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Wed Nov-30-05 10:06 PM
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Poll question: have you ever lied about your age? |
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:07 PM
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1. Nope.. people think I'm younger than 24. |
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Still get carded everywhere.
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:07 PM
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2. Yes, but only because I actually forgot. It doesn't interest me that much |
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and I seem to have a hard time remembering.
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Thu Dec-01-05 10:23 AM
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40. that isn't really lying. to lie you have to intend to deceive |
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:09 PM
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I look younger than my age.
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:10 PM
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.... most people guess about 8-10 years low. And I'm not going to complain about that :)
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:10 PM
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5. Yeah. I was 15, and I told a guy I was 16. |
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What possessed me to do that, I don't know.
I saw the same guy, same place, a year later - and he commented I must be 17. That's when I told him the truth.
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:11 PM
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:13 PM
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7. Yes to get into a club |
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When I was 20, I was dating an older guy and I faked that I was 21 so I could drink!!!!
Didn't everyone do that????
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:15 PM
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Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 10:16 PM by sundog
the dc clubs were 18+... you had to have a wristband to drink & i was always on acid, so it didn't matter
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:13 PM
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I never did, but I may be tempted to. Cover the gray, lie about my age and get a damn job.
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:15 PM
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9. I'm 23 and I look like I'm 16. |
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I have to spend time convincing people of my real age! x(
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Thu Dec-01-05 10:25 AM
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41. me too I am 19 but people think I'm 15 |
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so trying to pass as 21 is a lost cause. and I have no reason to pretend I'm younger than I am.
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:16 PM
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11. Yes, when I was a teen I bumped the age up on my profile |
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to minimize the number of pervs trying to pick up on me in chat rooms. (Yep, they had the internets when I was a teenager. I'm a youngin.)
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:17 PM
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12. yes to get a fake id but that was about the only time |
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Wed Nov-30-05 10:22 PM
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13. Yes. I always add 10 years to my age. |
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That way, people say, "Oh my god, you look SO YOUNG."
;)
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Wed Nov-30-05 11:38 PM
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14. yes. no...wait...what? |
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Thu Dec-01-05 12:54 AM
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15. um I did used to "edit" |
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my driver's license to age 21 when you could still do that... back in college. I had forgotten about that. Otherwise, no.
I did a terrible job and the bouncers would just laugh at me.
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Thu Dec-01-05 01:00 AM
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16. i use to do it all the time online... |
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but i quit that a long time ago, in real life i have only lied about my age once....i was in riverside, california at a little bar there, and i was hitting on this 33 year old nurse...i was 23...she told me her age, and i told her i was 28...first and only age lie...:) and no, we didn't hook up...:)
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Thu Dec-01-05 01:06 AM
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17. I used to do it online all the time too |
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hey..Riverside..that's where I'm from. :)
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Thu Dec-01-05 01:23 AM
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19. oh...riverside was...okay... |
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i was working at the unversity of california riverside for about a month..i was doing a book moving job for their library there...:) i can't remember the name of the bar i was at, but i went there every damn day for a month to get wasted...:) and i stayed at the comfort inn just five miles or so down the road from the bar...
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Thu Dec-01-05 03:36 PM
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Riverside's alright..but I gotta say though that UCR is in the armpit of Riverside...it's ugly down there around University Ave and whatnot..
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Thu Dec-01-05 01:14 AM
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18. I'm sorry, sundog, but I lied to you about both my age AND gender. |
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Your personal ad at the NAMBLA website was just so darn fetching that I desperately wanted you to believe I was a 13-year-old boy.:P
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Thu Dec-01-05 01:34 AM
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Thu Dec-01-05 01:35 AM
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When some loser comes in and does the "a/s/l" bit. I tell 'em I'm 206.
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Thu Dec-01-05 01:49 AM
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22. I stopped keeping track of my age |
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to be honest. Frankly, outside of a doctor's appnt. I am always so surprised when someone inquires about my age. I consider it the pinnacle of rude behavior.
