Funny, yet possible dangerous encounter.

So I joined this dating site and there was a man on they that was a potential "match" I looked at his picture as it read 33 years old. I'm thinking there is no possible way that this man is 33. He had wrinkles and bags and gray hair. He sent me a message saying I'm do beautiful, blah blah blah. And sent me his phone number. I asked him how old he was because he surely didn't look like the age that was on his profile. He admitted that he was 43. Halfway thinking that it was a possible typo I told him that he should change his age on his profile to his correct age. He asked me what it will benefit and will not be changing it. I told him that it was deceiving. I'd already told him that I wasn't interested in older men, but a few days later he asked me for a $50 Amazon gift card to upgrade his phone. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I was like "NO". lol These people are ridiculous. I tell this story just to let people, especially young girls to be mind care and careful of online encounters.

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Faust76 · 46-50, M

Well, I'm going to omit a rant about how people lie both online and offline, in fact they're probably more likely to lie online as there's no record or usually instant way to check where they could be challenged.
However, both genders lie about things they believe will make them appear more appealing to the opposite gender; while I personally try to be truthful or just refuse to answer if I don't know somebody well enough to reveal something, most people basically consider this part of courting. It's a bit iffy, because there's definitely things people shouldn't be lying about, and then there's things people feel they have to lie about if they want to be given a chance. Like nobody puts their morning-out-of-bed pic as profile pic ;)

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sweetiepoo · 36-40, F

@muffinman wow, no problem. thanks for sharing your info too.

Faust76 · 46-50, M

@muffinman Measuring actual lies is hard, because first you'd need to devise a way to determine with great certainty what is true (Hint: Studies generally go by what people admit, so only thing we can know for sure is men admit more often they're lying about certain things). Then you'd have to determine every category where it's possible to lie, and somehow rank them (Including "They're all equally bad", but clearly rounding your height to next inch is less serious than forgetting you already have a spouse).

There's other studies that show that people claim they lie "just for fun" and the second biggest cause is to preserve their privacy, but in general, it seems that men and women are most likely to lie about things that they believe make them more desirable to the opposite sex, ie. they lie about different things. Since both genders lie, I don't think the relative rates of lying between genders even matter, but in other studies when other categories have been included, women have admitted to lying more often than men. Of course, it only matters if the person you're interested in is lying, and statistics don't matter a lot on that, though I can almost guarantee that people who are looking for the "perfect one" are going to run only into liars.

Aside from that, there's beggars everywhere, but I'm kinda confused why any kind of man would ask a woman for money like that. xD I can kinda see it working if it's a woman (or at least woman account) asking and to be frank those often figure in online stories. Luckily, I don't recall that ever happening to me, exactly, although I guess you get the occasional "Ooh I like that jewelry so much" etc., which is nice if you're close and going to remember them anyway... but a stranger demanding money? *blocks and doesn't spare it another thought* :p

muffinman · 61-69, M

@Faust76 yah … i see your point.

SW-User

Yes liars n cheaters everywhere online I actually asked myself why bother coming on here but I have met some lovely people married or not they r lovely to know as friendship the Man U r talking about is like sooo many sad but true x be careful x

sweetiepoo · 36-40, F

@SW-User thanks.

sassypants · 36-40, F

That is really scary and he sounds like a scammer. If your going to use a dating site I would recommend using one where they actually screen and verify their members identity.

sweetiepoo · 36-40, F

@sassypants Yeah, I think I am going to report him. I didn't think about doing it before.

sassypants · 36-40, F

@sweetiepoo you really should report him.

Catzgano · 31-35, F

If the worst thing you get is a money request from an older dude you’re doing ok.

muffinman · 61-69, M

thanks for sharing.

sweetiepoo · 36-40, F

@muffinman No problem

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