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Have you ever stretched the truth in online dating?

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  • jsukhan
    jsukhan Posts: 149 Member
    I'm honest. I'm 5'11 and weigh 160 lbs, I have a six pack, I think I fit athletic.
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  • almostatgoalweight
    almostatgoalweight Posts: 234 Member
    Yet I see men in my searches with beer guts hanging over the belt saying "About Average"... WHAT?

    Around here, having a gut hanging over is "average", so they wouldn't be lying.
  • SouthernSweetie74
    SouthernSweetie74 Posts: 844 Member
    Nope, I am completely honest and open. I put full body shots on my profile so the guy can see what he's getting. I also always try to keep the pics current, like within a month or two. AND because my hair is naturally curly, I post pics of my hair in the different ways I fix it. No surprises from me.

    BUT

    I have met men who posted outdated pics. It didn't bother me that they looked different, but the misrepresentation of themselves did bother me. I'd much rather a man be open and honest and show me who he really is rather than show me what he wants to be or what he thinks I want to see only for me to find out differently later.
  • coachblt
    coachblt Posts: 1,090 Member
    Honest? Heck no. I lie about everything. Women just love it when we lie, right?

    I have a profile with an online dating site, but I just can't bring myself to actually join (pay). Emails have been sent to me, yet I haven't opened them. I just don't feel the need to be rejected by the internet after all this rejection offline.:laugh:

    Should I or shouldn't I?
  • SouthernSweetie74
    SouthernSweetie74 Posts: 844 Member
    Honest? Heck no. I lie about everything. Women just love it when we lie, right?

    I have a profile with an online dating site, but I just can't bring myself to actually join (pay). Emails have been sent to me, yet I haven't opened them. I just don't feel the need to be rejected by the internet after all this rejection offline.:laugh:

    Should I or shouldn't I?

    You should either go for it .... or delete your profile... you are just teasing those poor innocent women into thinking that there is this great sexy guy available and you don't even read your mail!!! Shame on you. There could be a really great woman out there who wants to meet you. :) And you're just missing out. :)
  • kansasbelle
    kansasbelle Posts: 264 Member
    I say curvy. Some sites only allow for a few extra pounds which I don't like cause it sounds like you are trying to lie about being fat. The guy I met online looked nothing like his picture he had lost a lot of weight and actually looked better heavier. I look so much like my picture I get e-mails like : was that you at Dillons at 6pm? Yes, creeper it was me. I have also had clients (I work with the seriously mentally ill) come into my office to discuss my profile with me. I am no longer on Match.com because of that. This is what I hate about small town America no anonimity. I have run into way to many people I recognize too. Some look just like there pictures.
  • BlackStarlight
    BlackStarlight Posts: 554 Member
    I was was on an online dating site for a while and found that I had the same problem I didn't want to lie but I wasn't sure how to exactly define how I viewed myself. After all it's a problem I've had for most of my life. However Ive never lied. I went for BBW in the end though perhaps that doesn't exactly show me anymore Im not sure. But I don't believe in lying what's the point? You'll only get found out in the end. And if you want the relationship to work you've got to be truthful.
    Staring as you mean to go on and all that :smile:
    I had a fairly successful relationship from that which sadly didn't last for other reasons but I was pleased with my choice in the end even if my partner thought I was being stupid and that I was thinner than I was making out (thank you, boy you get points for that :smile: lol) when he finally met up with me lol. But yeah I try to be as truthful as I can xx x
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
    This one just boggles me. Is a guy going to mad if he finds out a woman dyes her hair, too? I didn't even realize guys noticed stuff like that. I mean, they notice, but I didn't realize they thought about it one way or the other.

    I've had guys tell me I look *completely* different with curly hair, and that's not the woman they agreed to meet. I guess I don't notice it because when I look in the mirror I'm always just "me."

    Also, amongst black culture it's a BIG deal whether or not a lady has her natural hair or whether she wears weave/wigs.

    I tend to change my hair color every time I go to the salon so that means every 2 months I would have to change it. Well I guess for the last year I have been doing different shades of red highlights, but I do have a 2 pictures (that are dated on my profile from august last year) where I had blonde highlights. One guy was messaging me a couple times and then asked what color my hair really was. I responded with brown with red highlights (which is what my most recent dated pictures had). He never responded after that.

    FYI I date all the pictures on my profile so they know they are current.
  • La_Amazona
    La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
    Body type..

    I hate that question. I have no idea. Like someone said, it's subjective.

    I am 5'8, size 12. I just reactivated my account a couple of weeks ago. I used to have a few extra pounds, now I have average and I'm not 100% that's accurate BUT I do have full body shots on there along with dates. Whatever. It's stressful!

    But no, I don't lie. What you see is what you get... and I hope the men I go out with are being honest as well.
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