Yes, you read right. I do it all the time. I did it when I first created a Facebook account, I did it when I wanted discounts in certain shops, I also did it to get free scholarships. It wasn’t the cliched, ‘I am 40 but I prefer calling myself 25′ lie instead I lied to make myself seem older.
I am normally considered to be a good liar, my skills have bore fruit even in the most testing of circumstances, the only time I am ever caught lying is when I lie about my age and yet I never stop trying. I wouldn’t mind being a 30 something guy or maybe even a 40+ dude as long as I am taken seriously. I am 17(you first heard it on The Embarrassment). No one takes 17 year old’s seriously, Heck even I’d think they are juvenile if I were older. Come to think of it I don’t think I’ll stop lying about my age until I’ve crossed 30. Though I often hear the term ‘mature teenagers’ I don’t really believe in it. Yea right! if such a thing ever existed. All teenagers want to do is get drunk, get laid and more often than not get depressed over non existent issues, its almost a trend nowadays. What is horrifying is that I am categorized with these prima donnas(teenagers) because of my age. Though not all are bad, I’d still like to be in a better age zone.
Till next time
Yours ageing-ly
Oh! I have been there. Thankfully I had a lot of ‘sane teenager’ friends. But yes, I know what it is like. The weird part is, I grew up only to find out that the as ‘adults’ too they won’t take you seriously. A 40yr old will still say the same things to me that he said 8 years ago. Finally over it not. Not that a 40yr old isn’t crazy at times
They just don’t understand that there are a few white sheep among the black one’s do they? Hence I have sworn to add a few years to my age whenever any one asks, till I’m 30
In Japan, asking peoples ages always turns into a game. You ask and they always ask “How old do you think I am?”. It’s fun. I do it now as well. Sorry, random.
Sounds fun… How old are you?
How old do you think I am?
About as old as I will be after a few years?
Interesting post. I have never lied about my age and yet people often think I am younger than my age.
I once had a blogmeme about movie, and someone who was 1 year younger than me was quite surprised that I am older than him. He said my blog looks like people in early 20s.
Don’t worry about your age much…I have a movie blogger friend in that age, and we all (a bunch of movie bloggers who are much older than him) always take his opinions seriously
Sure hope they do or else its more lying for me. And thank you for reading
This year I turned 20, but I wanted to make it fun, so I told everyone I was turning 18. At first they were like, “Yeah right, SURE you are,” but then the more I stuck to it, the more they got confused. By the time my party rolled around, they were convinced
I’m going to be the best age-lier in history. My gravestone won’t even know what to say.
Ooh! trying to be younger eh? Best of luck with that