Sadly, there are lots of incidents where you match with a person on a dating platform, meet them on a date in real life, and realize that the person posted misleading photos on their dating profile.

This is an occurrence in online dating that has existed from its inception and is bound to exist for as long as online dating exists.

Unfortunately, there are people who are dishonest about their physical appearance.

She posts misleading photos of herself on her profile to make herself appear more attractive to men who are presented with her profile.

These are misleading photos that show her as athletic, thin, and youthful, when in fact she is overweight and older in real life.

She is someone who lacks confidence, believing that she has to post misleading photos on her profile to attract men.

She is desperate for matches.

Although she knows she has posted misleading photos on her profile, she hopes that her actual physical appearance won’t matter as much if she spends time building a rapport with men she matches with on an online dating platform.

Through conversation, she hopes that she wins these men over with her personality.

Upon meeting her on a date in person, she anticipates that he won’t be so disappointed in her physical appearance in realizing that she posted misleading photos on her profile.

She isn’t as athletic, thin, or youthful as she appears in her profile photos.

But she is counting on him not caring all that much about that, considering how much rapport she built with him in the preceding weeks on a dating site.

When you match with a woman on a dating site that has misleading photos, you risk ending up spending a precious amount of time chatting with her and getting to know her, under the false belief that she actually looks like what she does in her photos, when in fact she doesn’t.

Physical attraction is fundamental in romance.

For the most part, both men and women want to date someone they are physically attracted to.

It is completely unrealistic to think that physical attraction won’t matter once you build a rapport with someone you match with on a dating site.

Physical attraction still matters.

She wants to believe otherwise.

This is unfair to someone like you.

Since the practice of posting misleading photos is prevalent on online dating sites, take countermeasures to protect yourself.

Before spending weeks chatting with someone you match with on a dating site, do your due diligence to verify she hasn’t posted a ton of misleading photos on her profile.

Asking her to do a video chat with you after a few text message exchanges is a powerful method to verify that she hasn’t posted misleading photos on her profile.

A video chat happens in real time.

Meaning, you see what she physically looks like in present day.

Make it routine to request a video chat with a match after a few text message exchanges.

This is a countermeasure that saves you time and energy, should you so happen to be dealing with someone who has posted misleading photos on her profile.

Furthermore, learn how to spot misleading photos.

When a woman’s profile is filled with photos taken from above her head, at an angle, or at a distance, this is suspicious.

When her profile photos on an internet dating site are only of her face, or of her in groups, these are additional telltale signs that she is posting misleading photos.

Photos that are taken overhead, at an angle, or at a distance distort her face and shape, making her appear thinner and younger than she realistically is.

Photos taken in groups keep her body hidden amid the people surrounding her.

Photos that are only of her face indicate she is hiding the rest of her body.

Look out for profiles in this vain and steer clear of them.