Liar Liar!
As children we'd hear that when we were fighting with our friends in the playground. As adults who are members of online dating sites, too often singles will lie about their age, weight, marital status, and height in their profiles. When someone actually looks like their profile photo, it's refreshing.
Personally, I believe in authenticity. I think we can thank the 500 million members on Facebook for helping us post recent photos in our updates. I am hoping that singles will take that good habit and move it onto their online dating profiles, but will they? Will the insecurity of appearing in a search have greater value?
This Thursday, July 29 at 7:00am, pacific time, I will be a guest on the radio show "Stars of PR with Cindy R." The show, hosted by Los Angeles PR guru, Cindy Rakowitz will focus on why singles feel the need to lie on their profiles and in relationships in general. Cindy believes the economy has something to do with those lying on their resumes and in their personal lives. With information so readily available on search engines, it isn't hard for a liar to be caught in their tracks. It starts a relationship off an a bad note.
Also appearing on the program is Beth Greenfield, founder of LiarLiarList.com
The show will air on VoiceAmerica Radio Network and will be available on demand. The call in number is 1-866-472-5787.
Earlier this month, online dating site OkCupid released their survey about their lying members. Their post, The Big Lies People Tell in Online Dating showed men taking 2 inches off their height on their profiles, people actually being 20% poorer than they say they are, and the more attractive the photo, the greater likelihood that it is out of date. Visit their site for greater details on this disappointing trend.
If you do lie on your profile, how to you correct this and develop trust when you meet someone in real life?
Julie Spira is known as a worldwide authority in online dating. She is the author of bestseller, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online. Visit her at CyberDatingExpert.com where you can share your online dating stories and sign up for the Weekly Flirt.
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Comments
Isn't it funny that the only way to find 'real love' is to allow your authentic self to be revealed to your lover? To lie and cheat is to misinform someone, to allow them to love a false image, to fail to love yourself enough to believe that anyone can love you as YOU!! So sad.
We all need healing!!
Thanks for honing in on the falsity & trying to effort at a change. Discourse is a start.
Blessings.
Danielle Cavallucci
author, Your Orgasmic Pregnancy: Little Sex Secrets Every Hot Mama Should Know
Thank you for your comment Danielle about dating and authenticity versus the common practice of lying in an online dating profile. I hope you can listen to the broadcast, either live or on demand. I'm sure it will be topic that many will want to hear.
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