I've found there are not many women from N.C. or S.C. on this site. And the ones who are listed, are not very willing to reply to emails they receive.
If you live in this region, and you send me an email, I will reply. I'm new to this single's arena so I do check this site each day.
I realize that some ladies may have met someone or have even given up. If that's the case, then I believe the right thing to do would be to remove your listing. Otherwise, you're frustrating those who are actually using it. And that isn't very Christlike, really.
So, if you are using the site, I would enjoy communicating with you, especially if you live in North or South Carolina. Though I know there are wonderful women in every state, my work would make traveling outside this region difficult.
And to prove I am a fun guy, I'm even using one of those wacky 'emoticons.' Here ya go! I'm praying for you! :prayingm:
I know you've heard this before, but if you post a picture of yourself in your profile, it will give us ladies an idea of who wants to chat with us.
It's bad enough that most guys are not prolific communicators, and barely fill out their profiles, but when you add to that a lack of a photo, there is very little chance a woman will reply to an email.
These sites are literally full of scammers, so we have to be careful whom we trust. I hope you can understand that.
There are just as many female scammers with pretty pictures as there guys with no photographs who may be scammers or not... It is all a matter of perspective and also utilising that rare gift of discernment. Come and be realistic.....If and it is a very big IF discernment were actually the rule as opposed to the norm, and if we were actually dedicated to the reality of Jesus Christ in our lives then how would any scammer get past the majesty and righteousness of the Holy Spirit. God gave us the Holy Spirit to be a major part of our lives not to be placed on the backburner behind hormonal responses. That would lead to the question, is the Holy Spirit submitted to your whims or are you submitted to the awesome majesty of the Holy Spirit?
Why would a good Christian man want/need to hide who he is from any prospective Christian wife? And what of openness and honesty?
I submit to you the typical scammer does not put their picture(s) up, because that woulld reveal who they truly are, thus exposing their scam before they can trap their victims.
Remember John 3:19-21, "This is the verdict: Light has come into this world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God."
So, why not open up and let those you claim you want to have a lasting relationship with see who you are? Wouldn't that be the honest thing to do?
There is also the statistic that says profiles with pictures are 10-times more likely to be viewed than those that do not.
I don't think most of the decent guys on the site realize the number of scammers the gals have to sift out and discern..
The ladies I've had some communication with in the past have a much more difficult task than we as men do. I get an occasional note that's easy to see is not right.
Some of the ladies here daily get an inbox full of winks, a "HI" and nothing else, no pic, very little or no description or they get one that is extremely detailed handsome dude but the context of the description lacks any substance other than all the things they like and want but little of their faith walk in Jesus.
If yer not getting the response from the ladies that you had hoped for then maybe it's a good idea to tell a bit about yourself, write from your heart and add a photo so she can see the person who wrote the words.
I fully support your statement Cat when qoating the book of John. I still showed my pictures when I made known of my worst experiences with relationships'
I didn't hide myself cause i'm here for acceptance and making friends. How can you possibly befriend or interact with someone you can't even see?
Unfortunately Cat we can't compare online with real dating. With online dating we know nothing about you, keeping in mind that even the qoated verses from the bible when describing yourself could not be your true description. There's so much to keep in mind with internet dating... Especially the christians' one.
Remember when I told you that I was sent a nude pic by a 'christian guy' who didn't have a pic until he forwarded me that pic, only to be grown up enough to be my father?
Would you then bother with guys who don't have pics? (even if its a christian dating site)
Let alone countless inbox massages that only say 'Hi are you the one for me?'
It really is unfortunate that Goodmoring missed my massage on he's other post to ladies about finding their Baoz like Ruth did.
And I humbly apologize for offending and hurting him in anyway.
I apologize Goodmorning!
I'm really sorry and was seeking an opportunity to do this.
I'm sorry
I'm sorry
I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry dear.
Hope you do find it to forgive me.
There's so much however to be careful of in christian dating sites.
Onother fellow has asked me for money... Just emagen?
You end up choosing carefully massages you reply to.
Worse yet, some of the guys who have a profile photo can still be scammers. I received a message from 'sealmaker' today, asking me to meet him in Facebook. His message was full of spelling and grammar errors. I checked his profile, and found the same mistakes there. So, I ran a reverse image search using a browser add-on called 'TinEye' on his photo and found several reports about that picture being used by scammers on a site called 'Romancescam.com.' I reported his profile to the management, and included a link to the search results.
So, we still have to be clever discerners, even when things appear OK on the surface. Sometimes I feel like I'm only talking to real people in the live chat rooms or on these forums. It's disheartening, sis. I know you feel the same way sometimes.
We just have to keep praying we'll meet God's 'right man' for us in His perfect time.
You know, I had to do a double take and rethink my attitude to photographs ...perhaps you are right. I really had no idea of the issues faced regarding scammers, whether male or female. I cannot say that I am particularly naive but somehow I just want to expect the best rather than first look for the bad. So I apologise if I came off sounding a little presumptuous or asinine. That was never my intent...now If I could just borrow a friends camera or learn to use the one I have...
You know, I had to do a double take and rethink my attitude to photographs ...perhaps you are right. I really had no idea of the issues faced regarding scammers, whether male or female. I cannot say that I am particularly naive but somehow I just want to expect the best rather than first look for the bad. So I apologise if I came off sounding a little presumptuous or asinine. That was never my intent...now If I could just borrow a friends camera or learn to use the one I have...