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A new survey has revealed that over 70% of men have lied on a first date to impress a woman. Here are a few real life examples…

1. “In a panicked attempt to keep the conversation going, when my date mentioned she’d gone to Glastonbury, I blurted out, ‘Me too!’ Cue an excruciating 15-minute conversation where she enthuses about all the amazing bands that performed, while I murmur in agreement. I was in a full body sweat by the time I managed to change the subject.” (Andrew, 32)

2. “I haven’t had a serious relationship in the past five years, but I really liked my date and didn’t want her to think I was a player. So when she asked about my last relationship, I invented one. I tried to keep it vague, but I got a bit too into it, describing how I was cruelly dumped by my imaginary ex for someone else, over email. And how she didn’t have the decency to tell me to my face, and we’d been going out for two years! I felt genuinely sorry for myself.” (Harry, 33)

3. “I do stand-up comedy in my spare time. It’s mainly pub function rooms and open-mic nights. As I described it to my date, I was worried it sounded pathetic, so then I added that I’d been scouted by someone at the BBC and was in discussions about presenting my own show. I could tell by her face she knew it was b.s. And no, there wasn’t a second date.” (James, 27)

4. “I once told a woman that I could drive (I can’t). She caught me out half an hour later, when I opened my wallet to pay the bill, only to reveal my green provisional license in the clear plastic ID holder. To make it worse, I tried to cover up, saying I’d recently passed and just hadn’t got around to changing it. When I looked at her Twitter after the date, she’d Tweeted: Just went on a date with a guy who pretended he could drive for no reason #weirdo.” (Hugh, 32)

5. “I’ve been with my girlfriend for six months. On our first date, I felt embarrassed that she owned her own flat, while I’m still renting with mates. So, of course, I pretended I owned our entire four-bed house and I was my flatmates’ live-in landlord. It’s such a stupid lie, mainly because I’m a freelance graphic designer with nowhere near the income to do so. I haven’t told her the truth yet – and I’ve made my housemates swear to play along, much to their amusement.” (Jake, 29)

6. “My date was impressed that I worked in the music industry. I’m actually on the financial side of things, but I got carried away and made out that I helped write some of the songs on Maroon 5’s latest album.” (Luke, 28)

7. “I told an offhand fib? that I’d done a bit of rock climbing, to make myself seem more interesting. I only remembered when she texted me the following week suggesting a date at the local climbing wall, where I could show her how it’s done. Awkward.” (Jonathon, 28)