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I don't know. I'm a very honest person, if only in a F You sort of way. I doN't know that it pays off though. My 40th birthday is going to be me, a can of beans, and a pint of liquor unless some miracle happens. (somehow the friends and family members who show up to borrows a few hundred bucks have disappeared. Maybe they will prove me wrong in 2 days but it isn't looking good.) honesty has gotten me nothing. Why should I cling to it?
Just think about whether the pros of lying will outweigh the cons for you. Would you rather open yourself up to the possibility of attracting more men by lying at the risk of appearing dishonest to some? When I lied about my age on my profile, I would usually reveal my true age before meeting the guy in person. There was one instance where I really liked a guy, and I didn't reveal my true age until after we had been on several dates. It was an awkward situation and it didn't turn out well, so I choose to just be honest from now on (even though I still think that something so trivial shouldn't matter so much if you're truly interested in someone).
I don't know. I'm a very honest person, if only in a F You sort of way. I doN't know that it pays off though. My 40th birthday is going to be me, a can of beans, and a pint of liquor unless some miracle happens. (somehow the friends and family members who show up to borrows a few hundred bucks have disappeared. Maybe they will prove me wrong in 2 days but it isn't looking good.) honesty has gotten me nothing. Why should I cling to it?
Hi Onglet39,
It earns my admiration, but then we are looking for positives. It thickens the hide so that road rash leaves no blemishes. Tell the truth and live? That is an accomplishment.
If you think ONE year or ONE inch are deal-breakers, good luck to you!
An inch more and I'd be a KING!
An inch less and I'd be a queen.
Onglet, you haven't had the big 4-0 birthday yet? Get that profile up quickly and you can list it as 39 and still be honest.
I met my late wife online. She'd told me she weighed 125. I'd suspect it was closer to 145, but I didn't have a scale handy when we first met. I do know it took a few months of diet and exercise to hit the 125 mark a couple years later.
Lying about your age on a dating site? Eh. It depends. Ask your family (not your friends - they'll lie ) if you really look younger. 5 years isn't too bad, but it's pushing it...I'd sure never go more than that. I'll fess up here...I shaved off 2 years on my own profile, and it's never been an issue for a single guy that I dated. If I ever have to go back on there (keeping fingers crossed ) I'm gonna man up and change the age. But here's the thing...if I had had my real age on there, I would have fallen outside of a certain guy's search criteria, and he never would have found me, and never contacted me. I wouldn't have found him either. And we are pretty happily involved.
Truthfully, the number doesn't much matter to me if the person actually appeals to me and looks like what he says he is. Unfortunately, it's ofter the other way around.
Lying about your age on a dating site? Eh. It depends. Ask your family (not your friends - they'll lie ) if you really look younger. 5 years isn't too bad, but it's pushing it...I'd sure never go more than that. I'll fess up here...I shaved off 2 years on my own profile, and it's never been an issue for a single guy that I dated. If I ever have to go back on there (keeping fingers crossed ) I'm gonna man up and change the age. But here's the thing...if I had had my real age on there, I would have fallen outside of a certain guy's search criteria, and he never would have found me, and never contacted me. I wouldn't have found him either. And we are pretty happily involved.
Truthfully, the number doesn't much matter to me if the person actually appeals to me and looks like what he says he is. Unfortunately, it's ofter the other way around.
From the stats I have read today, tons of women lie about age and weight, and men lie about height and income.
So? Does that make it any less bad just because everyone else does it?
If I were doing online dating, I would not want to risk getting caught in a lie, even if it's a little lie. While you may think it's no big deal, you have no idea how the other person would react. I would hate to miss out on someone really great all because they read my profile and said, "Oh never mind, this guy lied to get me to read his profile."
Onglet, you haven't had the big 4-0 birthday yet? Get that profile up quickly and you can list it as 39 and still be honest.
I met my late wife online. She'd told me she weighed 125. I'd suspect it was closer to 145, but I didn't have a scale handy when we first met. I do know it took a few months of diet and exercise to hit the 125 mark a couple years later.
Now I would LOVE to see a guy try this! "Pleased to meet you! Now step on the scale for confirmation of your profile weight ..."
Guys lie because they are online dating to get laid.
Girls are online dating to get married.
Lies work nicely for 1 hour relationships, but poorly for 20 year ones.
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) if you really look younger. 5 years isn't too bad, but it's pushing it...I'd sure never go more than that. I'll fess up here...I shaved off 2 years on my own profile, and it's never been an issue for a single guy that I dated. If I ever have to go back on there (keeping fingers crossed
) I'm gonna man up and change the age. 
But here's the thing...if I had had my real age on there, I would have fallen outside of a certain guy's search criteria, and he never would have found me, and never contacted me. I wouldn't have found him either. And we are pretty happily involved. 
