ami1uwant is online now ami1uwant Post #1  June 18,2010, 7:05pm
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I saw an article on line that talks about people lying about their age:

Age and profiles: Is it OK to fib?

Would you do it...if so...then why?


I would never lie about my age and I would be upset if she came clean with me about her age because if she lied about her age then what else did she lie about.
 
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I've never lied about my age in the past (although I won't necessarily state it if asked, either, and don't feel compelled to correct people when they guess low).

That article just about convinced me that I should shave off a few years, though...lol
 
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I never have (who cares? I don't.)

I've seen a few profiles of women who selected an age, and then corrected it in the text. I figure they did it because they know people tend to put round numbers in their searching, and they just missed one.

I can live with this (while reserving the right to dump someone for lying to me.)

In the scheme of things, it is not the worth things I've seen in a profile fibbery!
 
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no, no
 
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Heck, no. I worked hard to live this long.
 
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littlebluemonkeymind wrote :
Heck, no. I worked hard to live this long.
My sentiments exactly!
 
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Nope, not worried about it. You are what age you are, but it shouldn't dictate how you act or feel . I loved the age of 25, and that's how I continue to feel, feel just as young and vibrant then as I do now. Who the heck cares about what age they are, it's only a number.....just hope that when I am 80, I am as limber as I am now
 
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Never ever - I am so proud and thrilled to be 49. (My mom died of cancer when she was 48, so I look at every day since my 49th birthday as one I have to live doubly - once for me, once for her.)
I have been lied to about age by matches, sometimes dramatically - by more than a year or two. Once by 8 years - did he think I wouldn't notice?
 
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ami1uwant wrote :
Would you do it...if so...then why?
I have a hard time imagining that anyone will actually get on this thread and fess up.

And no, I wouldn't do it. It's just a number, and if someone judges me by it, that's their problem, not mine. As far as finding out after the fact that a match has lied about her age, I cannot think of a single rationalization (aka excuse) that would make it okay. To them it might be one minor fib, but to me, it says that they go through life with the view that the ends justify the means, a view that I don't share.
 
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Till he hit 70 (which he always refers to as three score and ten, to add some weird Shakespearian weight) my Dad always lied about his age. He always added about 5 years. He just liked it when people said "you look really well for your age, Doug".

On occassion I have done the same , but I only add a year or two, I didn't inherit his ambition.
 
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