Reasons Why People Lie About Their Age

Most people will never tell you their age, especially if they are pushing 30 or older than 30. What is the fuss about turning thirty anyway? Women are often guilty when it comes to lying about their age and will go to any length to maintain a youthful look by undergoing surgery, Botox and spending money on expensive fitness trainers.

Why do people lie about their age? From my research, I discovered that the major reasons people lie about their age are for the following 5 reasons:

Etiquette

It is considered bad manners to go around telling people your age because "a lady never asks and a lady never tells anyone her age". It is believed that when people know your age, they put you in a particular place in their minds and when you do certain things, they'll say stuff like "is she not too young (or too old) to be doing that?" They always want you to do things according to your age and not according to what your heart tells you. That's why many people would rather lie about their age than have you scrutinize their actions each time.

For Career Advancement

Some companies will never hire a man or woman over a certain age, hence, the need to lie about your age in order to secure a plum job. Some organizations want to hire people in their early twenties and would not even consider a candidate who is above 30 years of age. Many job seekers are guilty of not being truthful about their age. Why on earth should a clueless 23 year old get the job when a 30 year old can do far better? Why not forge the birth certificate and land the job and show these people what a 30 (going on 25) can do.

To Fool The Opposite Sex

Women are mostly guilty of this kind of deception. They do this in order to get men whom they hope to settle down with. In a news report sometime ago, a man broke up his engagement when he found out that his fiancée lied to him about her true age. He found out her age when he saw her driver's licence (by accident), he said he didn't break up with her because she was older than him, he said he was breaking up with her because she lied about it! He said his mother always said people who felt the need to lie, will always do something worse!

Plain Old Denial

Some people lie about their age because they are living in denial. There are actually people who are known to age backwards after turning 30!

Media Influence

The media gives us the impression that aging is a disease and that if you are 30 years and above, you are over the hill. Women are often the prime target of anti- aging, anti-wrinkle and age fighting crèmes and lotions. The older women become (especially actresses), the more they are relegated to the back seat. Therefore, lying about your age can buy you more time.

Women of a certain age can tell you that lying about your age definitely has more rewards than telling everyone who cares to listen. Whatever your age, love yourself.