Solamente: Lots of us feel/look younger than our age so why not drop a few years, does it really make any difference?
same as using old photo's giving the image they are current . one step off being a scammer giving out misleading information . And as for using somebody else's photo ....
If I am to lie about my age I would never like to lie about acceptable age difference. I would rather go for unacceptable age difference. In other words! I hate lying as all sensible civilians do. But if I were to lie on CS or any other forum, I would do it sarcastically. Every one can fairly recognize that I am neither 16 year oldie nor 100 years young!
If I am to lie about my age I would never like to lie about acceptable age difference. I would rather go for unacceptable age difference. In other words! I hate lying as all sensible civilians do. But if I were to lie on CS or any other forum, I would do it sarcastically. Every one can fairly recognize that I am neither 16 year oldie nor 100 years young!
inn0cent_soul: If I am to lie about my age I would never like to lie about acceptable age difference. I would rather go for unacceptable age difference. In other words! I hate lying as all sensible civilians do. But if I were to lie on CS or any other forum, I would do it sarcastically. Every one can fairly recognize that I am neither 16 year oldie nor 100 years young!
...HUH...my grandad....was 6 foot.tall.....and his weeney....touch the floor..... ..........mind you. loseing both legs in the war....must have helped......
Ccincy: If someone lies about their age they will obviously lie about anything.
I agree. The mind of someone who would lie about age or anything will clearly tell their own self this lie isn't so bad. But clearly all that is going on in that person mind is "I think I can get what I want with this lie and for that reason it's not such a big lie or such a big deal. Liar's are liar's. If you will make an exception for one thing, you are the kind of person that would make an exception where ever you think it will get you want you want. I would be out of there in a minute if I found someone lying about their self on their profile. No if and's or but's about it! Deception is deception, there is no middle ground.
BerrySmoothie: I think most people can't handle the absolute truth.
Reasonable people will be as non-brutal as possible in an awkward situation, stretching the truth somewhat, to spare the other person's feelings. Fair?
I have an elder brother who is consistently brutally honest, lacks diplomacy and tact. Although I have a lot of respect for him, I can only handle him in smaller doses.
A person who is a habitual liar for his/her own personal agenda is unacceptable to me.
The ugly truth can be hard to handle, that's true.
How brutal something seems is also relative to who's listening. The more sensitive and intolerant the listener is the more diplomacy and tact will be required from the speaker.
And sometimes what is said can be spun to be so palatable that it loses all integrity, such as what happens in the case of politicians - the masters of diplomacy and style over substance.
Corrected it around 3 months back, after starting to talk to someone I wanted to meet in real life. My photos are respectively 25 and 4 years out of date. I was never looking for anyone, I just had some questions I wanted to ask
Asked them, then got interested in the blogs and polls. Where's the shrugging emoticon? Ah, here we go
Oh, and meeting the guy worked out. That was unexpected. Doesn't seem fair, does it? But all that talking I did, I learned one thing - anyone who thinks people on here tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, is seriously deluded. I love you all
BerrySmoothieMy Retreat, Auckland New Zealand4,733 posts
Obstinance_Works: The ugly truth can be hard to handle, that's true.
How brutal something seems is also relative to who's listening. The more sensitive and intolerant the listener is the more diplomacy and tact will be required from the speaker.
And sometimes what is said can be spun to be so palatable that it loses all integrity, such as what happens in the case of politicians - the masters of diplomacy and style over substance.
True.
A person's sensitivity needs to be taken into consideration. I do admire and respect honesty but there are ways of delivering it....humour works for me.
...and yes, ask a direct question to a politician....never expect an honest response.
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yaaah.... i think it makes a difference.
if you lie about your age...why should you be trusted?
and yes...folks can feel younger or older than their biological age, but the question is not how old you 'feel'i, t's how old you are...
perhaps adding how you feel could be incorporated into your profile rather than being dishonest from the getgo...