This was early in the dating process (first date or two)

This was early in the dating process (first date or two)

I dropped them like hot cakes when I found out becauseif they lied about something as simple as age, how could I trust them for things like: having children? already being married? The rest of his life.Maybe it would have been different if I found out many dates later. Anywho, that was my experience and why I wouldn’t do it, but YMMV. posted by Wolfster at 8:51 PM on [5 favorites]

You would have lied about something right off the bat, and a lot of people are going to treat that like a deal-breaker in a relationship, even if they are themselves shallow and dumb for not wanting to date a 34-year-old

If they don’t want to date someone who’s 34, they don’t want to date someone who’s 34. I don’t think it’s awful of you to want to; I just don’t think it can possibly end well for anything except short-term flings.

I would say it would be better to look at what else you bring to the table, whether your own standards need to be relaxed a bit, or whether it’s a good time to start looking for people some other way. Continue reading “This was early in the dating process (first date or two)”