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I went out on a date two years ago with a guy who claimed he was 37. When he showed up, I remember thinking, there's no way this man is 37 or he's made some seriously poor lifestyle choices! He had deep forehead/eye wrinkles and was 45% grey, looking minimum 45.
Lo and behold he sends me another message (I recently started online dating again) forgetting who I was and STILL listed his age as 37!! I called him out on it and he still had the nerve to completely deny what he was doing!!??
Had another guy say he was a doctor, but listed only having his Bachelor's degree and lived in a ghetto side of town. He also gave two different names in conversation. I'm not a degree snob, but I do have my BS radar on high.
What's the worst online dating lie you encountered?
Once I met a woman who told me she was childless. It didn't matter to me one way or another, I just asked. Her profile stated single childless professional. To make a long story short, we went to her house, when we entered, I noticed that there were some toys in the family room. She did ask me to be quiet as we went down the hall, but at this point all red flags were ignored by the other head, which was now in control. I'd say 30 mins in, she started getting into it, and all of a sudden, there is a pounding on the door, along with screams. I mean murderous screaming...."Mommmmmmmmmmm, stoPPPPPPPPPPPP!! MoMMMMMMMMMMMM! Stoppppppppppppp!" Screaming and crying...... I was snapped out of it, and when I got up to get dressed, she got pissed off saying I should ignore them! I looked at her with pity and disgust, and quickly left. Two little 5-7 year olds crying, I couldn't believe what a bad mom she was. Never talked to her again, just blocked her. I'll never forget those shrieks and screams.
I guess I've been pretty lucky. I haven't experienced the kinds of things other people do when it comes to online dating. The worst lie (if you can call it that) was when the person ended up being about 10-20 pounds heavier than what they were in their pictures. I know some people would be upset over that, but it really didn't bother me all that much. She still looked great and we had a fun date. I'm sure she knew I noticed, but I wasn't going to make an issue out of it.
The word "professional" is so ridiculously overused now I get a little leary when I see someone use that term describing themselves. Anymore it means "self importance".
Speaking of professions, I met someone who said she was a school teacher. It turns out she was a day care worker.
I only did OLD for a very short period of time, so I never really caught anyone in lies. But the funniest was when a CD poster from my city started contacting me out of the blue and trying to ask me out on dates.
He said he had a girlfriend but he was going to ask her for an open relationship if I would date him. He hadn't even met me yet, and I wouldn't never agree to such BS anyway!
He also sent me a picture of himself...from 15 years ago!! Who doesn't have a recent picture of themselves??
Not necessarily lies, but not exactly honesty either.
I had someone tell me they were not married and he shows up with a wedding band. That was the quickest date I have ever been on.
I also know a woman who was married and said she was single and got on match. (I don't think they even accept "married" people).
I know one man who photo shopped the shirtless body of some hunk and attached it to his own head. This man had no rippling muscles himself and I guess he thought either the women he met up with wouldn't notice or his "charms" would win them over and it wouldn't matter.
It is sad folks do this. For one thing, they are cheating and I would think most people on those sites would not want to waste their time dating someone who is married, and certainly not with a liar from the very start. Sad that some will be fooled by these clowns, possibly fall in love with them and invest a part of their lives in them and all for nothing.
I once made a date to meet a lawyer and a performing magician who was a bit outside my age range. He said he was 55 or so but seemed really interesting, so I figured, what the heck? His profile had enough info that I started to Google, and found out that he was pretty wealthy, 62 and had a 7 year old son. It sure looked to me like he was not yet divorced from his coworker/wife. I also discovered that he did large scale illusions with elaborate rigging and while setting up for a show, had gotten injured by a large set piece. He was now in a WHEELCHAIR.
When I asked him about his age, he pulled out the same old thing every old man says: If I had put my real age, you wouldn't have gone out with me, what's wrong with lying about my age?
I didn't even mention the wheelchair when I cancelled our meet. Funny thing is, I would have gone out with a guy who admitted upfront that he was in a wheelchair...but NOT a guy who lied about his age and refused to admit there was anything wrong with it.
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