Have you lied about your age?

Of course.
I used to be too young.
Now I’m too old.
lol

Plenty of times for many reasons—all of them justified as far as I’m concerned.

Maybe it wasn’t a lie. But I don’t keep track of my age.

I thought I was 33 for a year. BUT I was only 32 u til I really turned 33.

So, I was 33 twice…..

No, but there was never a good reason to.

@mrgrim888 – Didn’t your s/o knew or you were single?

@espiritus_corvus – can you give one good reason for that if you don’t mind?

I have a hard enough time getting people to believe the truth.

I have a couple of friends who are the same age – and whose birthdays are close to mine. The year I turned 32 I somehow decided that I got a year older the next week when P had her birthday and then I turned another year older when M-A had her birthday. I’d started June being 31 – by August I was telling people I was 34 . Then in September, when I figured it out, I had to tell people I was really 32.

^^What for?

No, very common for people to think i’m younger than I am though, happens all the time.

Not that I can remember. I have not had any reason to.

Sometimes people think I’m younger than I am (which I gather from what they say) but I don’t try to correct them.

Often from the time I was 18 until I was 21.

I went into the local bar on my 21st birthday, and asked the waitress to card me. She finally did, then said, “You’ve been coming in here for two years! No free birthday drink for you!”

@imrainmaker , my s/o at the time knew. I just usually don’t keep track of my age.

No. I can’t think of a situation where that’s been necessary.

I just read some posts and I’ll amend this to yes in my youth. I went to pubs and clubs well before I was legally allowed to.

When I was in high school I lied about my age a lot. I flunked second grade and didn’t want the other kids to know about it. If they knew that I was nearly 2 years older than them then they would ask why and I was too ashamed to go own that road.

I have a very good friend that lies about her age
but she adds years to it saying that if you
tell people an older age then that makes
you look exceptionally younger no matter
how old you are! I do not look my age
and that is thanks to some good genes
but I still do not like to talk about age even
tho I don’t look my age.

I can think of two situations this used to come up. When I was a child and my mom wanted me to get the child price on a bus. The other when I was 16/17 and needed to be 18 to get into a bar.

I never really understood lying about ones age as an adult.

I sure have, I ran away from multiple foster homes growing up, so I have plenty of stories about lying about my age. The most memorable incident was when I was looking for a job, I plastered my face with makeup to make myself look older. I ended up getting a job as a secretary at a small shady buy here pay here car lot, by telling the owner that I was 18 and was kicked out of my house, and am staying with a friend when I was actually 16, couch surfing and sleeping in alleys. I was quite convincing, or so I thought as he had bought my lie for about a week or so, then found out my real age when an officer who knows me found me, told the owner and took me back to that horrible home.

Yes, for various reasons (sometimes just for my own amusement), no I don’t feel embarrassed about it now. Besides, folks think I’m lying about my actual age anyway.

I live in a 55+ community and I’m 48. I probably should lie. I look fabulous for 55.

@JLeslie: How did you get to buy into the community when you’re younger than 55? It’s funny because it never occurred to me to ask you that.

Some 55 plus communities around here allow people under 55 to live there if in the household with 55 plussers. That way, someone could have their child taking care of them in the home if they need it. Some places are really strict.

When I was fifteen I lied and said I was sixteen to get my first job (at a tobacco store). I did this because my mother had cut me off from any spending money/allowance and only job available to a fifteen-year-old was bagging groceries, which paid very little.

They found out a year later and had to let me go. Of course, by then, I was sixteen.

Oh yeah that reminds me. When I was 18 the drinking age was 19. I wanted to get into a club to see friends play in a band. All of my friends were going. They were proofing at the door so I told one of my friends that I was worried because when I showed my license, I wouldn’t get in. The friend said just show it to them. They’re stupid and you’ll get in. Sure enough, they looked at the ID and let me in.

@jca

Yeah, in my experience most club bouncers are dumb meatheads who don’t give much of a shit anyway. Which is why they’re club bouncers in the first place.

@jca Up to 20% of the community can be under 55. Actually, I think the law is at least 80% must have at least one resident 55 or older in a household. This allows younger spouses to be able to live there, and if God forbid their older spouse dies they don’t need to sell. It’s a federal law that controls the rules. There cannot be anyone 19 and younger residing in the home, but they can visit. I’m just in on an exception. We have no kids and their percentages must be ok so they let us buy.

Yah, some young person said I looked really old, that I must be, what, 55 or 60 years old. So I went along with her. Told her that when one gets on in years, things are never the same, all this progress, yada yada. She nodded and said she felt sorry for old people like me who couldn’t keep up with the new technology.

Her cellphone, an older model iPhone, rang, she answered it, closed up what looked to be three-year-old Dell Inspiron laptop and left.

I had to chuckle…I not only lied about my age-71, my cellphone-an LG V10 and my laptop—Microsoft SurfaceBook, were more in-inline with “younger”.

I felt sorry for her.

^^ A good lesson in ‘never judge a book by its cover’.