Yeha I hard that not long ago, about how women want someone a bit better than them (whatever that means, hypergamy) but not too much so that the guy might leave and stick around for her and the kids
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I prefer boxing guard to Muay Thai guard. Muay Thai guard is too open because you’ve gotta be able to check kicks, deflect punched and elbows, and clinch, throw etc
If I pull the “peek a boo” boxing style guard in Muay Thai (provided it’s actually a fight) an upwards elbow strike to the face will split my guard quickly… And potentially end the fight
A hard kick to the forearms covering my liver/spleen (boxing guard) might break my forearm, ending the fight.
However… 99% of the population doesn’t know how to throw a decent kick. It’s all wild haymakers and shitty grappling, at which point I’d argue the boxing guard I’d more effective for self defence.
Head movement as seen in boxing is problematic too. I got kicked in the face pretty hard almost two weeks ago because I made the mistake of bobbing and weaving when someone threw a hook at me… They followed that up with a kick and the dudes shin landed on my cheek. However it was accidental… Because boxing style head movement doesn’t work out well for Muay Thai…
Leaning back can work though. But leaning back should equate to sinking a lot of weight onto your back foot, not snapping back at the waist.
You are without a doubt one of the most attractive men on the planet… I mean holy shit dude… Good god… How is it possible that you haven’t realised you’re EXTREMELY good looking?
It’s not just the chiseled frame… It’s the face, and the hair, and the jawline… And the choice of fashion… And I presume you’re tall?
No homo btw
I pay for hinge and it isn’t too terribly expensive. Paying makes a huge difference and I personally wouldn’t even use the apps if I didn’t pay.
As to the pictures, I’d put more like your very last one and less of the first few.
Easy there sport. We are all perfectly aware of his looks, but it’s not something that’s discussed out loud among dudes.
Stop making it weird.
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I don’t have time to go into detail right now, but these are all the same photo. “Me, debonair.” It’s off-putting.
Where is the fun you? Where is the dorky you (I know you have a dorky side, we see it here)? Where is the you I (as the audience) can imagine laughing with until I cry?
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Bingo. (EmilyQ’s post)
Go Spartans?
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Yep. All except the last look very much staged and give off a fairly narcissistic vibe. Which is funny cause we aren’t saying that about his one shirtless pic.
The pics need to tell a story about your personality, hobbies, AND looks. Right now his pics say “I spend all my time posing and trying to look good” and don’t have much else going on".
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I said no homo…
Dude said “I’m not a model, stop exaggerating”
Either he wants compliments to verify that he is, in fact, model material
Or he is actually unaware that he could probably make a living as a model for designer clothing.
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He said no homo…
I’m 6’1". But not everything is perfect, I have bad teeth from when I was a teen, though nothing I won’t fix later
@wanna_be @EmilyQ @Californiagrown I appreciate the feedback and I understand. The thing is that I have very few pics of me. It’s never been a thing of me. When I do fun things I just do them, I don’t take out my phone, or I take pictures of the landscape and such.
I started taking some only like a year and a half ago, along my instagram. And I take pictures only for my feed and to illustrate my articles and posts.
I’ll keep that in mind and try to snap some the next times I go out
Taking pics of me playing Dungeons and Dragons or some other game would be a very bad idea on Tinder ahahah (or maybe a great idea rofl?). I have some from hikes and a lot in the gym…
Do you need to show teeth if you’re being paid to be a human mannequin for a sweater?
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You’ve put in conscious effort to stage photos for work and to look cool. Put that same effort into photos for a woman. If you take finding a partner as serious as other things it becomes very easy and fruitful.
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Exactly. I will come back later to offer my excellent wing man skills.
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LOL. You’re the best. I can’t wait to pass on some of “my” wisdom to my nephews and nieces.
Where were you when I was young, dumb, and… never mind…
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“No homo” is powerless against mentioning another man’s jawline. “Hey man, you’ve got massive lats” is acceptable, “Hey man, that jawline is incredible” is not.
Fix your teeth if you haven’t already. That’s really important.
Agreed. Stage fake photos if necessary. If you’re shirtless it has to be in an everyday context - carrying a surfboard, even riding a inflatable unicorn in a pool around a group of friends.
Also - people, put a lot of pictures with other people (cropped out faces if necessary) to show that you’re not a weird loner.
Not necessarily a bad idea. Thanks to Henry Cavill* women appreciate nerdiness if the man is sufficiently attractive. If it’s balanced out with other pictures implying your belonging to a social group, it could work.
*Props to Cavill for being the only actor that enjoys lifting and who is even possibly natural. Full on homo.
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Pics at a family dinner/gathering, at a soccer match, hiking, giving a presentation, playing golf, about to eat a big plate of food, getting licked by a dog, tossing D&D dice while wearing a wizard hat, running a red light… It’s not hard. I didn’t have any SM and didn’t/dont take pictures when doing cool stuff but I figured it out. So will you. Over the next 3 months where you find yourself doing something you consider fun, have a friend take a quick crappy unposed picture.
About D&D… You like it, right? It would be dope if your love interest liked it as well, right? Why the hell would you not put out there one of your biggest interests/passions? Let the freak flag fly a little bit… cool people don’t want to be around bland, generic, boring people. Jacked personal trainer- boring… Jacked nerdy D&Der- kinda interesting.
Staged pictures wearing tight clothes and sunglasses in a dark parking garage… No bueno.
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I’ve heard of people using a puppy rental service to get profile pics. Seems a bit much haha.
I never understood that. The pound will literally let you go walk and play with dogs there for free. My wife used to go to the pound and pet cats as stress relief during law school.
At least their isn’t a child rental service for pictures. I don’t think?
Doesn’t make sense to me either. I will say having animals in your pics seems like a good idea. The only time I’d shy away from it is if I was a woman with cats.
This is exactly what I thought when I saw the pictures. It’s not a good pic set. You have to show different sides of you, not ‘my cameraman took the same picture of me in 4 different places in 4 different outfits’. No candid photos. No photos of you out doing something fun. Just 4 self-indulgent photos. So the impression ANYONE would get from these, aside from you being good looking, is that you’re self-obsessed.
… Then fix that? LOL. Literally every human on earth has a camera on them at all times. This could be remedied in an hour.
No it wouldn’t.
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I have the following pictures of me on the app I’ve had great success with:
Couple hiking from Utah, wake boarding, and a couple pictures from me at a wedding. Nice and diverse.
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