The Consequences of Lying on a Dating Site

You might as well confess it from the start but to get more of a "social fit", do you not define yourself to strangers on the internet (chat rooms, dating sites, blogs, forums) through classy, well constructed sentences that make you appear more "classy" in front of your audience. Naturally, you want to appear as a likeable and acceptable individual. So what you write about yourself is flattering whilst any photos that appear may make you "younger" than you really are by employing devices on LinkedIn, Myspace, Twitter and Facebook. Face up to it - you've become a blatant liar. In point of fact, statistics show that almost 60% write about who they wish they were and NOT who they are!

Since the outdated, agonising "Dear Aunt Jane" articles in women's magazines, online dating has advanced by leaps and bounds. Slowly but steadily, internet dating has infiltrated the lives of thousands and thousands of people. About one fifth of marriages today started on the internet, so the stakes are big and perhaps that is why we tend to lie about ourselves? The temptation to smooth out the "bad bits" about ourselves is simply irresistible. You may have wonderful "conversations" which prospective partners of the opposite sex, only to find that you shy away from taking the final jump and actually meeting the other person. It seems that women lie about their figure and weight, whilst men tend to lie about their salary/employment so that they appear more macho and powerful to the opposite sex. Would you go so far as to lie about your ethnicity to get the partner of your dreams?

When you fill out your on-line dating profile, it is pretty akin to filling out an application for a job where you are playing the game smartly to get what you want. In on-line dating you have to describe your most desirable self. You want to be "that" person who drives a flashy car and lives in an upmarket suburb and so you project yourself as "that" person. But the truth of the matter is that the first time you meet your prospective partner, all your lies will have to be faced up to - so your ploy is a short-sided misguided one. Do yourself a favour and don't forge a wide chasm between reality and your expectations. If you do you will undoubtedly flounder when you have to face up to the truth.

So there you have it! Make your choice - admit that you sneak off to have a bar of chocolate and that you are not svelte

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