What it means if: She’s showing it all off
“When most guys see a girl in a bikini on a dating profile, they think lingerie,” Spira says. Another way of putting this: You know she’ll look good naked because she’s sporting a barely-there bikini in her profile pic.
But just because she’s basically wearing water-ready lingerie doesn’t mean she’s necessarily looking for that kind of attention. Force your eyes away from her bikini-clad body for a second and look at the context-if there’s more landscape than lady, she’s probably just trying to show off her adventurous, beach-loving spirit, Spira explains. If she’s just rolling around in the sand like a mock Sports Illustrated model, her intentions might be a little more physical. Ultimately, it could just be that she’s confident in her body-and we respect the hell out of that.
What it means if: There are multiple women in the photo
Group photos are tricky to decipher. You’re stuck playing Guess Who?, flipping through the photos in a process of elimination to figure out which of the women she is.
But a fun group photo isn’t necessarily a bad thing, provided she’s got some solo pics on her profile. In fact, people who post group photos on social media are more likely to be agreeable and extraverted, a recent study from the University of Pennsylvania suggests.
If she happens to be sharing her profile pic with just one other person and that person is a guy, however, you’ll definitely want to flip through her other photos before swiping right. “One picture of her with another guy isn’t necessarily a red flag,” Spira says. Continue reading “How to interpret her dating app profile picture”