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To think lying about nationality is a red flag?

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Ribrabrob · 22/10/2020 16:18

Newly dating somebody. He told me he was a certain nationality - even showed me on the map where he was from. He happened to come up on my suggested friends on Facebook (guess maybe our phones linked) and naturally I took a look at his profile. Different first name and he’s quite clearly a different nationality to what he told me.

Now the nationality he actually is, sadly has a bit of a negative reputation and so I can kind of understand why he would lie (don’t get me wrong, I don’t think he shouldn’t be proud of where he is from, but I can just see where he is perhaps coming from with lying). The nationality he told me actually is is probably quite similar in their culture, way of life etc.

I won’t be disclosing the nationalities as I don’t want to make this thread about that - what concerns me is the lying. Aibu to see this as a red flag and get rid? Would I be silly to continue? After all, what else could he lie about? Obviously I will talk to him but want to know if I’d be silly continuing see him.

Shame as he ticks all the other boxes of what I’m looking for and want and we seem (seemed?) very much on the same page in relation to goals etc.

OP posts:
OwlOne · 26/10/2020 13:42

@GroundAlmonds

GrinWink *@SchrodingersImmigrant*
haha! v good
inchyra · 26/10/2020 16:28

The OP hasn’t been back.

Some of us, OTOH, have volunteered an awful lot of information about ourselves.

Gwenhwyfar · 26/10/2020 17:03

I'm laughing at ho surgery!

Ribrabrob · 26/10/2020 18:45

Hi all. I’m surprised this thread is still going!

Well I’m happy to say I was a bit hasty in seeing red flags and there was indeed a perfectly reasonable explanation. I hate to be one of those people that do not disclose information on threads, to be honest I struggled at first to see the relevance of the nationality in question but in hindsight I guess it is as relevant as there are different explanations for different nationalities iyswim.

If anyone is still keen to know the nationality just send me a PM please as I don’t want this to become a nationality bashing thread.

Thanks for all the advice!

OP posts:
SchrodingersImmigrant · 26/10/2020 20:09

I can't believe you came back! Nice one!

GroundAlmonds · 26/10/2020 20:43

Thanks for coming back. Nice to hear something work out well.

DeeCeeCherry · 26/10/2020 20:44

I wouldn't do it. But I wouldn't rush to blame him because bigotry and stereotyping is just horrible here. He knows it and has to deal with it. But if you can't just casually ask a man you're close to an important question then perhaps he's not for you anyway.

Ellmau · 27/10/2020 07:49

Good news!

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