What photo should you choose for your online dating ad?
You should take a new photo for your online dating profile. You don't want to use an old photo for a couple of reasons. One is that people always wonder whether the photos are recent. If you have taken a new photo then obviously you can verify it's recent. The second reason is that you need to approach online dating as if it were a job. If you were going to apply for a job, you wouldn't take an old resume you have; you'd think about the job, you'd think about what skill set you have that fit the job, and you'd take that old one and you'd revise it and you'd set it up so that you seem more of a match for that new job. Your online the same for your online dating - think about that, think about what you want to focus on, what you want to highlight, what colors you want to wear, what setting you want to have. You want to think of it like a job, take it seriously, take a new photo. As dating coaches, we once had a client who wanted to post a photo, where she looked fabulous, she had this hot red dress and was lying provocatively on a couch, and it was a great photo, but not for online dating. The reason being that there is no way that she could show up on a date, unless she got there first and was lying provocatively on a couch and wearing that hot red dress, and great makeup, there is no way that she could show up on a date looking like that. We recommend getting a good photo, not the very best but a good photo, so that when you show up on a first date your partner will think, "Ahh," not, "Oh."
