in front of a mirror and you can see their smalls on the radiator in the reflection!
Flags in profile.. not for me
The up nostril looming pic. Not got the words for that
Photo with their flash car... I'm not looking to date a car!

CarrieMoonbeams · 25/12/2022 21:04

HobgoblinUK · 24/12/2022 23:06

No way.. surely they were a guest!

This is how my cousin found out that her 'D'H was cheating - a single friend of hers found his photo on a dating site. My cousin had been cropped out of the photo but you could still see a bit of her veil beside his arm ☹️

reallyworriedjobhunter · 25/12/2022 21:04

Holiday photo taken by ex.

ninetieseyebrows · 25/12/2022 21:05

Giving the V or middle finger...sends me weak at the knees 🙄

Sunrisewatcher · 25/12/2022 21:55

Holding their firsts up as if in a boxing pose 👊. Single blurry face photos, close up of just their eyeball or picture of random sports car. Oh and the classic bio when he detailed that he'd had it with trying to find a woman on OLD and would just get a carer when he gets too old and decrepit to look after himself 🤦.
The guy that messaged me back after I politely declined his match asking why 😅 and then a few weeks later messaged again sarcastically stating so, you didn't like me but you've checked out my profile again 🙄. It doesn't get any better does it 🤣

TenTeo · 25/12/2022 21:56

Kids in bed so just had a trawl through tinder’s current offering. Turn offs include:

Topless men sprawled on the bed/sofa, looking serious and a tad weird

Man wearing tight shorts so you can see his dick (or more likely, a couple of socks) on show

Faces with the top half missing, covered by a cap, in sun glasses and mask (married men)

A couple of blokes that I recognise from the school run (they look worse in person)

Name, 43 (so why do they look 63?!) ‘looking for a partner in crime’ :yawn:

Crap selfies taken in lifts or public toilets, why are there so many of these? I would never dream of whipping my camera out in this situation

Photos of photos (taken in the 90s)

Bekindbekind · 25/12/2022 21:57

CandidaAlbicans2 · 25/12/2022 11:33

Photos of their face taken from below so you can see right up their nose and it accentuates their double chins. They're never smiling in them either so look really unapproachable. Why so many men appear to think "yeah, that's showing me at my best, I'll have that as my profile pic" I'll never know 🙄

This - why on earth do they do it? Straight up the nose!

Lovemusic33 · 25/12/2022 22:00

I’m not keen on photos of people holding a pint either 😬, I’m not a big drinker so it puts me off a little especially if they are smoking too.

Photos of their kids also puts me off.

I have been on a few dates where they have been unrecognisable due to using old photos (gained weight, lost weight….got 10 years older since photo was taken).

purpledalmation · 25/12/2022 22:01

If I wasn't married and it may cause a problem, I would love to go on OLD sites to see these freaks. Even better I would love a Nigerian prince, or an oil rig worker or even an American military man, to contact and woo me in a scam. I'm sure I'd get some sad, and quite nice man though and that would be a bit nasty. Ps Nigerian Prince isn't a racist remark, it's a common romance scam.