Are They Getting Stupider?

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been moving toward the dating apps more than the sites. The down side is that I have, more than once, swiped left when, what I really wanted, was to look at photos. Upside features? Newer app, new faces. Ease of use, not smothering us with information, and…this one’s my favorite…connection to our Facebook profiles.

I know you’re sick of hearing this from me, but one more time…I simply can’t let it go! Today a guy came up with a stated age of 49. Looked older. Significantly. His lie was confirmed by his college graduation date of 1976. I’m 53 and graduated in 1984; you do the math.

I see two explanations. Option 1, Doogie Howser. Option 2, not only a liar, but too dumb to know he outed himself right on the spot. I suppose we could flip a coin, but it would keep coming up as option 2 (my homage to Iowa caucus).

Here’s my suggestion to all of you, men and women, who are lying about anything on your profiles. Don’t.

7 thoughts on “Are They Getting Stupider?

  1. I especially like the ones who display a certain age “for search purposes” and then proceed to tell you that they are significantly older in their profile. Do they think that once we read their profile we will be dying to reach out to them? If they lie about their age, what other falsehoods are they dishing out?

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  2. “I accidentally entered the wrong age and my phone won’t let me change it.” Uh-huh. This after I found his profile on two sites, with two different ages.

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