What is your profile pic?

What's your pfp

...well it's my picture

Hidden secrets?

None. It's got absolutely nothing to do with how having a pic of a guy on your pfp lowers the amount of messages you get from guys looking for a "chat" 🙂

Whys it the way it is.

Funny story actually. I'm a hilarious guy trust me I am. Buttttt I never laugh. Someone very close to me said if they squint really really hard and shake the phone enough it kinda looks like I've got a smile on. So yeah this is literally the only pic I've got of me smiling T_T

@Heather225

★ What is your pfp: My pfp is a pic of me at our camp beach from last year

★ Does it have a meaning?: Yes! Quite a few. One, the beach is calming to me. You can't see it in the pic, but it was behind me. Two, it was one of the best weeks of my life. I felt calm and happy for once. Three, I made close friends. Four, it is just a reminder of a day that was special to me.

★ Why did you choose it?: Like stated above, it's a reminder of a day that was special to me. A reminder that I have been happy, and I can be happy again.

☆ Bonus upvotes if you tag a friend to share their pfp story! @TabbyCat97

@TaylorCaress03 I just realized tabby already posted on here....so ignore that XD

@Heather225

★ What is your pfp?

Top Cat

★ Does it have a meaning?

Years ago f**book had a promotion to use a cartoon character as your pfp in order to raise awareness against child abuse.

★ Why did you choose it?

As a victim of child abuse,
Now I always use a cartoon as pfp on every website that I go to.
I do change it up, sometimes, but always a cartoon.

⭐What is your profile pic?

My profile picture is me in my winter coat in downtown Toronto (Ontario, Canada) where I live.

🌟 Does it have a meaning?

No.

Why did you choose it?

I chose it because I love the winter, especially when it's snowing! If I was wearing my winter coat, it was likely really cold and/or windy. I'm smiling because I was with my partner, I was cozy warm in my coat, walking around the heart of downtown - I love that I'm within walking distance of several interesting areas - and, likely, hoping that it would snow :) ⛄

@Heather225

mine is pretty straight forward

My profile picture is a bunny! Hmmmmm I wonder why :0

I normally use more realistic bunnies, I've been feeling the bunny with flowers vibe, but honestly I needed a change. I feel like my profile picture symbolizes the chaos and the beauty that is life. It honestly reminded me of a bunny covered in glorious beautiful scars, which is me. i want all my members to see my profile picture and my bio and see me as a safe trusted person, someone they can rely on. I feel it really sums me up.

Also its rainbow 😅 i like rainbows

@Heather225 My profile picture was taken place at the Ice Cream Museum, New York location. I took a picture of the cotton candy stand they had. It was a wonderful, fun memory I had with my aunty and my cousin that I had just met for the first time. I chose it because my favorite color is pink, and I think it's a pretty picture that has a good memory behind it.

@Heather225

TW: SA

My profile pic was a gif of a flashing neon light that says' love me till im me again'. It's non-flashing now because someone with epilepsy said it was upsetting them so I made it still.

I have DID which comes with identity confusion. The day I first heard I might have DID I came home and told my husband. I cried on the bed, afriad that I would be lost in a sea of other personalities. My husband said, 'I always know who you are, you are my wife'. When I saw this gif 'love me till i'm me again' it just summarised that whole experience perfectly. I've decided to keep it until I know who I am, and I feel like myself. Yesterday I told my life story to strangers to help a charity get funding for their work with people like me. I expected to be terrified after, but actually I felt safe for the first time since my dad died. I'd been seen as I was, and excepted for it. After a life of trafficking I never thought I'd feel that from strangers. I don't need to keep my history at arms length now, it's part of me and I'm ok with that. Now I just have to work out who the rest of me is after trauma is and i'll be winning 😊

@Heather225

its a Sunset.

and I like to think of the sunset as something beautiful, which is about to relax after a day's work and duties.

@Heather225

★ What is your pfp- It's a cute stickfigure handing a bouquet

★ Does it have a meaning?- Yep, everyone deserves a bouquet for how beautiful they are, inside and out. And I'd love to be handing flowers to everyone in the near future once i actually earn.

★ Why did you choose it?- It's jus cute and it made me feel nice warm emotions when i first saw it soooo yepppp.

@RakyTacky

Awh I love that! :0

@LoveMyMoonflowers

ur pfp is the cutest thing ever thooooo, bunnies and flowers are a combo i never knew i needed-

@Heather225 (and thank you @Jenna for tagging me)

At the moment the following image is my profile picture, though it changes fairly often as I enjoy making them. This is one that I created over time, originally I made various LGBTQ+ flags out of cross sections of flower close ups in the various colours of each flag. I then made various heart images using those, and have chosen to use the hearts in the colours of the lesbian and pride flag as a way of representing myself while also speaking to the LGBTQ+ community here on cups. In the most recent version I've also chosen to add the common phrase "Love is love."

My profile picture is me on a walk by the ocean during the pandemic lockdown. My friend (who I spent many days with during this time) and I wanted to get out into nature. I remember feeling worried we weren’t supposed to be out in the world.

The meaning/why I chose this photo is because it was a time where I felt pretty free honestly. It was invigorating to get outside and explore since we hadn’t been able to do that much at the time. I also was unemployed during this time which was also very freeing. That was a great summer for me. Also chose it because it doesn’t have my face in it 😂

@Heather225

My profile picture is based on my autogenerated name that came up when I signed up for 7cups. I decided to keep it cause I love pineapple and am actually growing a few now. I also think the idea of a serenepinapple is funny and non-assuming, which I hope makes members feel more comfortable chatting/reaching out to me :)

SerenePineapple 🫶🏻

Thank you for the post @Heather225 and thank you for thinking of me @LittleBirdie30

I loved reading through all of these stories, so I thought I'll share mine too ^^

★ What is your pfp

It is a picture of the ocean with rays of light, brightening it up

★ Does it have a meaning?

To me, it looks very calming, but still bright. The ocean can be a scary thing, especially underwater, the same way life can be scary - until someone lights a candle, or in this case, brightens it up by just listening.
I could go on about what the ocean means to me, but I think the above summarizes it well enough ^^

★ Why did you choose it?

I, as many others, chose the name first. And I thought a lot about how to visualize that. I thought about putting a whale up there, showing how the ocean indeed isn't a quiet place, but one with calming sounds, but as whales are also predators to smaller creatures of the sea, I decided against that. So the closest I came to visualizing a Melody of the Ocean was rays of sunlight underwater.

☆ Tag a friend to share their pfp story!

There are so many people on Cups with wonderful profile pictures, so I don't want to limit the stories being shared to the amount of people I can tag. But if you read through this, and you want to share your story too, please do. I'd love to hear it.

💜