AIBU to exaggerate (just a little bit)

[Wantajackrussell]

Have just met someone on POF and we are exchanging messages (no telephone cons as yet). He seems really nice and although I have similar interests to him I have exaggerated on just how much I like one of our mutual hobbies.

Feel a bit guilty but think I will back off that particular hobby and start playing it down and concentrate on our other interests. Was I wrong to exaggerate in order to keep him interested until we got to know each other better? Have any other MNs exaggerated when first dating to keep their partners interested?

well I'm asexual so I don't have partners, but if you want an entirely objective response, I can't see how two people can be getting to know each other if they are not telling each other the truth.

You know when things get awkward socially you end up lying to impress? Everyone does it

Sorry. I know. Bad.

Exaggerate? No big deal. Outright lie? Less so...

Could be one of those funny things you laugh about when you know each other better. Maybe he'll even mention it in his wedding speech as one of the funny anecdotes?!

Maybe he is exaggerating about something too, I'm sure everyone does to some extent.

Will it bother you if he has exaggerated both his height and penis length by six inches?

I told DH I loved football when I first met him, what I meant was I loved Thierry Henri in his Arsenal strip. We laugh about it now.

depends is it something you have to do all the time (like golf or fishing) or watch (football rugby) if its a one off thing where is the harm you do like it just not as much as you said

im not explaining well hmm for example you like chocolate cake he LOOOOOVES chocolate cake so you do to when he goes shopping for cake point him in the direction of coffee cream and say shall we try this for a change? if he says no its okay because your still eating what you both like but he might try the other cakes too................im hungry now (goes off to bake cake)

im hungry now (goes off to bake cake)

It is sentences like this that make me realise how much I have failed as an adult. I could no more "go off to bake a cake" as I could "fly to the moon"

OP, really depends on the hobby.

"Oh, I love watching football. World Cup summers are fab fab fab" - you'll get away with this.

"Oh, I love chucking myself down a hill on a mountain bike" - not so much.

i exaggerated my love for F1 when my partner and i were first dating. For the past 5 years i have had to watch every single race. including the hour of presenters talking about crap before the race even starts.

boy do i regret exaggerating that. He now knows that i do not like it as much as i previously stated but he still makes me watch it. as pay back probably.