shikashika Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 As per my other post this week.. I just put up a profile on an online dating site.. eek! Anyway, the amount of guys up there that put a photo of their car or truck astounds me... thats just an automoatic 'delete' in my books. About the last thing I'd think of posting on my profile is my car! who cares? why???? Does anyone actually care if their guy even has a vehicle??? Link to comment
melrich Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Many men feel that their car says something about them. You know what it probably does (not always what they think) and you will usually find that if something like this is common or repeats itself then it is usually a valid feeling. Link to comment
shikashika Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 yeah, I suppose it does.... it just seems strange and superficial to me. I have a lot of things i like... or i'm proud of... I'm not going to display photos of my new favourite shampoo that i got from that new organics store. I dated a guy without a car, I had one... but what i liked about him was that he had no problem riding his bike in minus 20! Why do you think (some) guys think their car defines them? Link to comment
sweetharmony Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 i delete those too...or the guys talking on their cell phones or the guys with their ex girlfriends in photos. it is insecurity and they think that having a "cool" car, like melrich says, says something about them, like they're "cool" too. some women like fancy cars, so they'll attract those women. just press delete if you don't like 'em and move to the next. you're always bound to get e-mails from men like that...yeah, i think it's funny. Link to comment
Dako Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 image removed Some of us know our ride shows our character. Link to comment
shikashika Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 image removed Some of us know our ride shows our character. good one... we should hook up! Link to comment
melrich Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Why do you think (some) guys think their car defines them? I don't know about "defines"...more says something. And I think it probably does say something. It's like anything, our personality type is a big driver in determining what we do with our discretionary spending. Link to comment
Samedy Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 It's easier posting a picture beside your vehicle than beside your bank statement Link to comment
shikashika Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 It easier posting a picture beside your vehicle than beside your bank statement ugh.. seriously, what i find funny is all these photos of guys who post photos of their new trucks and cars are the same guys who say thing like "Last chick i dated is a gold digger" or "girls are only after me because of my money" Sounds like they are a match made in heaven then... if a guy posts a photo of his nice car, he's going to get a woman who's interested in him because of the stuff he has rather than his character. Link to comment
Prufrock06 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 i delete those too...or the guys talking on their cell phones or the guys with their ex girlfriends in photos. Or people who only wear sunglasses in all their photos... Link to comment
Samedy Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 ugh.. seriously, what i find funny is all these photos of guys who post photos of their new trucks and cars are the same guys who say thing like "Last chick i dated is a gold digger" or "girls are only after me because of my money" Sounds like they are a match made in heaven then... if a guy posts a photo of his nice car, he's going to get a woman who's interested in him because of the stuff he has rather than his character. Stop being so logical!!! Link to comment
shikashika Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Stop being so logical!!! do you have a photo of your car on a dating site? Link to comment
bulletproof Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 That is a good question! I see those all the time, too, and I just don't get it. I dare you to put a photo of yourself with your shampoo. Heh. I also will never understand why anyone would use the most cliche phrases on the planet: partner in crime, comfortable in a jeans and tux, etc. I read a funny profile once where the guy said he's comfortable in a jeans and tux, but that people look at him strangely when he's wearing them... Link to comment
jengh Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I'm not going to display photos of my new favourite shampoo that i got from that new organics store. this cracked me up... I should put a picture of my Aveda crap on my profile and see what weird responses I get. I agree with you though, I get annoyed when I see a photo of their car. I want to see THEM, not their hobbies Link to comment
sweetharmony Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 ugh.. seriously, what i find funny is all these photos of guys who post photos of their new trucks and cars are the same guys who say thing like "Last chick i dated is a gold digger" or "girls are only after me because of my money" Sounds like they are a match made in heaven then... if a guy posts a photo of his nice car, he's going to get a woman who's interested in him because of the stuff he has rather than his character. oh my gosh, exactly! holy. my friend's friend has a myspace page. He isn't rich per say, but he has photos all over his page of his new expensive car. with the doors open, him standing beside it and whatnot.. in the section, titled, who I want to meet, it says verbatim, "It seems that the hotter a woman is the more she knows it and the more in love with herself she becomes...I'd love to meet a woman who is less in love with herself, her clothes, and what her friends think, and more in love with giving me a chance if we mesh...u gotta take a chance to know a good thing. So, get over yourself, and open your eyes, I might just surprise you...if every picture in your myspace profile is of you clubbing in your million dollar sunglasses and everything is about money and power...yeah, we aren't meant to be...I grew up." ok. i probably shouldn't have posted that. but hey, he is attracting these types of women by the message he is sending with his new expensive car. so i'm a bit confused here? and yes, he is only attracted and attracts those types of women. hmmm. Link to comment