I only think age is relevant if one is referring to wine or cheese, not people.
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Thu Dec-01-05 02:23 AM
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23. What if you are just fundamentaly (generic use of that word) |
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confused. After a while, I just lose count. :crazy: :crazy:
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Thu Dec-01-05 02:30 AM
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Oh wait, I did once when I was out for drinks and dinner with a date....
God, that must have been 45 years ago! It was before I was married!
I'd forgotten that one.....otherwise, no.......
:blush:
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Thu Dec-01-05 02:32 AM
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25. Not since I became 21. |
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Thu Dec-01-05 05:02 AM
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I always give my age as '19 and a few months' which is technically true (the number of months being between 20 and 100) but not exactly unmisleading (forgive the neologism combined with double-negative).
I also bought alcohol before I was 18 - arguably I posed as being older than I was. I was never asked for proof and thus never had to lie.
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Thu Dec-01-05 05:03 AM
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27. 50 and Fabulous here! |
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Why would I wanna lie? :evilgrin:
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Thu Dec-01-05 05:07 AM
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28. Saved my parents loads recently travelling in Europe, |
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saying I was under 16 for childrens entry fees.# I am 24.
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Thu Dec-01-05 05:42 AM
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I've said I'm older, I've said I'm younger. I don't really look my age.
I actually have to sit and think and do the math to figure out how old I am. And, frankly, I don't fuckin' care.
Tori Amos once said "The maps of our lives are written on our bodies". What a wonderful way to look at age.
My hair and my beard are going white - and I don't see that as a bad thing. I fucking earned it! Every white hair, every wrinkle (I don't have any yet but I will) is a medal of honour.
The map of my life is written on my body - and that's a wonderful thing.
Khash.
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Thu Dec-01-05 05:46 AM
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Thu Dec-01-05 06:39 AM
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I'm 49. I freely admit it. :-)
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Thu Dec-01-05 08:20 AM
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besides no one would believe me anyway LMAO. I usually say that i am 25/26 and that tends to throw em off just a bit LOL i think it is because they have a hard time figuring out the math to it.
:silly:
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Thu Dec-01-05 08:23 AM
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34. When I was 18, 19, and 20... |
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to get into bars.
Aand when I was 29, I said I was 30, because I felt I needed an extra year to get used to it.
I know, I'm a frerak.
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Thu Dec-01-05 08:23 AM
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I'm only 18.
:crazy: (with a 10 year old, and married for 12 years) :P
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Thu Dec-01-05 08:25 AM
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36. Only when I was a teenager. |
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Had a girlfriend once who told me she was my age at the time (which was 25)... found out months later that she was 35. Never trusted her much after that.
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Thu Dec-01-05 09:05 AM
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37. All the time between 18-21 |
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It was easier to obtain alcohol while underage back in the 80s.
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Thu Dec-01-05 09:06 AM
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38. Yes, I really AM a 67 year old Grandmother of 8, who likes to take |
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bus trips with my girlfriends. :hi:
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Thu Dec-01-05 10:13 AM
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Sometimes I "play" younger, sometimes older. Depends on my mood.
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Thu Dec-01-05 10:26 AM
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Thu Dec-01-05 03:38 PM
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44. No, no desire to. n/t |
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Thu Dec-01-05 03:44 PM
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45. Was sorely tempted once |
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but I can't help it that when I was 14 and reckless the object of my admiration was 19, now can I?
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Thu Dec-01-05 03:50 PM
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46. I've avoided telling it in a job interview |
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The owner interviewed me after I went through a bunch of previous interviews. He was sneaky -
"when did you graduate?" "the eighties". "oh, I knew someone who was there in 1988, were you there then?" "it's a huge school - the chance that I know anyone is pretty small"
He was clearly frustrated. I know he wanted someone young for the job, and he wanted to be sure I wasn't over 40. He also knew he couldn't ask me outright, and I didn't feel like helping him out any.
Didn't get the job, but didn't want to move to Westport Connecticut, either.
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