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Body types (again) and Gender.
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By *alandNita OP Couple
over a year ago
Scunthorpe |
Would it be possible to have gender specific body types to choose from. It always seems wrong when a guy describes himself as Curvy/Ample of Fabulous... of even better.
It would also be good is the profile (m/f couples) stated which was male and which was female... it's not always obvious.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Would it be possible to have gender specific body types to choose from. It always seems wrong when a guy describes himself as Curvy/Ample of Fabulous... of even better.
It would also be good is the profile (m/f couples) stated which was male and which was female... it's not always obvious.
Cheers"
What would the male alternatives be?
"Bit of a Beer belly"
"Ok I haven't seen the little soldier in a while"
"What do you mean touch my toes I haven't seen them in the last 15 years!!!"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I describe my self as fabulous but make is clear in profile im size 16 with big boobs and bum...then there's no confusion..I find a lot of men described as athletic and when you look at pics you're like.....errm no !! |
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"I describe my self as fabulous but make is clear in profile im size 16 with big boobs and bum...then there's no confusion..I find a lot of men described as athletic and when you look at pics you're like.....errm no !!"
They think dart players and sumo wrestlers are athletes  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I agree.....one's self belief is perhaps not another's specific type....I am up front n honest...and always exchange pix before a meet....avoids either of us being shocked hehe x  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I describe my self as fabulous but make is clear in profile im size 16 with big boobs and bum...then there's no confusion..I find a lot of men described as athletic and when you look at pics you're like.....errm no !!"
this has ben a source of confusion for me but what exactly would be the difference between slim and athletic? i'd guess that a majority of athletes would be just slim |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I describe my self as fabulous but make is clear in profile im size 16 with big boobs and bum...then there's no confusion..I find a lot of men described as athletic and when you look at pics you're like.....errm no !!
this has ben a source of confusion for me but what exactly would be the difference between slim and athletic? i'd guess that a majority of athletes would be just slim"
No they wouldn't they would be athletic high lean body mass slim can still have a relatively high BF ratio due to low muscle mass but still be slim.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Guys:
Obese / Overweight / Athletic / Average / Slim
Gals:
Obese / Overweight / Athletic / Average / Slim
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With 60 percent of the population obease that would have to go
Morbidly obease/average/Overweight/athletic/slim |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think the old vital statistics would be better. Followed by your BMI for men. And dress size followed by your BMI for the ladies.
The present system leaves too much to personal interpretation!  |
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By *osieWoman
over a year ago
Wembley |
"I think the old vital statistics would be better. Followed by your BMI for men. And dress size followed by your BMI for the ladies.
The present system leaves too much to personal interpretation! "
What is wrong with: beached whale, really fat, average UK size 16 fat, average, slim? Not politically correct enough? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Curvey on a Woman is sexy but on a man disgusting!
Muscle on a guy is lush but on a woman. hmmmm I don't know  "
Depends what you mean by curvy..some people describe themselves as this...when they blatantly should be one or two categories up lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Guys:
Obese / Overweight / Athletic / Average / Slim
Gals:
Obese / Overweight / Athletic / Average / Slim
With 60 percent of the population obease that would have to go
Morbidly obease/average/Overweight/athletic/slim"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I describe my self as fabulous but make is clear in profile im size 16 with big boobs and bum...then there's no confusion..I find a lot of men described as athletic and when you look at pics you're like.....errm no !!"
I had myself down as fabulous and had messages from guys telling me I had put wrong category lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Guys:
Obese / Overweight / Athletic / Average / Slim
Gals:
Obese / Overweight / Athletic / Average / Slim
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I think just sizes should be fine
I.e, ladies, 8, 10, 12, 14 etc
Men. 32, 34, 36, 38 etc |
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By *alandNita OP Couple
over a year ago
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"Guys:
Obese / Overweight / Athletic / Average / Slim
Gals:
Obese / Overweight / Athletic / Average / Slim
I think just sizes should be fine
I.e, ladies, 8, 10, 12, 14 etc
Men. 32, 34, 36, 38 etc"
I'm not sure that works either though, especially for men because the size is just waist and a 32" waist could be fat if you're 5 foot and skinny if you're six foot six..
I definitely think that there should be different categories for blokes though. Maybe Muscular, should be one, I've seen just as many "Muscular guys" and "Over Weight" who list themselves as Large. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Searching by sizes wouldn't work so well for that same reason.
Maybe there should be an auto-calculation based on the stats you enter that assigns a description - that could be interesting.
I'm sure a similar thing could be done based on face pics  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't mind men with a bit of meat on them prefer that to 6 packs . Each to their own we all like different body types thank goodness
Hairy chests are very - yummy too |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have no qalms about saying i'm fat because i am and would rather people know that first as most people will judge on that first.
I know this means i have little chance of a meet but would rather not get a meet than pretend to be something i am not.
I do agree that the search criteria beed to be expanded no point in having options if u cant search for them.
But please dont slav people off just because there not your idea of purfect. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Except when there are no photos - and photos can be just as misleading anyway. I'm in favor of more options, not less."
Photos can be misleading, but so can anybody's description they choose to use. I get 2 or 3 messages a day telling me I shouldn't have selected 'large', but that's what I felt was most accurate in my opinion, it's obviously totally subjective.
