I'll be shallow.
Looks are important to us. When we get a new message from a couple we have to be initialy attracted to how they look.
They do not have to be hardbodies or even close but we have to like what we see.
To get even more shallow.....
If we get mail from a couple, or anyone for that matter, we will not go more than one or two messages without seeing a pic of them. We come right out and tell them "We like to see who we are talking to". When we first started we had a couple we chatted with without seeing who they were. We were just going off the description of themselves in their profile. After getting to a point where we were considering meeting them they sent us a pic. They were
NOT who they described themselves to be.
After that incident we insist on seeing who they are before we get into too much of a "conversation" with them. If they do not appeal to us at all physicaly then we don't go any further.
Now to redeem myself a bit,
They also have to have a down to earth not stuck on themselves personality with a good sense of humor. We will not swing, no matter how attractive, with those we do not click with.
But the initial attraction for us
is how they look.
Be gentle......