Re:lying about age
(Date Posted:03/31/2009 09:37:26)
I've mentioned my age here, so I already know i'm one of the people you're talking about. And I really am the age that I say in the posts (not the profile) - I didn't even realize I put 1980 when I signed up.. just now realized that after reading this and checking mine. And I don't log i here much either, so of course I wouldn't fiddle with my profile to update any status.
But really, people lie about their age because they know you are going to made judgements based on how old they are. Some message boards / chat communities don't have the option to hide age in the profile, therefore u will see people changing their birth year, to show that they're 99 years old, example, and we all know they're not really 99 (I see that alot on myspace). Or on facebook, many people will include their birth month/day but not the year. Same reason.
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