Most Common Lies In Online Dating

In a survey of 1000 single online daters, it has come to light that 53% of them have lied in their profiles.

The fact that you can’t get away with lying in your profile for long doesn’t prevent a lot of people from doing it. Don't let this put you off - it's not to say that every person you speak to on the internet is lying to you - but we've all heard one story or another about turning up to your date and being met with Frankenstein when you were expecting Prince Charming, or finding out that they're a vegan activist as you take your seats at the burger pop-up you'd picked for the date.

According to the survey, women are 10% more likely to lie than men, with their most common porky pie being about their looks. This means weight, shape and even hair, frequently in the form of outdated photos, which 20% of women are guilty of doing! 

Men's top lie is about having a job that is better than the one they've actually got; although women aren't much better at this one either! 40% of men and a third of women have stretched the truth regarding their professions; making it sound more glamorous and even intimating that they earn a far higher salary than they do in reality. 

  Here are the top ten lies told by each sex:

Top 10 Lies Told by Men
Job
Height
Weight
Physique
Money
More senior than they really are at work 
More interesting profession than they actually have
Knowing celebrities
Having an assistant or employees
Working in the film industry

Top 10 Lies Told by Women

Weight
Age
Physique
Height
Money
Bust
Glamorous profession
Knowing celebrities
Having an assistant or employees
Working in entertainment

Are you irritating your date?

We've all got our own people pet peeves, but according to a recent survey of over 8000 men and women there are a certain few that are particularly niggling on a first date. And interestingly, men and women ranked their annoyances differently.... 

Women were particularly anti their dates being over-confident, while they were more likely to be lenient if their date were late. The pie chart below breaks it down even more... 

Men, on the other hand, were most opposed to women being on their phones during a date, because they thought she would either be gossiping with her friends about him or talking to other men! 

If you know you're prone to a sneaky insta scroll/BBC news check up (each to their own) in someone else's company, make sure you keep the habit in check at least on a first date! However, 68% of women and nearly half of the men in the survey actually said they would prefer a night in + takeaway than going on a first date at all.... =