So you’ve probably come across stories where someone says they are married, have children, have this fantastic job and lifestyle etc etc…or a guy/gal who is single and lives with a roomate and is working and/or is a student and etc etc etc…but some day you find out that they were totally lying. Do you think such people are just big fat liars trying to seek attention or they are actually failures in their real lives so pretend to be extremely accomplished online? How does one find the time and energy to come up with and stick to their lie for such a long period of time? What about the conscience we’re all supposed to have?
I’m not talking about people who choose not to share too many details about themselves for security reasons or just because they are more private than some…that’s fine, but I’m talking about the folks who actually lie and use that to their advantage in some way or the other.
I don't get close to people online, issi waja sai.... you never know when someone is lying or telling the truth. Plus there are tons of psychos out there, scary.
I saw this documentary other day about a woman who is so fat an ugly , but she posed like a pretty girl and this guy lost his heart on her and went to see her but found out the truth.
Some say it is a scripted story not a reality. I guess so too.
***There is a difference between not sharing your private life online with strangers and lying online to mislead people and take advantage of them !
Personally , I don't share anything that is truly personal with anyone online , whether its pix or my private life and details of my career simply because I don't think you can trust strangers online and you don't know who turns out to be a weirdo and how they will use that info...........neither do I advise anyone to be careless enough to trust people online .....
As far as people who mislead others like posing single and are married or are married and try to pick up partners online etc. , that's unforgivable !***
Lying online at least most people are anonymous for one another - but I knew someone who kept lying to real-life acquaintances about their education (claimed they were a doctor) and lifestyle (home - the McMansion was "under construction"). And it's definitely a manifestation of the people feeling self-conscious about themselves. And what conscience - as far as their concerned the lies hurt no one so where's the harm?
yes i know few people who do that....there's one girl who is a proper choroo, she'd talk about owning farmhouses and horses and taking flying lessons etc but in real life she works in a grocery store.
yea they make up a whole life in front of our eyes typa people?
well...its insecurities..online they hv the opportunity to be what they cant be offline! or sometimes tehy just do it to fit in...other times to make themselves sound better than the rest?
also, once they start getting away with one lie...they just get in the pattern...and most likely enjoy the attention they get. they can go to any extent for it...fake pictures...etcetc...some are better at it than others:D
but they should know...most people DO see through them. and truth does prevail at the end...it may take years.
there are also people...who don't lie about everything..like what they do where they live..etc...but they create a fake personality or lie about their age, or exaggerate...or
pretend to be what they are not because of insecurities. they just want to fit-in i think...because they mold themselves in a way that any person they talk to will befriend them :D
I know a guy the only car he owned was a 10 year old Toyota Corolla . But he was telling someone to impress how he likes exotic cars and owns a several and he knew a lot about those exotic cars too.
Why do people trust online friendships that much though?
Here is what I think...unless I get to know these people in real life where I am actually talking to them...seeing them...or at least having some sort of non-online interaction...they usually are simply online friends.
You shouldnt trust all they say because he might say he is single but in fact he could be married with 3 kids. :(
I blogged about a similar topic a couple days back.. I really want to meet the people that are so occupied in 'finding-out' about people and why they think it's even important to find out? Flip side, they could be honest.. and people might just be connecting the dots all wrong. In either case.. everyone's answerable for themselves and what they say. Question is.. would you give out your real age, location, weight, number to complete strangers?
I don't even see the need for lying.... We are all complete strangers and most likely never going to meet each other so why care about what others may think? The only reason I can imagine is that these people use online life as a way to live the life they have always wanted
So WHAT if I’m really a single college-going guy, my love for you was not a lie 