But I don't engage with profiles that have no photos at all anyway. I honestly never even think to look at whether they've classed themself as slim/large/fabulous or whatever. |
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By *alandNita OP Couple
over a year ago
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"I'd opt for removing it altogether, since you can't search by it anyway! People will make up their mind based on photos anyway.
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Whilst I agree with this, it could help reduce the annoyance of being asked for pics then being told "No Ta!"
Also, lots of people don't have any "Full Body" photo's, just close-ups of certain bits. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'd opt for removing it altogether, since you can't search by it anyway! People will make up their mind based on photos anyway.
Whilst I agree with this, it could help reduce the annoyance of being asked for pics then being told "No Ta!"
Also, lots of people don't have any "Full Body" photo's, just close-ups of certain bits."
Which is why more options are better than less. Between photos and description I can usually decide if somebody is of interest.
I'll bet if it were possible to search by body size people would be more selective in how they described themselves. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'd opt for removing it altogether, since you can't search by it anyway! People will make up their mind based on photos anyway.
Whilst I agree with this, it could help reduce the annoyance of being asked for pics then being told "No Ta!"
Also, lots of people don't have any "Full Body" photo's, just close-ups of certain bits.
Which is why more options are better than less. Between photos and description I can usually decide if somebody is of interest.
I'll bet if it were possible to search by body size people would be more selective in how they described themselves. "
I think if you could search by body size you would get more people being a bit over-optimistic with their descriptions of themselves in case they ruled themselves out of people's searches.
A height based search though I'd be fully on board with! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Well a bullshit filter would be tricky (but useful). Seems a bit pointless that Fab collects the data but doesn't permit people to search by it - height, weight, interests,whatever. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'd opt for removing it altogether, since you can't search by it anyway! People will make up their mind based on photos anyway.
Whilst I agree with this, it could help reduce the annoyance of being asked for pics then being told "No Ta!"
Also, lots of people don't have any "Full Body" photo's, just close-ups of certain bits.
Which is why more options are better than less. Between photos and description I can usually decide if somebody is of interest.
I'll bet if it were possible to search by body size people would be more selective in how they described themselves. "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Well a bullshit filter would be tricky (but useful). Seems a bit pointless that Fab collects the data but doesn't permit people to search by it - height, weight, interests,whatever."
I think we'd all love the bullshit filter |
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By *ebenhamCouple
over a year ago
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"I think the old vital statistics would be better. Followed by your BMI for men. And dress size followed by your BMI for the ladies.
The present system leaves too much to personal interpretation! "
BMI is a much misused guide for health. It was designed to look at health trends in large samples of population not individuals.
Bodybuilders and well muscled athletes end up a high bmi despite having next to no fat on them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think the old vital statistics would be better. Followed by your BMI for men. And dress size followed by your BMI for the ladies.
The present system leaves too much to personal interpretation!
BMI is a much misused guide for health. It was designed to look at health trends in large samples of population not individuals.
Bodybuilders and well muscled athletes end up a high bmi despite having next to no fat on them."
Bmi is meant to be applicable to the average person, yes the very tiny proportion of the population that is a high end athlete or body builder breaks the scale however that doesn't mean it isn't valid for the average person.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think the old vital statistics would be better. Followed by your BMI for men. And dress size followed by your BMI for the ladies.
The present system leaves too much to personal interpretation!
BMI is a much misused guide for health. It was designed to look at health trends in large samples of population not individuals.
Bodybuilders and well muscled athletes end up a high bmi despite having next to no fat on them.
Bmi is meant to be applicable to the average person, yes the very tiny proportion of the population that is a high end athlete or body builder breaks the scale however that doesn't mean it isn't valid for the average person.
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some people are just afraid to admit things - I was in the obese scale before I lost 3 stone....used to kid myself that I was "just muscley" - ....well I AM "muscley"...but to lose 3 stone of FAT and now be the weight that I am, I musrt have been obese.... I was a quarter of my bodyweight overweight (yes you can now do the sums ha ha)
so for average people ...yes the BMI IS a good scale ... |
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By *osieWoman
over a year ago
Wembley |
"I think the old vital statistics would be better. Followed by your BMI for men. And dress size followed by your BMI for the ladies.
The present system leaves too much to personal interpretation!
BMI is a much misused guide for health. It was designed to look at health trends in large samples of population not individuals.
Bodybuilders and well muscled athletes end up a high bmi despite having next to no fat on them.
Bmi is meant to be applicable to the average person, yes the very tiny proportion of the population that is a high end athlete or body builder breaks the scale however that doesn't mean it isn't valid for the average person.
some people are just afraid to admit things - I was in the obese scale before I lost 3 stone....used to kid myself that I was "just muscley" - ....well I AM "muscley"...but to lose 3 stone of FAT and now be the weight that I am, I musrt have been obese.... I was a quarter of my bodyweight overweight (yes you can now do the sums ha ha)
so for average people ...yes the BMI IS a good scale ..."
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"I describe my self as fabulous but make is clear in profile im size 16 with big boobs and bum...then there's no confusion..I find a lot of men described as athletic and when you look at pics you're like.....errm no !!"
Liking what I see...  |
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