Is It OK To Lie About Your Age Online?

Age is just a number. Your driver's license might sayfor everyone involved. It's even possible that you could
that you're over fifty but you still have the energy andlose the relationship because of this small lie because
focus you did in your twenties. Unfortunately, whenthe trust is broken. These are the things you have to
someone asks you how old you are they usually don'tweigh before deciding if you are going to start fibbing
care about how old you feel. Ageism runs throughoutabout how old you are. If you do decide that it is worth
society and it can be hard to overcome thethe risks then you should be realistic in your deception.
stereotypes of what someone your age is expectedPretending to be a year or two younger is one thing
to look and act like. It is enough to make a maturebut when you start taking off decades it looks
single person start to consider shaving a few yearsridiculous. Also, it is much harder to be forgiven for a
off of their age. In a perfect world potential datescouple years then five or ten of them. And just
would be able to get the time to know you and yourbecause you are altering your age doesn't mean that
personality before deciding if they want to start ayou should start trying to equally adjust the ages of
relationship or not. But usually people don't have theeveryone around you. Trying to pretend that your
time to really get to know someone so instead theychildren and grandchildren are also younger starts to
make decisions based on arbitrary things like age. It'sget very complicated, not to mention that while you
possible that there is a perfect match for you outhave the right to lie about yourself you don't have the
there who hasn't met you yet because they are oneright to do the same for somebody else. Finally, you
or two years out of their ideal age range. It can beneed to have an exit plan. Set a point in your mind
especially hard for people using Internet dating sitesearly in the relationship, one the sixth or eighth date for
where users are able to sort perspective matches byexample, when you are going to come clean. Give
age. So with one click of a button a fun and feistythem just enough time to get to know how vivacious
sixty-one year old could be left out even though sheand youthful you are so that they can see that you
may look and act younger then the fifty-nine year oldare not defined by your age. But the longer you wait
that makes the cut. On the other hand it is never ato tell the truth the harder it is going to be. Of course
good idea to begin a relationship with deception. Atthe bigger question is if you really want to be involved
some point your real age is going to come out,with someone who considers youth to be a defining
probably on your next birthday, and then you need tofactor? Don't let society pressure you into changing
be able to explain your motives and rational. Iwho you are in an effort to fit in. You age is something
remember a story of a couple who were moving inyou should be proud of because is a symbol of your
together to an apartment and had to fill out forms forexperience and maturity. Even if you do choose to fib
a background check. When the apartment managerabout your age to try and meet somebody don't let
called back to alert them that the information shethe lie consume you to the point that you feel
supplied came back as fraudulent she had to veryembarrassed by the truth. Growing old isn't easy, but it
quickly confess the truth and it was very embarrassingis better then the alternative.