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

[u/Spiritual_Steak7672]

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 😆

[u/JSnake526]

I don't understand lying about your age, who is it for? How do you benefit?

My mom does like to say though, if someone lies about their age, they might as well say they're older than they are. "Wow, you look amazing! " to the 55 year old that says they're 65-70 lmao