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Physical Catfishing: Misrepresenting body type in online dating

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For the purposes of this conversation, the topic should be focused on deceitfulness and/or misrepresentation of physical appearances by individuals creating profiles on online dating services. It should not be an opportunity to call out the specific physical characteristics you find unattractive. Please be mindful to speak in general terms and not call out or shame specific physical qualities that you would not want in a partner.

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snowcones Established Member

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8 hours ago, Shining One said:

I can't see many women willing to submit precise measurements and weight in order to use an OLD site... especially if has to be verified by a third party.

Assuming we're just talking about height and weight, I think there would be a fair amount of women who would do it.  You're right that not all women would be willing to do that, but some would and maybe it'd have to be a premium pay app or something in order to get that level of verification.

vla1120 Established Member

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Hmmm. I am the exact "average" height and weight that someone posted and I consider myself obese. 😆😆 I'm working on it. It's hard to lose weight when you have no thyroid and you've fought (and beat) cancer twice, so when people (especially OLD men) look down on me because I am overweight, I smile because they probably could not endure what I've gone through, so I leave them with their skin-deep superiority complexes and happily move on.

I am very honest from day one. I have nothing to hide, and yet, I keep meeting these men who trickle truth me with little bits and pieces until, eventually, they drop some truth bomb on me that is a deal breaker. Dude, why didn't you just tell me that from day one so we didn't waste each others' time (and yes, I do background checks)!! Ugh. I am definitely done with OLD. I recently disabled my OLD accounts and decided that I'd rather meet someone the old fashioned way. If I don't, then it's not meant to happen.

Gaeta Established Member

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9 hours ago, Shining One said:

I can't see many women willing to submit precise measurements and weight in order to use an OLD site... especially if has to be verified by a third party.

Do men understand women measurements? I have a friend who's 5'3'' and 150-lbs. As per the chart she's overweight but she's not, she is gorgeous and made of muscles and probably wears a size 4-6. 

I remember meeting a man that was disappointed I wasn't taller. I said my profile says 5'3'' what did you expect?? and he said ya I know but you looked taller on your pictures. WTH! The guy couldn't figure out what was 5'3''. 

Men are visual creatures, show yourself, he will like or not no matter the numbers.

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Shining One Established Member

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30 minutes ago, Gaeta said:

Do men understand women measurements? I have a friend who's 5'3'' and 150-lbs. As per the chart she's overweight but she's not, she is gorgeous and made of muscles and probably wears a size 4-6.

I do. By measurements, I mean bust, waist, and hips alongside weight and height. I'm fully aware that two women of the same weight and height can be shaped very differently. My mother is a seamstress and I spent much of my childhood watching her work.

snowcones Established Member

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20 minutes ago, Shining One said:

By measurements, I mean bust, waist, and hips alongside weight and height.

I'm down with that too.  The problem with that is if we start getting down to that level detail then women are going to want to know penis size.

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1 hour ago, vla1120 said:

I am very honest from day one. I have nothing to hide, and yet, I keep meeting these men who trickle truth me with little bits and pieces until, eventually, they drop some truth bomb on me that is a deal breaker. Dude, why didn't you just tell me that from day one so we didn't waste each others' time (and yes, I do background checks)!! Ugh. I am definitely done with OLD. I recently disabled my OLD accounts and decided that I'd rather meet someone the old fashioned way. If I don't, then it's not meant to happen.

Yes this happens.  Have you ever seen the tv show "90 Day Fiance"?  In almost every case, one person either lied about or failed to tell the other some major thing about themselves (typically a flaw) until AFTER the person uprooted their life and flew across the ocean to move there with them. That is strategic!

And yes, verify everything.

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7 hours ago, snowcones said:

I'm down with that too.  The problem with that is if we start getting down to that level detail then women are going to want to know penis size.

Could you imagine!?  You think guys lie about stuff now already... that'd just take it to a whole new level!

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