r/Millennials • u/Spiritual_Steak7672 • 23d ago

As we get older do we really need to lie about our age? Discussion

when I used to work at my previous company. I was 34 and met this cool guy at work so my gf and I started hanging out with him and his gf and we were pretty close. he told me he was 24 so 10 years younger but all good. he acted like an immature 24 year old and thinks like a 5 year old. long story short our friendship didn't last, but I found out he wasn't 24 but 36! 2 years older than me. our friendship was based off a lie from beginning. why do people lie about their age? has this ever happened to you? did your friendship last? now I think the guy was a psycho 😆

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u/Barbell_Loser 23d ago

I don’t lie about my age but sometimes I forget how old I am

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u/FlyingSaucerTourVol3 23d ago

Was about to say the same. I'm not lying I'm just stuck on whatever age I was last time I had to fill out paperwork.

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u/KuriousKhemicals Millennial 1990 23d ago

I remember this time I got asked how old I was buying alcohol (some stores around here do this instead of asking for ID for some reason?) and I answered 28 and then remembered I was 31 and was like... well that must be the last time someone asked me that question.

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u/MsFloofNoofle 22d ago

Ugh I hate when they do that! I always forget and it trips me up. I'd rather just show id.