| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 12/21/2008 2:44:23 AM | | I disagree....if they have to lie about their age then what other secrets are they harbouring. If a girl is looking for a guy who is aged between 35 and 40 then she has her own reasons for wanting to meet someone within that age band. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 12/22/2008 11:03:43 AM | My assumption is that a lot of people will use creative writing, rather than just the facts. It seems to be a part of the "Game."
The reason, I guess, is that people are lonely and tired of being alone. I don't think of this as a personal injury to me. It is just human nature.
Meeting people is what I want to do. When I meet them, is when I will draw cnclusions. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 12/22/2008 12:01:43 PM | It gives me a little giggle when people do this. It is usually so obvious when looking at photos, chatting or even the interests they have listed. I know a guy - who shall remain nameless - who has a profile here and on a few other sites (dating and social). He has a different age listed on each one! It really is sort of funny. Of course he is one of those types that touts himself as honest and lists that as one of his needs in another.
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 12/27/2008 9:05:03 PM | | Guys lie about their age on Personal web sites because they feel its ok,, and if they don't "look it" and they want more responses, they'll do whatever it takes. I think some women do the same thing, but these people are in denial. I had the unfortunate experience with meeting a guy here who claims to be 42, and he's 52, guys like this NEVER turn out to be honest. He had a habit of lying about almost everything.. and my sister dated a guy a long time ago who also lied about his age, and he turned out to be a big liar too. TO me, this is a dealbreaker from now on.. I will not continue any relationship with a guy if he lies about anything, even his age. Beware. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/10/2009 9:52:28 AM | | Why would anyone lie about their age on a dating site? I thought that the idea of this site was to find that special someone to enhance your life. To connect and share with. So why would anyone begin the search for an honest, open relationship by lying? If they would lie about that, what else would they lie about? A definite deal breaker for sure. If you don't look your age, then be proud of it. I am proud to display the fact that I am almost 50. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/10/2009 9:57:33 AM | I think that it is well established that people lie because of:
- Fear of rejection
- Lack of responses
- Competition
However, you are crazy if you do lie. You will be found out and then the possibility of a relationship is dead.
Why risk it? | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/10/2009 10:10:43 AM | What I have notice since being on plenty of fish. All women I have had the pleasure of dating NEVER EVER LIE about their AGE NEVER!!!!!! But THEY ALL LIED about THEIR W E I G H T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God if ONLY women could NOT LIE about their WEIGHT life would be A LOT better BELIEVE ME.. End OF STORY..   | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/10/2009 3:42:34 PM | I never understand why people on these sites lie about anything, especially if you plan to meet face-to-face.
I met a guy from online a number of years ago. he told me he was 10 years older than I, which was cool. when we met, I questioned his age. he said he looked so old because of "the sun." well, he finally admitted to 20 years older than me. the difference didn't bother me but the lies did.
weight, height, age, amount of hair, your car - these are all things that become readily apparent as to their reality once you see each other in the flesh. why lie? | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/10/2009 4:56:22 PM | I am actually 98 years old black man.
*grin*
It's just all that plastic surgery and oxygen treatments.
How do you lie about age? Truth does come out, doesn't it?
Although it is a tad smarter to lie about age than height or weight for example.
These are immediately visible. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/10/2009 5:04:04 PM |
I met a man (Lawyer) who, in his profile, stated his age to be 54. Upon meeting, he told me he was 56. .........he was actually 57. So he lied to me twice.
Be glad you weren't charged 150-300 dollars/hr. like the rest of the people he talks to..
In his profile he states very clearly he is honest.
Does he list his profession? If so,
That would clearly be an oxymoron ..
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/10/2009 6:40:54 PM | The reason to lie about age is the same reason with everything else and that is to get through the initial filter and get a foot in the door.
I am honest to fault and have found it a significant handicap in the dating world and especially the online dating world. In the later I've been rejected for being an inch too tall, two weeks too old, and other fine details such as those. I often know when I need to lie to get through a filter barrier but I still don't. I'll do some funny thing like instead of saying I'm 6'4" tall I'll give what I consider the more accurate value of 6'3.875" to make light of the silliness of it. It's also not like I couldn't have gotten away with lying about my age on the scale of a couple months or less or telling a woman who was 5'3" tall and wouldn't likely date a guy more than a foot taller than her that I was only 6'3" by dropping the inch fraction instead of rounding, but I still didn't and the price has always been summary dismissal. I'm not complaining, just explaining my experience. It is what it is. The point is that some other guy will lie and he'll get his foot in the door while my inbox went silent.
Sure a woman who is lied to may find out later and reject him, then again she may either not find out or not break up with him for it. It really doesn't matter because without passing through the initial stage there is nothing. Lying turns a zero chance into a non-zero chance and that's the point. It's like any animal mating strategy, to increase the odds. Meanwhile that guy who was honest? Well he didn't get anywhere now did he?
