Quick background- just getting back into the dating scene after an eight year relationship. I was going to sign up for POF, and I noted that I have almost zero photos of myself that do not include my ex. Sadly, I attempted to take a few "selfies" (not proud of this) and they were a complete bust. So I was thinking, why not post pics of me and my ex together? Before everyone rushes and says this is a bad idea, consider the following:

I am an above average looking guy in real life, but rather un-photogenic so I am average looking I would say in any pics I will post, HOWEVER, my ex is super hot and photogenic. I was thinking that in a way, this could be a DHV, to see that a super hot chick found a reason to spend eight years taking the "one-eyed monster" from me. Otherwise I have to crop her out, or get someone random to take a pic of me or something, I don't know.

I also thought that if any girls give me shit about I could say that I've been with the same chick for eight years and for that reason don't have a lot of other pics.... I am thinking that all things considered, being with the same chick for eight years is a DHV to most girls....

Then again, part of me thinks this is a terrible idea, so not I am very curious to get the thoughts of the many wise Jedi-Masters on this site. Thanks in advance for any insights!

No. Just no.

Go take some other pics if you don't have any decent ones without her in them.

Having pics with your ex in them is transparent and 'try-hard'.

@CharlesFinley is right

"no just no"

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I agree with Charles and Phil.

But i don't see how giving it a try could hurt.

Try it out for a couple days and see what results you get.

Write down in your profile what you just told us.. " Fresh out of an 8 year relationship and I never took a photo without the devil next to me. Thats my ex, pay her no mind, I'll get some picks up here of me the moment I have time.. Blah blah blah"

Jazz it up a bit.

Experiment man.. Its online dating. I made an experimental profile before of only pictures of me and ex's.. 6 different ex's and 6 photos. I had a funny profile to explain it and I'd get laid with it. Its more about how you do something than it is about what you do.

OKcupid is probably the route you wanna take for something like that though. The profiles on POF aren't as read i would think.

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Ok I hear you guys....but let me frame it a bit differently than trying to show off that a hot girl was with me. What if I just have a pic or two out of a half dozen where she is in the pic, that you can't even tell whether she is my ex-wife or just a platonic chick friend? Would that be ok? I've read that nothing says "creeper" more than someone who has only pics by themselves.... so if I am supposed to post pics with friends, who is to say that those friends couldn't be girls?

Again, this would only be a pic or two because I just happen to like the way I look in these pics and frankly I don't take that many good photos lol....

You're thinking too hard man. And no one is going to put that much thought it to someone else random profile that they don't even know. Think about it from someone else perspective, not your own. No ones exerting that much energy to analyze your profile in the way you are.

I saw a quote just now that said " Powerful people spend little to no time thinking about what to write in an email"

Do I think about what to post on the forum? I don't. I just write what I feel and move on. Anything you do with enough confidence will eventually have some success.

I say 3 or 4 pictures and a personality reflecting profile is all you really need. Online dating is just easy man. So easy. And the more you see it that way the more successful you will be at it. Its all perception, how you see it, will determine how you do with it. Women like effortless shit, too many guys try too hard.

You're aiming to impress people you don't know, people that give no fucks about you "yet". Treat it that way and you'll do well with it.

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Not read the responses but don't insert girls into your pics, no point in creating competition. And that also means the whole crop part of her face technique too

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