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26 Feb 2020, 11:02 pm

Why do men lie about their ages on OkCupid?



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27 Feb 2020, 3:08 am

Because they think it will increase their chances, are desperate enough to be dishonest, and daft enough to think a lie is a suitable foundation for a relationship.



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27 Feb 2020, 7:30 am

I now realize pretty much everyone lies on their profile: if not age then they will lie about their job, their income, their social life, their experience, pretty much anything to get attention. It goes back to my point that if they are online, especially for a significant period of time, there is usually a very good reason they are single.



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27 Feb 2020, 10:08 am

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Why do men lie about their ages ...?
For the same reason women lie about their ages, weights, and number of previous sexual partners...

... to seem more attractive to others.


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27 Feb 2020, 10:14 am

Why is it that many women complain about deception and dishonesty in men, and then...

... wear fake eyelashes, wigs, padded bras, corsets, girdles and makeup?

... lie about their ages, weights, heights, measurements, and number of previous sexual partners?

... pretend to hate someone they love or vice-versa?

... say, "We'll just be friends" and subsequently avoid all contact?

... say, "Everything is fine" when it isn't?


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27 Feb 2020, 11:50 am

Why so many women....

... go all together to the toilet during outings?



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27 Feb 2020, 11:53 am

Karamazov wrote:
Because they think it will increase their chances, are desperate enough to be dishonest, and daft enough to think a lie is a suitable foundation for a relationship.


Somehow I'm not sure a relationship of any length is high on their agenda. At least not one long enough for their true age to be revealed.

I've always just assumed that anything found on those kinds of platforms is an out-and-out lie.



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29 Feb 2020, 12:31 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Why so many women....

... go all together to the toilet during outings?
To gossip about men & help each other fix their hair & makeup


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01 Mar 2020, 3:33 pm

I think it's all about previous bad experiences they went through. They were told by girls they are/look too young so they add a bigger number, or the opposite: girls rejected them because they thought he is too old for them.

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Why is it that many women complain about deception and dishonesty in men, and then...

... wear fake eyelashes, wigs, padded bras, corsets, girdles and makeup?

... lie about their ages, weights, heights, measurements, and number of previous sexual partners?

... pretend to hate someone they love or vice-versa?

... say, "We'll just be friends" and subsequently avoid all contact?

... say, "Everything is fine" when it isn't?


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First two: the same as mentioned above: guys very often criticize the appearance of women, I had many boyfriends who asked to wear makeup. Also I think it's partly of media and the models, actresses, singers shown in perfect shape or when you are in public, men only look at you when you look sexy (bra, deep cleavage, short skirt, tons of makeup). It's really a bad thing, but a vice versa trap between men and women.
"Be friends": just a guess: they are afraid to flat out reject a man to avoid conflict at that moment.
The other two I don't know :(


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01 Mar 2020, 3:48 pm

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Why do men lie about their ages on OkCupid?

I don't, but I should. I'm 60, but I keep getting recommendations (on OurTime) for women much younger. It could skew the recommendations upwards. There just seems to be a huge change in women from age 55 upwards compared to the ones 54 and down who almost seem like kids to me.


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01 Mar 2020, 5:04 pm

hariboci wrote:
I think it's all about previous bad experiences they went through. They were told by girls they are/look too young so they add a bigger number, or the opposite: girls rejected them because they thought he is too old for them.

Fnord wrote:
Why is it that many women complain about deception and dishonesty in men, and then...

... wear fake eyelashes, wigs, padded bras, corsets, girdles and makeup?

... lie about their ages, weights, heights, measurements, and number of previous sexual partners?

... pretend to hate someone they love or vice-versa?

... say, "We'll just be friends" and subsequently avoid all contact?

... say, "Everything is fine" when it isn't?


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First two: the same as mentioned above: guys very often criticize the appearance of women, I had many boyfriends who asked to wear makeup. Also I think it's partly of media and the models, actresses, singers shown in perfect shape or when you are in public, men only look at you when you look sexy (bra, deep cleavage, short skirt, tons of makeup). It's really a bad thing, but a vice versa trap between men and women.
"Be friends": just a guess: they are afraid to flat out reject a man to avoid conflict at that moment.
The other two I don't know :(



I don’t wear fake stuff & I don’t wear makeup, I had a padded bra before, but I got rid of it shortly later, it made me more bigger. My ex-boyfriend loved me without makeup & fake stuff.



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01 Mar 2020, 5:14 pm

old_comedywriter wrote:
Kitty4670 wrote:
Why do men lie about their ages on OkCupid?

I don't, but I should. I'm 60, but I keep getting recommendations (on OurTime) for women much younger. It could skew the recommendations upwards. There just seems to be a huge change in women from age 55 upwards compared to the ones 54 and down who almost seem like kids to me.


There guys that in their early 30s that said they are in their 40s, I saw their pictures before, this one guy who was 33, now he wrote he is 45. There this another guy who said he was 45, his pictures of him were young, he looked like a teenager still.



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08 Mar 2020, 10:57 pm

Kitty4670 wrote:
old_comedywriter wrote:
Kitty4670 wrote:
Why do men lie about their ages on OkCupid?

I don't, but I should. I'm 60, but I keep getting recommendations (on OurTime) for women much younger. It could skew the recommendations upwards. There just seems to be a huge change in women from age 55 upwards compared to the ones 54 and down who almost seem like kids to me.


There guys that in their early 30s that said they are in their 40s, I saw their pictures before, this one guy who was 33, now he wrote he is 45. There this another guy who said he was 45, his pictures of him were young, he looked like a teenager still.
They may be using older pix of them(pix that were taken years ago) cuz they think they looked better when they were younger. It's also possible they're using fake pix of themselves cuz they think those pix make em look better.


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12 Mar 2020, 8:49 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Why so many women....

... go all together to the toilet during outings?



I never do this. I find it annoying when my female friends follow me to the loo.


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13 Mar 2020, 12:51 am

In school, I never had friends to do this with.