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Is it normal for an old fart in his 40's to be on a website looking for a girlfriend in this age bracket 18-24 by lying and pretending he's 24 years old?
I admit it, I'm a 40 year old guy. If a young gal thinks it gross that's ok, she's not the one for me anyway! No sense in pretending to be something I'm not. I am a really good looking old guy though!
I feel sorry for this person. And feeling sorry for someone is a very sad thing.
I'm a 44 y/o man and simply not interested in such a young age group. What would you have in common? The youngest I'd ever date would be 28 and that isn't likely to happen. My ideal is 34-44.
I wonder what he's hoping to get from it. Maybe just conversation? Because no girls are going to want to know him irl after lying about his age.
Not normal. Big lies about age are creepy.
Well, if "cougars" can do that with younger males, why not a guy with younger females? But the lying isn't good and will backfire against him. And are older women also old farts?
Yeah, catfishing is common on dating sites. It's not just age people lie about too. I've seen people lie about not having kids, their weight, their gender, their disabilities, and a host of other things. It's pretty pathetic.
What is the point of catfishing. I mean they are going to get found out and caught right. Seems a waste of time to me unless they are just trying to embarrass someone.
They think that once they get someone attached to them that they'll be forgiven for their lies and everything will be okay. It's a terrible strategy.
Catfishing is a pretext to develop social skills that everyone likes. Nobody wants ugly people. Attractiveness is everything. As a result, attractive people get 5 to 10 times more attention, and thusly 5 to 10 times more practice interacting with juiced up socially eager attitudes.
When catfishers become socially proficient, they can switch to their true identity, apply what they have learned and get better results.
Ok, well that makes sense I guess if they never plan to meet although honesty seems like the better policy. Plenty of people date less attractive people and the skills required for an average person to attract a mate are very different for someone who is attractive. Ultimately they seem to just be waisting everyone's time.
What's the point in pretending to be something you're not. It's just dishonest and just plain stupid. Grow a pair and be who you are a guy in his 40s and stop acting like an immature little turd
I would say it's not normal. But some of the posts above make sense. perhaps he is trying to get back into the game using an alias. And when he feels confident enough he will try it for real.
It's not ok that he is lying.
Also, I don't think it's ok for someone in their 40s to be sexually attracted to an 18-24 year old.