Photos to bring?

[jvoorhees]

An idea that was recommended that I thought was good was to bring some photos with you to show the women on your dates.
 
So I am curious, what are some things that you'd recommend having photos of?  And also, things that you'd recommend NOT having photos of?
 
 
Here are some ideas that I had:
 
You
Your kids
Your pets
Your parents/siblings/family
Your car
Your house
Your yard
Skyline of the major city you are closest to
A park that you live near
Picture of you doing your hobbies/interests
Picture of you traveling

[benjio]

Photos are always a great conversation topic on any date you may be on with a potential girlfriend, but they can also be dangerous. This is just my opinon, but if I were you I'd leave out the pics of the house and the car. It may lead to a girl jumping to conclusions about your financial standing. My house is not what most people would call aesthetically appealing from the outside, so a girl might assume I was poor. Contrarily, I drive a relatively new Jaguar, so in another instance a girl might assume I had money to burn. Both could be harmful to your ability to try and gauge a woman's true intentions. The rest of your list is perfect. One of my biggest regrets after my first trip to Barranquilla was not bringing pictures of my life back in the U.S. Almost every girl I went out on a second date with had pictures of their family and/or other things to show me.

[whitey]

I agree with benjio.  I'd also be careful about vacation photos, especially to resorts outside of the US for similar reasons.  Keep the focus of any developing relationship off of money.

For me this wouldn't be any different from dating someone in my own country.  I'm not going to be showing photos or spending any time talking about my house, my car, my vacations, etc. during the early stages of a relationship.

[dennislevy]

Benjio is compeltley righ

[fathertime]

I don’t think photos of the house and car are necessary when you are first meeting the ladies….i usually brought a few photos of me and my kids and that was it…coincidentally when I met my wife, my sister had created a CD of our family photos through the years and it was multigenerational so I played that for my novia/wife and I think she found it interesting. 


Down the line, if you find a babe you are becoming more committed to then that is a good time to start sharing more details of your life….my two cents.




Fathertime!

[Gato4Astrid]

I agree with the previous postings about what not to show photos.  Avoid bringing photos of your car, your "big" house (including inside the house especially if it is well interior designed), yacht (if you have any), your "holiday" house (if you have any),
Just the photos of your family, your pets (if you have any).
 
Good luck!
 

[jvoorhees]

Thanks for the advice all!

[whitey]

Funny (well, more embarrassing actually) story about photos ... can't remember if I've told it before on this forum or not, but here goes anyway ...

When Nazly and I were just getting to know each other as friends via email and Facebook, I would send her photos of life in Canada, things that I was doing, etc. 

At the time, I had never been to Colombia and figured that it was pretty much like Cuba (except much more dangerous) - in other words, dirt poor, barely functioning infrastructure, few stores and nothing to buy in them, etc.

So, I took a picture of the inside of my local grocery store, which is pretty nice, and filled with tons of fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, seafood, and many isles of packaged/canned food.  I figured she would be simply dazzled by the sheer size and variety of food available in my wealthy, First World country.

Of course my photo was met with a resounding yawn.  Little did I know that the Exito just a block down the street from her was nicer, and loaded with more food, electronics, appliances, clothes, etc. than my "fancy" Canadian supermarket.



 

[Researcher]

     I always brought pics of me in my man-kini to "seal the deal" with the ladies.I brought autographed ones in case they wanted a copy!!! hehehe!


                 

   But seriously, I wouldn't bring photos of house, car or possessions.I think photos of kids, if you have them, family, pets are OK.Put yourself in the ladie's place.If someone from another country was coming to visit you what photos would you like to see?

         Researcher

[utopiacowboy]

Funny (well, more embarrassing actually) story about photos ... can't remember if I've told it before on this forum or not, but here goes anyway ...

When Nazly and I were just getting to know each other as friends via email and Facebook, I would send her photos of life in Canada, things that I was doing, etc. 

At the time, I had never been to Colombia and figured that it was pretty much like Cuba (except much more dangerous) - in other words, dirt poor, barely functioning infrastructure, few stores and nothing to buy in them, etc.

So, I took a picture of the inside of my local grocery store, which is pretty nice, and filled with tons of fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, seafood, and many isles of packaged/canned food.  I figured she would be simply dazzled by the sheer size and variety of food available in my wealthy, First World country.

Of course my photo was met with a resounding yawn.  Little did I know that the Exito just a block down the street from her was nicer, and loaded with more food, electronics, appliances, clothes, etc. than my "fancy" Canadian supermarket.

I remember being in a big Exito in Medellin that reminded me of Wal-mart. Then Shania Twain came on the muzak and the transformation was complete.

[Alabamaboy!]

I always brought tons of pics with me on my laptop. About 95% of them my kids, but also some pics of the house (because the kids where there), my car (because the kids were getting in and out of it). I did pay attention to the pics that they would spend the most time looking at. And also what kind of questions they would ask. I never had any Colombiana in Cali, the Coast, Bucaramanga, anywhere ask me questions about my house or car. They were only showing interest in the kids, and other family shots...of my mom, or brothers/sister. I don't like to play games with people. And I am not going to go through all my photos and remove pics of my house or car. But that goes both ways. I don't like it if the girl is hiding things from me, not showing me her home or whatever things.

[V_Man]

I have one pic of my house which is mostly behind a tree and down a drive so people can see it is a stand alone house but can't really tell that much about it. However I am thinking may be I would not even bring that one.

One thing though - if I bring pictures of my city it is clearly a very wealthy and beautiful place. So do I bring them? If I was her I would be interested to know what life was like in this gringo's home country.

[Researcher]

     Pictures of the city where I live is something I think is OK.I would think a woman would like to see where you live.I made sure to show my wife photos before we were serious.I wanted her to know that I didn't live in a big city like she did.

      Researcher

[fathertime]

my feeling is that you can save lots of your pictures until after you meet somebody you really like...during those very early dates, those photos aren't that important.


Fathertime!

[jb]

     I always brought pics of me in my man-kini to "seal the deal" with the ladies.I brought autographed ones in case they wanted a copy!!! hehehe!


                 

 

Yes the man-kini is great, especially if you are wanting to be more modest.  A word of caution to avoid the all embarrassing "nipple slippage."      we've all been there, right? 
Although, for those who are more daring, Tanman and crew have a few spedinis that will drive the women crazy.  And his approach to attracting ladies has to be seen to be believed.


 Tame and Capture: "Get them wet"
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uHFAScEQS4



one of Tanman's crew modeling "The Secret Garden" 
"Because babes like flowers and love to share secrets."

[chameleon]

Don't show photos of possessions imo. There's no need to tempt the unscrupulous. I also wouldn't talk about money, except to reinforce how much more expensive living in the US/Canada is.