I have been on NAIRALAND on and off for awhile now, and I recently had an experience that leaves me confused. I met a man (Lawyer) who, in his profile, stated his age to be 54. Upon meeting, he told me he was 56. He asked me out and when I questioned him as to why he had lied about his age on his profile he told me he was actually 57. So he lied to me twice. He said it is vanity and the fact that he wants to attract a younger women. What he in fact did, was not allow me to make a decision based on true facts. In his profile he states very clearly he is honest. What are people so dishonest? I am losing faith,

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this and respond - I appreciate it!

If itz worth it. . .then yeah!

sweetie, he probs is honest but just shy about his age. my friend's bf is like late 40ies too, we think, he hasn't told us his age but he didn't lie about it, what i'm sayin is he could still b honest but just shy bout his age. just judge on how he acts from now on, k?

Because it's a legacy from the british colonial civil service.

Yes. Who wants to get old?

No, I wouldn't lie about my age.

cos it's in the Nigerian blood, and nothing can be done about it.

Sometimes i'd like to be younger while sometimes older. It depends on the situation.
Doesn't make me a liar though. If you truly want to know, i would gladly say.

I am 15 & I love ya

Mannylex:

cos it's in the Nigerian blood, and nothing can be done about it.

Dishonesty's in the Nigerian blood?

Please, speak for yourself! I'm Nigerian, and see no need to lie about my age!

Ladies lie more abt their age than men. And they want 2 reduce their age,they do it 5x lesser.y poster?

Na wa oo. On the internet, it's no biggie that people put the wrong age or no age at all. C'mon, it's the internet.

But once you two became close, one would expect that he would tell you his real age. Anywayz, 57??

@ poster,u shld even be happy he tld u smthng close 2 his age,wat if he had told u he was 45?no 1 wants 2 be cald old ds days so dnt blame d man jor.i wnt lie abt my age cos i dnt c any big deal in sayin how old i am.

I dont lie about my age

Age is but a number, so no biggie about it.

puskin:

Age is but a number, so no biggie about it.

gbam

@post
dont mind the body but the engine

@Siena, i personally won't lie about my age, cos i don't see any reason why I should. What I meant by "it's in the Nigerian blood" is that age cheating has become part and parcel of almost every sector in the country, even at a tender age, children are already being taught how to lie about their age for instance, a visitor comes to the house and sees a child, and say hey! You're now a big boy how old are u the child who is 7 year old would recieve a signal by the mum to say 5 and then says i'm 5 year old, don't you think it's almost definitely possible that the child would keep on lying about his age till adulthood. In the educational sector, some people who weren't privileged to finish secondary school at the age of 16, would go to court and swear affidavit, that their birth certificate was burnt, some would go as far as forging birth certificate, thanks to those who carry along the road selling it, then an adult goes and buy it and fills the form, I guess they wanna be born again. In the area of sports, u can see it for urself, 25year olds and above playing for U-17. In the Banking sector, or let me say in the area of jobs, you'll see a 30 year old claiming to be 22, so as not to resign as the mandatory 65year. I'm not in support of it, and I won't lie about my age for any reason, but what i'm saying is lying of one's age has eaten deep in the Nigerian environment, just as termite eats deep in the wood.

For someone in a romantic relationship it's not kool at all.

Aint gud 4any reason at all.

Relationship or no relationship, lying is not good

1. It reduces your self worth
2. You have to keep lying about your age in order to cover up the first lie and so on

Mannylex:

@Siena, i personally won't lie about my age, cos i don't see any reason why I should. What I meant by "it's in the Nigerian blood" is that age cheating has become part and parcel of almost every sector in the country, even at a tender age, children are already being taught how to lie about their age for instance, a visitor comes to the house and sees a child, and say hey! You're now a big boy how old are u the child who is 7 year old would recieve a signal by the mum to say 5 and then says i'm 5 year old, don't you think it's almost definitely possible that the child would keep on lying about his age till adulthood. In the educational sector, some people who weren't privileged to finish secondary school at the age of 16, would go to court and swear affidavit, that their birth certificate was burnt, some would go as far as forging birth certificate, thanks to those who carry along the road selling it, then an adult goes and buy it and fills the form, I guess they wanna be born again. In the area of sports, u can see it for urself, 25year olds and above playing for U-17. In the Banking sector, or let me say in the area of jobs, you'll see a 30 year old claiming to be 22, so as not to resign as the mandatory 65year. I'm not in support of it, and I won't lie about my age for any reason, but what i'm saying is lying of one's age has eaten deep in the Nigerian environment, just as termite eats deep in the wood.

Got ya.

i cant lie about my age but i notice that a lot of girls normally do that. guys will claim to be older while the ladies will be claiming to be younger.