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Awkward over age

  • 26-10-2010 8:59pm
    #1
    fifomania
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    Hello! Just need a quick bit of advice here!
    I have been seeing a man for a while, we are still in the getting to know each other phase and see each other once or twice a week at the minute.
    The awkwardness for me is that i was talking to his mate, who got my age wrong and told the man I am seeing the wrong age and now he thinks I'm younger than I am. Ahhh! :( He is a four years younger than me but he thinks it's only two! I honestly don't know how to bring it up, age never comes up in our conversation! and I don't know how to correct it without looking like a big liar! :( anyone?? thanks :o


Comments

  • #2
    tenchi-fan
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    Just be honest. It's easy to slip your age into a convo e.g. "I'm 28 next month and I've never been to london..." I don't know!

    If you don't let him know your real age I think you are being dishonest.


  • #3
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    It shouldn't be a huge problem slipping it in at this early stage.

    Say something like "oh I heard your friend was telling you I'm 26 but I'm actually 28 this year" or something like that.

    To be honest it would be a bigger issue if you told him the wrong age, but it clearly was misunderstood by his mate and a miscommunication error rather than a lie, so you're not a big liar by any stretch once you sort it out soon.

    However I would rectify it asap and just slip it in at some stage nonchalantly. It's not a big deal, 2 years isn't a huge issue at all, you've gotten this far together because you like each other. An extra 2 years won't hurt that.


  • #4
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    I think you have to say it soon OP, in a casual way as suggested by previous posters. I know someone who lied about her age when she met a guy, and didn't correct it. He copped on through various pieces of info in conversations. Anyway, they were fairly serious by the time of her next birthday, and then he found out her true age, and realized that conversations 'in theory' about having kids were a little more immediate than he thought (she is late 30's and had deducted 7 yrs!). It didn't end well. I don't say this to be mean or scare you OP, just to let you know that it is better to clear this up sooner rather than later.


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