Do the Lies We Tell Help Us in Online Dating?

Recently, the dating site OkCupid released a report regarding the most common lies that are used when seeking love via an online dating site.  The data was collected from over one million users of the site.  The data collected points to four major lies that are told by both men and women of varying age groups. 

Believe it or not, people lie about their height.  On average, most users added at least two inches to their real life height.  This occurred in around seventy percent of men.  Women on the other hand will fib about their weight and body type more often than their height.  Studies have pointed to taller people being more successful and having more partners sexually.  There might be something to this lie.  OkCupid did find that short women under five feet ten inches, received more messages than women around six feet in height.

People tend to be poorer than what they report online.  OkCupid found that this number is about twenty percent.  It has been reported by other studies that this is the number one lie that men will tell when seeking a partner.  A man's income is one of the leading factors of attraction so the conclusion would be that this lie can be favorable for a man.

The report pointed out that an attractive photo will most often be very out of date.  The findings revealed that the older the man then the older the length of time from when the photo was taken.  Younger men would have photos that were around two hundred days old where a man of fifty would have a photo that was taken around five hundred days ago.  The study suggests that the hotter the photo, then the older the photo is.

Most women under the age of thirty five report themselves as bisexual.  The truth of the matter is that one in four of these women are actually into men and women simultaneously.  The study revealed that eighty percent of listed bisexuals are really only interested in one gender.