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Yes, it's normal to "pretend" to a degree. Laughing at his jokes when he's not funny.
Telling her she looks nice even though her outfit is not what you would have liked to see her in.

It's normal... it's continueing to date under the pretences that make for a fake relationship.

Oh...

I only want to date someone who actually likes me for myself. I think anything else is a waste of everyone's time. The way I see it, life is too short for those kinds of games. A person can probably get a lot of fun dates pulling a scam like that, but they are not only wasting the time of the girls they date, but will wake up one day and realize they wasted a lot of time just having fun and never really sharing themselves with anyone. I don't care how many dates he's been on, that's going to leave him very lonely in the end.

She won't stay impressed or loving if she finds out you been lying.

Lying about anything is a deal breaker for me!
No ifs ands or buts!

If I don't want to answer a question, I will say so or simply avoid it - but I WILL NOT lie about it!

If someone doesn't respect me enough to tell me the truth about whatever it is, and lies about it, they lose MY TRUST!

Deal breaker!

Why lie or pretend
All it does is build a wall between you and real happiness
No one likes a liar...

Do you really want to dress up like grandma, to catch red riding hood? and not get her in the long run?

The wolf would have done better with a cigar wearing a smoking jacket, in the right environment....

Be who you are....nothing more, nothing less...

It is Dishonest to pretend and that is Not normal.

Yes, a bit...If I could figure out how to post images, I would post some images of "Droopy" in the "nice guy threads" lol.

tank u so much

good opinion

I wouldn't say that it is "normal" to lie. Perhaps what would be "normal" and vaguely deceitful is to filter yourself more so that less of your bad comes out. I only use the word deceitful here because omission is the same as lying. However, if you are being yourself, just less of yourself, then you can win her over with the good, slight adorable goofiness, of yourself so that when she learns of your bad she is already hooked and takes the good with the bad. Let's be real, surely she has some bad that she is hiding back for when you are hooked too. A first date it like a résumé, everybody leaves off the time they get fired from previous jobs and whatnot, just don't say you speak 3 languages if you barely speak the one you know.

I think it's normal, in fact, I normally pretend I'm a hot supermodel who lives with Hugh Hefner, and hangs out with The Rock every weekend.

Hello honey! Nice to be back! Ive missed everyone

Ummm...Headnheart, you may be rusty on your fairy tales.

The big bad wolf DOES get it in the end.

great post!

I do think that it's normal to be on ones best behavior for a first date tho

if some one did not use good manners on our date I would not be inclined to go for another...it is respectful to be mannerly

but it is disrespectful to tell lies

Lies will always bite you in the ***.
Just be yourself. If people don't like
you the way you are, then they aren't
worth your time.

If by 'normal' you mean, "is it right" then no, it is not right to pretend to be something you are not. If by normal you mean. "is it common practice", then it seems to me that so many people do pretend that is is becoming a 'norm'.

I am the same way. I wonder what else they are lying about.