I feel you...
Tiny Titty Lover said:
I joined a dating website recently. A girl contacted me. She didn’t have a picture in her profile. I figured she must be pretty hot, because she doesn’t want to be bothered by all the guys. She says if I give her an e-mail address she’ll send me a picture. She also gave me her phone number. I gave her an e-mail address. She sent me two different e-mails with pictures today, and both times gave me her number and wanted me to call her. She seems very sweet, and nice. The problem is that she’s Fugly, not a typo, that's Fugly with a capitol F. How I do I handle it without hurting her feelings?
...though for the life of me I don't understand how you could have possibly thought the reason there was no picture was because "she didn't want to be bothered by all the guys". WTF would she be doing on a internet dating website then??
Ok...you were foolishly wishful thinking. Now you know better.
Insofar as what to do....I am curious to see what the females say, but remember...these ladies aren't "civilians"...I doubt if they see the general social "dance" of dating through exactly the same prism as your new "friend".
What would I do? Don't call. She knows you have the number. If she is level headed and mature she will get the message without there needing to be any more communication between the two of you. If she does write again asking why you did not call, simply reply with a soft but emotional less reply..."I am afraid you do not appear to be my type physically. I am sorry. Best of luck in meeting someone special". Again, that should be enough of a rebuff...without being mean...that she will get the hint and not want to foolish drag it out.
Now...why I feel you...when I had gotten divorced I did a bit of internet dating as well...not the "hook up" stuff I ended up mostly doing (where I actually wasn't super concerned about appearance so long as they weren't a total fatty...I was there for the booty, and if the package wasn't nicely gift wrapped I just didn't go back), but actually trying to find a SO.
Met this one woman...no picture, and because I was new at it I fell into exactly the same trap you did. We met at a resturant...FUGLY. What was "worse" though...because it was so ironic...her body was BANGING!!! She was in the miltary...she was about as fit as a woman could be without being "hard". Round, firm breast...sitting "way up high" as Dylan would say. Tight, round ass. Banging. But she was FUGLY....and while super nice, didn't have an ounce of feminity or sophistication about her.
Dinner was had. We were pleasant...civil...but I knew when I laid eyes on her this was going nowhere. I prayed like hell she would never email or call. This was years ago...I don't actually remember if she did...(I am thinking there might have been an email)....but I do not remember any crazy drama. She got the hint.
The bottomline is this: You don't have to feel sorry for anybody. We are all adults. Physical attraction (though not obsession with only the physical) is one of the criteria for adult dating. If she were a 9 versus a 3....she'd be turning down guys she didn't find attractive with no guilt. Trust.