POF : Why does it seem like men lie about height?
I get most women want taller men, but it’s better to be truthful. Most guys I’ve talked to on his profile it said he was at least 2 inches taller than he was. For example my ex, on his profile said he was 5’11, then later tells me he’s 5’9. Another guy I’ve meet said he was 5’11, then we met up and he’s barely 5’8. I’m not expecting all guys to be 6’0, but there should be honesty. I mean.. men don’t like it when women say something different or deceive with pictures right?
By. happinessisawarmgun3
Same reason women lie about weight, they hope you either don’t notice or buy the excuse of « I must have gotten it wrong » or something.
Same reason women take pictures of themselves up close, only time I’ve seen where they have full body is when they are fit or average. If you’re out of shape, it’s okay, last thing I want is a relationship telling me I need to workout and eat food a rabbit consumes.
Exercise will make you look good naked, so does alcohol and proper lighting. You choose.
Seriously, there is nothing wrong with different sizes today, some men want miss hot two piece bikini, a large portion can’t handle or keep them or they themselves aren’t even close to being fit. So you get people chasing others beyond their means.
I don’t think it’s right to fudge the numbers with anything about you, it’s not right to just stop communicating, but people accept online behavior because everybody does it. This is usually one reason why you see people stop communications, seeing each other in person is a different level especially if you’re lying.
Because people lie on the internet. I think every woman who I’ve seen describe herself as ‘a few extra pounds’ was clinically obese.
I dunno. I don’t really care. People play too many games.
Everyone wants a guy that’s 6 foot something, so I have to provide value in other areas.
The same reason why women wear makeup.
Yeah you’re right. I just figured be truthful because the person will eventually find out.
I don’t know so much if women lie about weight. It’s more so the filters they use, which looks so fake.
This is the thing I’ve seen a lot- you see a girl on pof who is really good looking and you can tell from her profile text or from talking to her that she’s really aware of how good looking she is. She talks about how many dozens of guys contact her every time she signs in and how everyone just wants to sleep with her.
And then you meet her and she’s a totally normal looking person and you realise that it’s all just down to make-up and posing in the profile pics. It just seems so stupid to me, why not just use a picture that illustrates how you actually look? And if you get dozens of messages but you find them all inappropriate, why not try a different look in your pictures?
Edit: Hm, I’ve realised that I sound like one of those Taiwanese posters, telling women not to wear short skirts if they don’t want to be assaulted on the tube. It is true that women should be able to dress/look however they like, without the threat of unwanted sexual advances. But I do feel this is slightly different, on a dating website the explicit intention is to attract the opposite sex, and you can definitely filter the incoming traffic by adjusting your look.
1. I’m about 5’10 or 5’11 people say I’m attractive & « buff », no problem with women irl.
So when I first get on POF I’m sending out messages for the first week & didn’t get any replies outside of 2 or 3 unnatractive women…On a whim I decide to round up my height (hey I’m 6′ in shoes at least) & that day almost instantly I had about 5-10 messages, mostly replies, but a couple of women who actually messaged me first… so imo petty reasoning/women being too picky is why it happens…
It does go both ways at the same time with obviously obese women who can’t admit it, saying they’re a few extra pounds, or that they prefer not to say, which would probably wind up being a bigger deal than a couple of inches of height anyway.