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Really good article - The Big Lies People Tell in Online Dating

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Babbles said:
I have a tendency to be overtly honest and even a bit paranoid because I figured if I were to lie on something then it would just be found out. Also I am really short for a guy (5'4" ish) and I have never been insecure about it so I never had an urge to lie about my height.
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just lie about being insecure about your height?
 
🙁 ahh, the height thing makes me sad because I really am 6'0-6'1 (My football coach placed me at 6'4 on the rosters).
 
KIAman said:
True, but those are white lies and subject to different perspectives. What do people expect to describe themselves as? Ugly and fat?

Hello, I'm Jim Bob and I make minimum wage flipping burgers at Taco Bell and I live with my mother in her 2 bedroom trailer and I'm 5'3 and 300 pounds and my BMI is well over 60. I have a body odor that's akin to rotting flesh and sweet corn and infested with lice and haven't brushed my teeth since I've lost my baby teeth.
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If that's what describes you, you shouldn't be sitting around lying on a fucking website but getting your shit in order. That's what people need to realize. Unless you are completely happy with the way you are, in which case why the hell are you lying.
 
KIAman said:
True, but those are white lies and subject to different perspectives. What do people expect to describe themselves as? Ugly and fat?

Hello, I'm Jim Bob and I make minimum wage flipping burgers at Taco Bell and I live with my mother in her 2 bedroom trailer and I'm 5'3 and 300 pounds and my BMI is well over 60. I have a body odor that's akin to rotting flesh and sweet corn and infested with lice and haven't brushed my teeth since I've lost my baby teeth.
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First tip off: taco bell ≠ burgers
 
Last I measured, I was almost exactly 6'0", maybe a hair over.

I've never lied on an online dating site.

Oh, and I met my wife on eHarmony. 🙂

From our experiences with online dating before we met each other, though, it seems a great number of people on those sites aren't actually serious about dating. Most are either looking for hookups, or they joined but aren't ACTUALLY looking for a relationship, or something along those lines.
 
Never done the online dating thing...been married for longer than the intarweb has been mainstream.

FTR-I'm 5'11" barefoot. 😛
 
AstroManLuca said:
From our experiences with online dating before we met each other, though, it seems a great number of people on those sites aren't actually serious about dating. Most are either looking for hookups, or they joined but aren't ACTUALLY looking for a relationship, or something along those lines.
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Didn't someone recently admit to having a fake account of the opposite sex on those sites to tease men...
 
I cant stand it when the girls post crazy angled pics of themselves and you can't tell what they really look like.

I have no reason to lie on my stats. In all honesty the only thing I ever looked for in online dating was to hookup.
 
highland145 said:
As opposed to the big lies told on forums?

6'8", make $200K, am too fine to post a pic here with you puds and I think I'm a lesbian cause I really like the women.

edit: No real surprise that the $$ makers got more messages. Makes the world go round.
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I truly am 6' 8"! But I have no income right now lol, so would I still get messages or no?
 
highland145 said:
As opposed to the big lies told on forums?

6'8", make $200K, am too fine to post a pic here with you puds and I think I'm a lesbian cause I really like the women.

edit: No real surprise that the $$ makers got more messages. Makes the world go round.
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You're pathetic.

I'm 7'9", 380lbs solid muscle, make $89M per year, and have 6 super model girlfriends.

Each month I drive a new sports car and my toilets are all made of gold. I even had my indoor plumbing replaced with Brawndo, the thirst mutilator!
 
I've done online dating for years, I love it 🙂

Maybe I'll remarry, but the dating can be fun, just got 2 texts from women I'm going out with this weekend.
 
The_Dude8 said:
That article has too many graphs.
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And they measure "hot pics" to "average pics" like we all go swimming in thongs 365 days a year. That whole article was written from some one who is very negative, insecure, and is likely just as much as a liar like the ones who say exist. I've met 4 girls online and neither of us had to tell a lie to see one another or get to know one another. It's also a little bias, consider how many people lie at bars or god knows where else.
 
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nkgreen said:
Manwhore is back in the swings of things. 😎
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LOL, yeah, I gave up on the crazy French woman.

Only question is if I'll be going Romanian or Chinese this weekend... I still have a lot of map to place pushpins into, and I don't have one for Romania yet...
 
Regs said:
And they measure "hot pics" to "average pics" like we all go swimming in thongs 365 days a year. That whole article was written from some one who is very negative, insecure, and is likely just as much as a liar like the ones who say exist. I've met 4 girls online and neither of us had to tell a lie to see one another or get to know one another. It's also a little bias, consider how many people lie at bars or god knows where else.
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...The article is from the people who run the site.
 
Pliablemoose said:
LOL, yeah, I gave up on the crazy French woman.

Only question is if I'll be going Romanian or Chinese this weekend... I still have a lot of map to place pushpins into, and I don't have one for Romania yet...
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The only hot Chinese girl I've known wouldn't date anyone who wasn't Chinese and communist. 🙁
 
child of wonder said:
You're pathetic.

I'm 7'9", 380lbs solid muscle, make $89M per year, and have 6 super model girlfriends.

Each month I drive a new sports car and my toilets are all made of gold. I even had my indoor plumbing replaced with Brawndo, the thirst mutilator!
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We all can't be wonder.🙁
 
nkgreen said:
The only hot Chinese girl I've known wouldn't date anyone who wasn't Chinese and communist. 🙁
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lol... Most of the time it's the exact opposite with Americanized Chinese girls; they won't date anyone Asian and gangster (it's not commie...).
 
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