SEX, LIES, and the INTERNET

In the bars people lie about their jobs, their income and their cars. On the internet people lie about all that and more. Online we can be anything and anyone we want.

If someone just wants to have cyber, then it really doesn't matter if you lie about everything. In fact it can be a fun fantasy. But if there's a chance you are actually going to meet someone in person, you need to be careful about your lies. Below are a couple hints for lying:
1. Income - online most people really don't care about this, so if you have to lie, save it for something more important.
2. Age - ask your friends and strangers how old you look. And trust the strangers more than your friends. Generally anything more than 5 years is probably going to get you caught.
3. Weight - most people know their own weight, so they are going to compare themselves to you. You should be safe with a 5 to 10 lb lie. Anything beyond that - you're on your own.
4. Height - again if you actually meet someone they will be able to tell fairly soon how tall you really are. Don't add more than an inch to your height. In fact that same rule applies to any other organ you want or need to exaggerate about.

If you post a picture make sure it's you and fairly recent. I met a guy in his 40's that had posted his high school graduation picture. Except that he was 20+ years older he still had his 1980's mullet hair. Needless to say that was not an enjoyable experience.

This is the third and last of the series of guys who answered my Craigs List ad.

His picture was hot, he said he was a construction worker. With the picture and occupation, I had dreams of that Coca Cola ad where the guy without a shirt is drinking the Coke.
We made a date to meet at a restaurant.

That night he called me about an hour before we were to meet. He said he had worked overtime and was tired and asked if we could just go to his place and watch a video. I should have learned my lesson from the blinking tshirt guy, (see previous blogs) but no, I said OK. Images of drinking Coca Cola was going through my head.

I got to his building and rang the doorbell. Someone answered and said come in.
I asked if my date was there and he said he was my date!
He was not the guy in the picture and certainly not a construction worker. He was older, fatter and frankly quite ugly.
The door slammed shut, and locked.
He tells me I have to sign in. For some reason I sign my name in a ledger. I'm in total confusion. I just walked into twilight zone.
He takes me back to his room.
He tells me that this is a half way house. I never learned what kind but I never saw an ankle bracelet. He comes over to me and tells me he just wants to have sex. He doesn't really want to date, watch a video or even drink Coke.

To his credit, he was understanding when I said, "Hell, NO, and I wanted to leave".
He walked me to the door, signed me out and unlocked the door.

Walking home I was very confused. How can someone lie like that? And more important, do these weird things just happen to me??

Until Next Time - WISE OUT.