shikashika Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 I dare you to put a photo of yourself with your shampoo. Heh. QUOTE] ha ha!! maybe I ......or what about my new purse? Surely this will show that I have my own money and don't need to depend on a guy to pay for me? Link to comment
Aleadragonhawk Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 They post pictures of their cars because most of the websites won't let them get away with posting pictures of their penises. It's the next best thing. Link to comment
BeStrongBeHappy Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 guys love their cars, and many are quite proud of them... i had a real estate agent tell me once that when guys look at a house, they run to the basement first while women usually run to the kitchen... guys picture themselves in the basements watching a big screen TV or working in a shop, and women pictures themselves cooking in the kitchen with their family happily at the table (and their husband NOT in basement). men also rush out to check out the garage, becuase it is very important for them to have a place for their beloved car to live! so i think it is question of what motivates people. a lot of guys ego is tied up in what they drive too... Link to comment
Crazyaboutdogs Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Isn't there some expression about the size and flashiness of their car and the size of their penis? To get an idea of what it is with men and their cars...there was a Queen song from their album, A Night at the Opera, called "I'm in Love With my Car" The machine of a dream Such a clean machine With the pistons a pumpin And the hub caps all gleam When Im holdin your wheel All I hear is your gear When my hands on your grease gun Oh its like a disease son Im in love with my car Gotta feel for my automobile Get a grip on my boy racer rollbar Such a thrill when your radials squeal Told my girl Ill have to forget her Rather buy me a new carburetor So she made tracks sayin This is the end now Cars dont talk back Theyre just four wheeled friends now When Im holdin your wheel All I hear is your gear When Im cruisin in overdrive Dont have to listen to no run of the mill talk jive Im in love with my car Gotta feel for my automobile Im in love with my car String back gloves in my automolove Link to comment
JeckyllNHyde Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Haha as some others said: what good observation!!! Guys post them everywhere(!): In their display pics, along with their album pics on profiles.. wth? -They don't even own them sometimes. They just post pics of cars they would like to own. -Like some said, some want "attention" and they want the girls to know what a "hot" car they have or that they even have a car. Maybe some of them feel that a car is something of high value, so instead of posing infront of their apartment or a house they bought lol, they just pose next to the car. -Some guys around my age also feel if they don't have a car that's holding them back from getting a girl/a girl won't date a guy who has no car. LMAO. -Lots of guys I see posting pics of cars maybe don't want to post many pics of themself for some reason so they put the car pics in there (maybe in hopes the girls will get distracted from their looks lol?) I totally agree that most of these guys say "I hate golddiggers" yet the first things they are showing is their assets. That's like me saying "I hate guys who want me for my body" and then posting pics of me half naked or in bikini's. Link to comment
Alezia Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 If I wanted to hook up with a car, i'd take out a weekend rental car magazine. Link to comment
BeStrongBeHappy Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 has anyone watched those nature shows about animals where the males of lots of bird species will build a nest, fill it with bright ribbons and things to try to attract a girl bird... to show they have a cool nest for the girl bird to join them in. maybe the guys want the girl to visualize themselves riding around in that car with him, or HE is visualizing wanting a woman to ride around with him? i've seen some guys too who make a big deal about their house, or photos of their house... same principle! Link to comment
cc2006 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 ha ha!! maybe I ......or what about my new purse? Surely this will show that I have my own money and don't need to depend on a guy to pay for me? LOL .. oh geez .. don't do that. If I saw a profile with a pic of a woman's purse up there I'd run away. lol .. kinda' like a guy posting pics of his car up there ... it says .. "The following are pictures of things that will always be more important to me than you are ... " Link to comment
shikashika Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 LOL .. oh geez .. don't do that. If I saw a profile with a pic of a woman's purse up there I'd run away. lol .. kinda' like a guy posting pics of his car up there ... it says .. "The following are pictures of things that will always be more important to me than you are ... " have you ever heard of sarcasm? Link to comment
Sn0man Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 They post pictures of their cars because most of the websites won't let them get away with posting pictures of their penises. It's the next best thing. hahaaa that's hilarious!! Probably true too hahaaa!! Link to comment
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