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"Oh my. Yesterday afternoon, I spotted a fascinating Match.com profile picture and I just had to get your take on it.I&amp;amp;#8217;m certainly not giving online dating a try (because, um, I&amp;amp;#8217;m married) but checking out all that computer love has to offer is sort of my job. So, when I spotted a profile picture that looked suspiciously like a family portrait, I couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t wrap my head around it. I spied one fellow&amp;amp;#8217;s profile on the nifty Match.com banner right above the comments section in Smitten posts. Though the thumbnail image was on the small side, the profile in question featured a young man posed Sears portrait studio style with a mature man and woman. My first thought was &amp;amp;#8220;Are those his parents?!&amp;amp;#8221; Not the profile picture in question. Though, quite the handsome stock photo family, wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t you agree? The general rule of thumb for online dating profile pictures is to select one that just features you. That way, there&amp;amp;#8217;s no confusion about which face belongs to the profile. Perhaps the fellow posed with his parents was hinting at some cheeky aspect of his life. Maybe he&amp;amp;#8217;s one of the clever minds behind Awkward Family Photos and decided to go all meta with his online persona? What do you think? If you spotted an online dating profile picture that featured more than one person (or a fellow and possibly his parents) what would your first reaction be? Do you agree that profile pictures for dating websites should be solo images? For more on dating&amp;amp;#133; * Dating: Which of These 3 Outfits Would You Wear on a Summer Date? * Dating With Disabilities: Q&amp;amp;A With Melissa Blake of So About What I Said * 6 Reasons &amp;quot;Friends With Benefits&amp;quot; Never Works More Ways to Get Glamour: NEW! Now You Can Read Glamour on Flipboard! Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter. Photo: Jupiter Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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