LYING ABOUT YOUR NAME ON A DATE

(October, 2016) A 2015 study from UK-based event coordinating website Chillisauce.co.uk found that out of 8,000 Brits, 61 percent lied on the first date – with 14 percent of women and 2 percent of men lying about their names. The New York Post has an article about women who lie about their names when out on first dates. Here are a few of their stories:
– Rachel Charlupski, began obscuring her full name and her profession from men on the first few dates after she received a call from an attractive man she’d met on an online dating app. The date had Googled her and started reciting specifics about her career. It creeped her out. She says, “I love my job, but I hate talking about it in a social setting. And whenever a man knows what I do, and the fact that my clientele includes VIP athletes, that’s all he wants to discuss. I give the bare minimum for as long as possible,” she says. “I want to use the first few dates to see if we’re compatible.”
– Sandra LaMorgese, a 60-year-old holistic practitioner who has moonlighted as a dominatrix over the past five years, says, “I’ve slept with men before I’ve shared my full name.” She goes by “Sandy” when she meets new men. “I like hiking and yoga; people describe me as vanilla. But as soon as a man realizes I’m a dominatrix, the conversation is all sex, all the time. I want him to get to know the other parts of me.”
– Melani Robinson, 50, isn’t shy about sharing quite a bit of her personal life online, but considers it a breach of trust when a date Googles her name. “I’ve written about getting a bikini wax, but that’s never something I’d bring up to someone I just met. But when someone reads it before they meet me, they assume that’s first-date conversation,” says Robinson. She generally shares her true moniker around date No. 3, but still asks that the men do not Google her — and promises not to Google them in return.
* “If you’re a complete stranger, you’re allowed to stumble upon my bikini wax online, but if I’m dating you, that’s privileged information!”
* Let me just say, lying about your name on a date is how you get the stupid “Pina Colada Song”.
* So people’s lying about themselves in person is beginning to catch up with how much they lie about themselves online.
* “Yes, I’m afraid it’s true. My name is not really John Q. Public.”
* The dominatrix shouldn’t worry. If she’s hitting them with a whip, they’ll call her any name she wants.
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you lie about your name on dates? What led you to that decision?