Reply To: Seeing a guy’s photo before deciding to date him 📷🤵

“He said that a girl determining whether or not she will go on a date based on his picture is a secular notion and unacceptable for JewIsh girls in shidduchim.”
I think the statement is equally valid if you replace “girl(s)” with “boy(s)” and “she” with “he” and “his” with “her”.
A picture is not accurate. It is only 2-dimensional. It does not reveal the charm/grace and inner beauty that can make an otherwise plain person beautiful. It should not be used to decide if the girl is pretty enough to date. In terms of other info, I disagree that it can tell you anything about his health or hygiene. They guy could dress up all spiffy for the photo-op and in real life be a slob. And what does it mean to look healthy? He can look tanned and muscular from the shoulders up, but the picture misses that he can’t walk without a brace. Or has any other internal medical ailment. If you are anxious about meeting someone blindly, and that he might not really be Chaim, then have him meet you at third party’s house, or if meeting in a public place, get a detailed description of what he looks like.