As far as Michael's comments go, I don't think that 50% of men and 33% of women lying are inflated numbers. In fact, it should definitely be upped with the sheer number of liars
that I've encountered in the Hoboken area. :-) How does that old Nick Lowe song go: "All Men are Liars"... Seriously, though, I can understand why men lie about the 3 things listed in the magazine article, especially about commitment, though of course, I don't advocate it since, like linnetbird, I think lying from the onset is rather lame. As for the women, how can you lie about your looks unless you're doing internet dating, being set up by a friend or are going through a dating service? If it's a situation where 2 people meet somewhere, isn't that kinda hard to do?
Matt
linnetbird said on 1/4/2002 3:36 PM
>Ummm....I think I must be missing something here but I think lying like this is stupid and a waste of time.
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>Do people really need to lie about these things just to get a first date??
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>I mean if a guy lies about his income, for example, does he really want a woman who is going to be more or less likely to date him based on his annual salary? Or does a woman want a man who is either insecure about what he does or makes, or who thinks you'd be more interested if he upped the figure? And wouldn't it just be easier to date someone w/ a similar take on commitment than to constantly put up a front all the time?
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>I'm not sure how lying about your looks does anything because you actually have to see each other at some point.
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>I guess if you want to lie about these sorts of things, you have no cause to complain about what you get in return.
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>So are there defenders/proponents of this that can explain it to me?? Maybe I am oversimplifying something that is complicated but this route just seems like it makes life way more complicated than it needs to be and seems like it just wastes time.
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