8 out of ten online daters lie for love
When looking for love online, eight out of 10 people lie about their appearance by making themselves an inch or so taller or trimming a few pounds, according to a survey of Internet daters.
Over half of the men questioned, or 52.6 percent, made themselves taller while 39 percent of women claimed greater height.
Women more commonly trimmed their weight to make themselves more appealing, with 64.1 percent of women registering a false weight compared to 60.5 percent of men.
When it came to age, 24.3 percent of the men were untruthful, compared with 13.1 percent of the women.
Do online daters NOT see the impact these little white lies could potentially have?
For the sake of this discussion, lets say that you do lie on your profile - you add an inch or two and subtract 20 pounds or so. Do you NOT ever plan on meeting anyone in person? If so, don’t you think it’s going to be obvious that You ARE a LIAR?
Let’s go a bit further here and say the person you meet is willing to overlook these little white lies, but later on, once a relationship begins to form - that same person begins to look back on when and how the two of you met when the LIGHTBULB goes off….
They realize they are dating a LIAR! And begin to think about the bigger picture - IF you are so willing to lie about the small stuff - they’re wondering what about the big stuff? Would you lie about that too?
How can you possibly anticipate a relationship that was established on such a week foundation as a lie, to succeed?
Isn’t it better to lump it from the beginning and just tell the truth?
Wouldn’t you much rather fall in love with someone that is willing to overlook that inch you feel you are lacking or that bit of extra poundage your lugging around and know that your relationship was built on the foundation of painful yet total honesty?
Why would you lie? Have you lied? Did it work or did it backfire?
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4 opinions for 8 out of ten online daters lie for love
Char
Feb 8, 2007 at 8:50 am
Oh, I am so glad I am no longer in this arena. Although, I did lie on my weight for my last drivers license.
braindancer
Feb 8, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Shocking! Scientific American reports that scientists have proven that online daters lie in their profiles! It’s like an avalanche of lies, an epidemic. The men I know say that all the other men lie about their age, so that if you say you’re 39, people assume you’re 45, and if you’re 45 people just assume you’re 50. If you post a photo that’s recent, people will assume it’s ten year’s old, so you have to post an old one. It’s like keeping up with the Joneses! The only solution is for us all to get honest, right away. Check out my blog for more insight into online dating and why it’s changing the ways we relate off line.
pinky
Feb 13, 2007 at 4:16 am
hai,
i m a 32yrs young man.
looking for suitable girl.
russruggles
Apr 8, 2008 at 1:09 am
I am 5′8″, and with as important as women seem to think height is, according to their profiles, I know I’ve been tempted to put a different height on my profile - just to see. Of course, I know it wouldn’t work in the end. I was just talking to a friend today who said that she has met men from online who claim to be 5′10″ and turn out to be SHORTER than 5′5″
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