Lying about one's age: CLASSIC or DUD?

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I have never done this because I am a fiercely moral person and I feel that if I were to lie about my age then the next thing I knew I'd be on crack and fiddling with kids.

Have you done it much? Apart from in order to get into bars/films, cause that's boring. Why?

― Nick, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My mate Mike told his holiday romance that he was a 26 year year old economics professor, when in fact he is a 31 year old financial analyst. All done in the name of pulling, after all she was only 20 or something. It didn't help him too much though

― cabbage, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I do all the time. We're all compulsive liars around these parts, mate.

― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Why and when do you do it, Ally?

― Nick, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ally used to do it on AMA. I thought she was about 23 from her posts, and then she said she was 26, which was older than me at the time. No idea why she did it, if it was to appear mature it backfired. Since had she admitted she was 18 or whatever I'd have thought wow, what an intelligent 18 year old whereas as it was I thought god, that's a bit immature for 26.

― Tom, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I cannot think what I would have to gain from lying about my age and so it seems very pointless. Besides there's plenty of time for all that when I'm properly old.

― Emma, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I know someone who has a personal age and a professional age because the music world she's into (opera) doesn't want to hear from people who are her age who aren't already ascendant stars.

― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I liked people thinking I was ridiculously stupid and blowsy, that was the point.

No, I lie about my age all the time, I've told people I'm everything from 15 to 30 in the past year. I just like to get the reaction, sometimes it backfires but other times it's pretty funny. Like I said, we're all compulsive liars around strangers, my social group I mean, we make up random shit just to see how much other people will believe and take for granted. I spent about 3 months introducing myself to every man who hit on me as Lorna. I have no idea why, it was just funny. You take certain things for granted, "Why would they lie about that?" So you can pretty much make up any random shit and people will take it.

I also like to go to clubs when I have absolutely no plans of meeting anyone and talking in a British accent and calling myself Anastacia. No one questions it.

― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Have you got a pair of those big sunglasse as well then Ally?

I never lie about my age, but on Thursday (which is my birthday - did I mention that) I might forget and get it wrong.

― Pete, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I have no sunglasses. I do have a wig though, I'm going to start wearing that on my nights out as Anastacia-from-London.

― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I too thought that Ally was initially older than she was based on a.m.a. discussion. I forget how I found out otherwise, but it was bemusing.

I don't fib. No point.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I do believe I told you my age pretty early on in our knowing-each- other, actually. Could be wrong, but I think I told you straight up when asked by you; the asking could've happened later than I'm thinking though.

― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah well, then my memory could be finally collapsing, having skidded along for years...

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I remember discovering Ally's real age LAST YEAR.

― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I am a master of disguise. This is almost embarassing.

― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Lie about yer age? God, why would you? Oh right, you guys have to be 21 to drink alcohol in the states. That would have been the only reason I would lie about my age. Uh I take that back, I do lie and tell people I am not 16. ;-)

― nathalie, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Isn't Ally like 38 ?

― Mike Hanle y, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, Mike, I am. I have 4 kids, their first names are Robert Downey Jr., Julian, Pikachu, and Charo. We live in Mexico with my husband, Richey. I'm thinking about moving to Whately, but we can't afford it, pesos are much cheaper than dollars.

― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I have great difficulty remembering how old i am. I have to ask what year it is. I'm 27 btw, although due to what i can only assume is my haggard wrinkled appearance, people always assume i am older, someone once thought i was older than hopkins!

― carsmilesteve, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I lied to try and get a bus pass but they were too smart for me.

― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

One of my colleagues spent a year telling a counterparty we were working with think that I was four years younger then I am, which she believed without question. (26 to 22 was the reduction, if you're interested.)

Actually, he probably told her once, and I corrected her a year later. I doubt they talked about it very often.

― Magnus, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I cried this weekend to get on a bus for free. That's very similar to lying about your age, since it was fake crying.

― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Alyy are you reallly a m an?

― Mike Hanle y, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i used to do it so that i could get into pubs. now i don't have to do that anymore. lying about age in order to pull is dumb, but only cos i don't see age as an issue when i'm dealing with potential fucks.

i often get charged child fares on the bus though, and i never bother to correct the driver. so i'm not really lying about my age, just taking advantage of the situation of cheap fares.

― lady die, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Some ugly chiXoR in the pub last night was guessing our ages.

She guessed I was 27.

TWENTY SEVEN!!!!! ILE-ERs:

DO I LOOK TWENTY-SEVEN???

― Sarah, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Youth?? On my side??? Weep. Perhaps I should change my still getting child fares on buses plan to getting senior citizen fares instead. Hmph. I need some Oil of Olay (I remember when it was all Ulay round these ways)....

Mumble mumble moan.

― Sarah, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Live by the 27-year-old, die by the 27-year-old. I have no sympathy.

― Tom, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I look like this VERY LONG URL hem hem. If that doesn't work, go here and they are in the "Molly took these" folder.

YES I am now paranoid.

― Sarah, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sarah, you do not look 27. I would have texted you with reassurance on this point last night but my goddamn mobile is up the shitter.

Mark S, what are your feelings about 27?

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

yup, if the lady last night said 27 then that's how old you must look, fortunately I look 24 and I'm sticking with that, I'd like to lose 4 years.

― cabbage, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

27 = 72. Taking sides three cubed vs two cubed x three squared...

― mark s, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Richard, I am sorry to hear about your phone. It sounds most uncomfortable. How did it get there?

― Tim, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Well there was that Japanese woman whose phone was up the shitter, after "a sex game went wrong"

― Ronan, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I was dusting in the nude and I fell off a stepladder.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh god a friend of a friend has just let me know that when we first met (WHEN I WAS 19!!) she thought I was 30-ish!

OH MY GOD I am never leaving the house again. It must be the outside air that does it to me. Do I dress older too? Do I talk old? DO I post old? This is ridiculous. I am going to buy some anti- wrinkle cream.

― Sarah, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Serious answer? You hang out as far as I can tell with people mostly 5-10 years older than you so maybe you pick up some mannerisms/references/ways of thinking that make you seem older than you are. You don't look like you're 27. Your thrift-store-indie look is pretty ageless, too, further disorientating people trying to place your age.

Mind you I knew how old you were before I met you. Who knows, maybe I'd have thought you were FIFTY.

― Tom, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Your thrift-store-indie look is pretty ageless": for further extracts from Compliments from Hell, please [etc]

― mark s, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There are lots of people who think a thrift-store-indie look is swoonsome, Mark. Also agelessness is a quality of great lit'ry beauties e.g. SHE by H Rider Haggard. Or is haggard a bad word here?

― Tom, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

comparing girlies to ayesha she who must be obeyed = dodgy at best

― mark s, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Played by Ursula Andress in the movie though, so not all bad. Mind you with the capering gibbering turn from Roy Castle to distract thee, its a wonder anyone saw She.

― Pete, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

she steps a second time into the eternal flame = she is a (dead) monkey

ps that is one hot weird book: the prof so wants to fuck the boy!!

― mark s, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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