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/10/2009 7:34:11 PM | | Do you know how many men lie about their height? More than not...this guy said in his profile he was 5'7...sorry, but he was a troll! He was about 5'4, and looked like a jockey (yes I met him in person)....a few years of an age? No big deal, as long as they look like their pics, what's the big deal?...Your not getting married the first night you meet, then decide if it was that big of a deal...I don't think something that has to do with alil vanity would worry me about his/her integrity as a human being. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/10/2009 8:49:14 PM | My ex lied about his age when I first met him. He was 6 years younger than me, and when I found out about his real age, (from his mother, none the less!) he stated that he was afraid I wouldn't go out with him if I knew his real age. I felt flattered, and I found it endearing, and sweet, that he would do this to attract me. I eventually married this man but, throughout our marriage this man chronically lied. He embellished reality, and lied about his affairs. Our daughter even gets frustrated with his lies. She states that she does not understand why “he lies the way he does.” Personally, I really don't think that lying about your age on a profile is a good way to start off any relationship. A liar lies. Period. Lying about your age on a profile is usually a deliberate attempt to deceive. Deceiving someone is never a good beginning. I am truthful in my profile and I expect the same from the man I meet. There is no reason change your age to merely to attract another human being, none what so ever. If you’re older and want to attract someone younger, be truthful about your age and give the other person the opportunity to accept you for the person you truly are. It’s the only honest thing to do.
By the way, if you accidently typed in the wrong year for your birthday, it's an easy thing to change. Merely click on the edit profile underscored on your profile and scroll down to the registation information section and change your date of birth. Then click the save profile button, and voila', your profile is now corrected. No excuses. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/11/2009 4:28:49 AM | | Because if he told you his true age, you might not have been interested. But, you're right, it's not right to lie. Lawyers "categorically deny" all the time though...do you really want to get involved with a lier...I mean lawyer? Maybe the guy's a criminal prosecutor and has some shred of moral conviction. If he's an ambulance chaser or sleezy defender, back away... | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/11/2009 4:54:05 AM | | I wouldn't lie about my age, because the person you connect with will find out sooner than later. Mind you, people tell me I look younger than I am... which is nice. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/11/2009 5:08:51 AM | ?do you really want to get involved with a lier...I mean lawyer? Maybe the guy's a criminal prosecutor and has some shred of moral conviction. If he's an ambulance chaser or sleezy defender, back away..."
EXCUSE ME??????? | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/11/2009 9:30:46 AM | | and why would you lie about your height, weight, post old pics, etc. ? The wide range of ideas about what comprises an "athletic" build cracks me up. What a turn off. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/11/2009 3:57:21 PM | | jamie 1968, I'm so happy you wrote this. I've said for years that men under 6' shave at least 3 inches off their height. I happen to find men who are not as tall as I am terrifically sexy, but when they lie about it and we meet in person, the lie is what turns me off. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/11/2009 9:59:56 PM | | well OP you must be extremely naive if you thought he was an honest lawyer. oh my, do those even exist? no such animal. an honest lawyer is an oxymoron. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/26/2009 3:19:20 PM | | I heard on TV that the Governor Bogdoivich wants to give his seat to ORCA WINFREY.. I almost shit myself reading it on CNN. hahaha Only in America. well as for LAWYERS. the world NEEDS them for divorce cases and such. they have a HIGH I Q very EDUCATED AND are HIGHLY intelligent . But they also have the same attributes as CAR SALESMEN. Slimey cunning greedy parisites (Except Ralph Nader) But they are a nessisary EVIL the world needs. They end up becomming Judges. hehehehe Great system we have. But untill some one has a better system. they are all the world has at this time. I have been in a few binds in life when I was younger.. GUILTY AS HELL hehehehe. But my LAWYER got me off on technicalities. So LAWYERS can be good and they can be bad. as they say you GET what you pay for. I got a HUGE BILL but it was worth it. So the system stinks and he who has the better LAWYER usually wins. Then there are hopeless people that can NOT realize there good fortune and Keep messing up. O,J Simpson. He bought the best LAWYERS and beat the rap. But he just couldnt stay out of trouble in the END NO lawyer or lawyers could get him off the hook the second time. He is an idiot. | |
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| Why would you lie about your age?
Posted: 1/26/2009 3:37:15 PM | | You know in life everyone at one time or another has told a " little white lie"......might of been your mom asking if you ate the last cupcake and you shook your head no and there was icing on your face......or you might of been running late for work because you hit the snooze button one to many times and when your boss asked you said " sorry the alarm didnt go off".......so really 2 yrs of an age difference isnt going to make or break a relationship.....now if he said he was single and he had a wife and kids at home thats something to worry about...or if you were dating and he was cheating...I dont think something simple like this is a big deal at all...... | |
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