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WhipTheHip -> RE: lying about yr age (10/14/2006 7:44:54 AM)
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ORIGINAL: ScooterTrash
If they had to lie about their age, I would wonder what else they would think was appropriate to lie about...sure sign of things to come. Personally, I don't care about someone's age, but I would expect to at least be given valid information. Myself....I'm still upright, healthy and all the original equipment parts work fine...I'd be more inclined to brag about my age...lol.
Anyone who says they never lie tells themself the biggest lie of all.
All adults lie. I've known lots of people who claim they never lie, and
discovered they tell real whoppers when it suits them.
Some information is personal. I don't know why strangers think
they have a right to know anything personal about someone
they are not ready to marry.
I used to manage a hotel, and guests would always ask me to
see rooms that were not yet ready to show. They would tell me
they could imagine what the room would look like when it was
clean. In ten years of managing that hotel, no potential guest
ever rented a room that had not been cleaned up.
People who say they don't judge people by superficial things
such as age are just full of shit. What twenty year old is going
to have any romantic image in a seventy-six year old?
Most people say they look younger than their age, when in
fact they look older. If people constantly mistake someone
for being ten or twenty years younger than they really are,
they are doing a disservice to themselves by telling others
their real age, because no one will believe how young they
really look.
You are not your passport age. Different people age
differently. Different body organs age differently. You
can't use a person's age to determine their emotional
and sexual maturity, their intellctual maturity, or
anything else about them. Michael J. Fox looks and
acts much younger than he is.
When a stranger asks you how much you weigh, do
you substract anything from your actual weight?
When someone asks you how much money you
make, do you tell them you are unemployed if
you are between jobs? Do you tell strangers
your net worth, and exactly how much money
you've made every year of your life?
What is your IQ? What was your SAT score?
If a stranger asks if you have ever had a
venereal disease do you tell them you have
herpes?
If a stranger asks your penis size, do you add
inches? What do you say if you are Tiny Tim?
If a stranger asks if you suffer from bulimia or
aneroxia are you obligated to tell them?
If your boss is in, and he tells you to tell callers
he is out, do you tell the truth and lose your job?
Police and law enforcement lie all the time. Some
of it is part of their job and legitimate, and some of
it is unethical.
There is a difference between merely lying and
being dishonest. The dishonest person attempts
to cheat others.
I've heard people say that you can judge a person
by observing if they ever speed while driving. If
someone is willing to break the law and drive five
miles over the speed limit, this is a clear indication
they have no respect for the law, and you can never
know what other laws they might guilty of breaking.
They could be a serial killer or an ax murderer. You
never know. Anyone who breaks any law is a
criminal, and is therefore capable of doing anything.
Or so their logic goes.
I am a very open person, and have no secrets.
People tell me things they have never told anyone
in their life including any of their past lovers or
partners. The reason is because I am so open
and so non-judgmental. But this is with people
I know. If I have never met person, I don't see
any obligation to tell them every little personal
thing about me.
Telling people your true age is not such a big
deal unless you look so much younger than
you really are that strangers think you are lying
when you tell them your real age.
Best regards,
Michael
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