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Whilst pondering the dark regions of my mind, I came to the realization that none of my past girlfriends or even my ex wife ever took pics of me.

 

With the popularity of Facebook, and seeing all the photos that friends and family post…I constantly see couples sharing pics of them with their SO.

 

 

Isnt that kind of odd? From my first gf when I was 16, up to getting married at 34…none of them ever latched onto me with a big hug and snapped a self pic of us, or any other pic for that matter.

tbf Established Member

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Were these women into photography? Did you ever take a lot of pics of them or couple pics?

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How long has it been since your last girlfriend / marriage? I think nowadays taking a lot of pictures is way more common since nearly everyone has a camera with them constantly via their phone. I have very few pictures of my ex boyfriends from high school and my 20s, because I hardly ever had a camera with me. It didn't have anything to do with not wanting to take their picture.

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That may be a personality thing. Maybe that was just not their thing?

 

I'm huge on pics, even when my girlfriends and I go out, we've got to snap pics! LOL

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iKING Established Member

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There is something slightly off about that scenario, yes. I've yet to date someone that didn't want lots of pics of us to post all over the face and tweet machines.

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There is something slightly off about that scenario, yes. I've yet to date someone that didn't want lots of pics of us to post all over the face and tweet machines.
As a guess, the OP is in the generation that needed to develop pictures. This differs greatly from Millenials who grew up with digicams.
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tbf Established Member

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But his age range should include millennials. He is only 34.
He's not 34. Reread his post again. He only got married at 34 where he's no longer married.
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tbf Established Member

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I corrected it before you posted.
Not my problem. That's yours for your initial error.
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Phoe Established Member

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None of my boyfriends took pictures of me, but I never even stopped and thought about that until this thread. I don''t think any of them even owned a camera..

 

I don't find it odd though,, I never took pictures of them either. I don't have a camera.Just the phone camera.

 

 

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Whilst pondering the dark regions of my mind, I came to the realization that none of my past girlfriends or even my ex wife ever took pics of me.

 

With the popularity of Facebook, and seeing all the photos that friends and family post…I constantly see couples sharing pics of them with their SO.

 

 

Isnt that kind of odd? From my first gf when I was 16, up to getting married at 34…none of them ever latched onto me with a big hug and snapped a self pic of us, or any other pic for that matter.

 

I had the oppositie issue with my ex gf..pics everywhere we went that were uploaded to FB within minutes. I actually liked her taking pics, but not sharing them with the world every time on FB.

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Women today are more the "photographers." In another era it was a male profession and hobby. My father took his cam to Nam and was annoying around the holidays with all the pics he wanted to take.

 

It's really simple, social networks encourage you to take pictures and post statuses about everything that goes on in your life.

 

Absolutely ridiculous, but people love it.

 

I wonder if it makes people feel like people actually care about what they ate for dinner last night?

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Simon Phoenix Established Member

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I don't think it's a very big deal. Some people like pictures, some don't. I'd rather take pictures of the places I'm at then of myself. I know what I look like. As for women, I've dated some that have taken a bunch of pictures and some who rarely do. I wouldn't look too much into it.

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It's really simple, social networks encourage you to take pictures and post statuses about everything that goes on in your life.

 

Absolutely ridiculous, but people love it.

 

I wonder if it makes people feel like people actually care about what they ate for dinner last night?

That's why I've held out from opening up an Fb account, even though everyone keeps bugging me to do so. Same goes for twitter. Couldn't be bothered with trivialities of this nature, preferring to see people in person, call or email to find out how they're doing or to share relevant news.
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That's why I've held out from opening up an Fb account, even though everyone keeps bugging me to do so. Same goes for twitter. Couldn't be bothered with trivialities of this nature, preferring to see people in person, call or email to find out how they're doing or to share relevant news.

 

Yeah it truly depends on what you want to use it for. I'm not very active on it, I talk to my friends/family more so in real life which I prefer although it has allowed me to get back in contact with past friends from high school and it also helps me keep track of people's birthdays that I don't necessarily talk to on a regular basis.

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Yeah it truly depends on what you want to use it for. I'm not very active on it, I talk to my friends/family more so in real life which I prefer although it has allowed me to get back in contact with past friends from high school and it also helps me keep track of people's birthdays that I don't necessarily talk to on a regular basis.
That's just it. I've kept in touch with people who I care about. The rest don't matter. :p
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That's just it. I've kept in touch with people who I care about. The rest don't matter. :p

 

You mean you don't care about what Bob ate for dinner last night? Some friend you are! :p

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I don't think age or social media mean much in this circumstance. My man loves capturing photos of things, even us, but he isn't on social media at all. [well he is now, only because he is living in France and it is an easy way to keep in touch]

 

 

 

I do find it odd, I cherish all the photos I have of my man and I together.

Really cute, but one day when I came home my man took a bunch of photos of us together and put them around the house... it was so adorable. :love:

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I love taking pics. I have over 10K pics on my PC and I just spent I don't know how many hours going through my entire catalog of digital photos using the Picasa app. It's pretty cool...has face detection and lets you tag photos of people. I tagged our entire family and it's fun to sort by date and we can see our kids grow right before our eyes.

 

We also have probably a couple hundred hard copy photos that we took (before digital cameras and cell phones cams were around) that I plan on sending off to get bulk scanned and a DVD made.

 

Yeah...I'm pretty pic crazy. But I think it's awesome to be able to go back through the years and reminisce.

 

Damn...realizing that my wife and I were together before we even had cell phones (or at least, I don't think she had one) makes me feel pretty old. :)

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Some people just aren't into pictures.

 

I'm a girl, and I hate taking pictures. I only have a few selfies. I'm very particular about how I look in pictures.

 

I'm a millennials, and I have never had much interest in couples photos. I have no desire to post couple pics all over the net.

 

I mostly go on fb to 'like' certain pages. I have friends and follow a few celebs. I dont post my business online. No couples pics unless we are married and then only a handful. I wont even think about changing relationship status until we are over the one year hump.

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That's why I've held out from opening up an Fb account, even though everyone keeps bugging me to do so. Same goes for twitter. Couldn't be bothered with trivialities of this nature, preferring to see people in person, call or email to find out how they're doing or to share relevant news.

 

Your friend's baby just took its first poo on the toilet. You dont care? :mad:

 

jk :laugh:

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my g/f and I take pictures...we call it "making memories". very very rarely will we post it somewhere. perhaps if we are on a trip together or if another friend takes the photo and "tags" us.

 

I love the fact that my g/f is not heavy with the social media. we are both fairly private people. in fact for the most part she has fb to keep "track" of her son and stay in touch with a few clients/close friends.

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