To be put off by a guy who lied about his age?

[Evie1988]

I don't get it, he lied that he was 2 years younger... only 2 years!!! So many opportunities to just tell me, but he didn't until I found out. AIBU for this to put me off?

I'm really surprised how many people are playing this down, but I'm really wary I guess after an abusive relationship with a compulsive liar. I absolutely despise lying.

It being only 2 years doesnt make it better it makes it more concerning that he felt the need to lie.

Would it take him into next age band down. Ie: said 49 instead of 51 etc

My dh took 3 years off his age when we met. He said he was 25 when he was 28. He thought I was 22 ( I was 25), and thought I wouldn't go out with someone "so much older". I found out his real age the day after our first date, and told him he'd been rumbled! Been together 25 years so wasn't a big deal for us.

Hmm I was on Tinder last night lots of the men around my age (42) are either lying or have aged very badly!!

My friend matched with Toby Anstis on Tindr and he also claims to be 42 I can get why a regular person might lie, but why do it when a simple Google would tell people otherwise?

My grandfather did this, except he lied that he was two years older than he was to join the army. He kept up the pretence his whole life, and finally confessed on his 75th birthday. My grandmother ws furious as it meant she was actually older than him.

It's not like he's hiding 6 children, I'd struggle to get so worked up over it tbh

My ex lied about his age. It was only the start of a World of lies.
I'd dump.

I had a partner who lied about his age. When I found out, he said everyone lies about their age. This minimising of standards of truthfulness was replicated in a number of other areas: spending, cheating etc. Lying about his age was just the beginning. Twat.

He said he was 31 but he's actually 33.

Bit weird as he didn't know my age at this point. To be fair to him we met on a website unrelated to dating, so a forum on something we both liked. On the forum he was under a different name, no photo and when we started talking we casually asked each other's ages and he said 31. I kept calling him by the name on his profile and he never corrected me, until I was like oh is X your real name (it was a forum, so hard to tell) and he said no and told me his real name, so I'm if it was all just to do with that, but then weird he continued it when we met IRL and didn't just say oh look about my age...

He says he feels really bad about it and upset he couldn't tell me but knew it would break that chemistry on my end as soon as he knew he had lied about something.

I'm torn. The stories on here say I should avoid.

I lie about my age and my birthday. It's an internet security thing. I don't want my actual details being given to a company who could well go on to lose them. [eyes MNHQ]. I've changed my age by a year and my birthday by 2 days.

I find that people who lie about small things of little consequence are more likely to all lie about big things that actually matter. My ex would lie about literally everything, even things like what he’d eaten for lunch, for no reason other than he apparently loved lying. Turned out he’d also been sleeping with theee other women, but felt it was perfectly fine to lie about that too...

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Lies are a deal breaker for me.

My ex lied about his age. But he told me he was six years older than he was. And hid it very carefully. Needless to say, like other pp's, it was just the tiniest tip of the great big iceberg.

No advice. However my grandad lied about his age to my Nan.

Said he was 25, was actually 30 (thought her parents wouldn't approve the age gap)

She found out when they were signing the wedding register!

Still went on to have 8 kids and a very happy marriage though.