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Thursday, May 03, 2007

From The Sex Files: Online Dating Dishonesty
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Today a bisexual client of mine was discussing some of his online dating experiences. He started to speak about the plusses and minuses of meeting men that way. As he began discussing the negative aspects of it, I jumped ahead slightly in my mind and thought, "He's going to talk about people not being truthful online." Sure enough, he did.

People will often lie about their physical appearance. I hear that all the time. Then he described something that I had never heard before.

He said when the email communications back and forth got to an interesting level and he was considering meeting that person, he usually would ask for a picture to be sent to him online. What he received on two occasions - not just once, but twice - was a picture of himself!!

I asked if this picture was a particularly wonderful picture or had been photoshopped in some way. He said that it was just a picture that a friend had taken of him. This client is an attractive man, but not in any startling way. The picture that he had sent in his past online communications had apparently made its way into the "public domain" in the minds of some. It had evidently appealed so much to these two other men that they had decided to "borrow" it to "facilitate" a meeting. It's quite possible that others have done something similar. Time will tell.

In case you're wondering - no, my client decided not to meet either of these two men. There was absolutely no way that he could interpret this type of "plagiarism" as a positive trait in these two prospective dates.

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Posted by: Louanne Cole Weston, PhD at 12:03 PM

9 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thats kind of disturbing. I never considered that something like that would happen.

May 3, 2007 1:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hi i was just wondering since you're an expert about sex. is there such thing as masturbating too much? if so? what are the negative effects of it?

May 6, 2007 8:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've been having an issue with decreased libido. I'm on the pill and in addition I've been taking 5-HTP for eating issues and mood issues. I need both, though I know I could change contraceptive. In addition, I've been experiencing mild pain - sort or friction rub - during intercourse. I feel that this might be caused by the decreased sex drive but I don't know. //?

May 7, 2007 12:13:00 AM  
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May 12, 2007 5:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello, I need sex advice, I recently had my second child and during the last month of my pregnancy I wanted to be intimate with my husband. First of all my husband is very turned off about the whole pregnancy thing and sex. He says it grosses him out. I tried to have sex with him but he just could not keep "it" up. Now, after 4 months of having our second child he will still not touch me. He says he has no sexuall drive to be with me or the fact to have sex. He knows it is hurting me but he does not know why he doesn't have the drive to want to have sex or any7 physical contact with me. On top of all this he did step into a very stressful position at work. Can you help me?

May 18, 2007 2:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is there any thing that I could do to help stop premature ejaculation. It seems everytime my lady and I have sex I finish way to quick in most cases.

May 21, 2007 4:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't stop saying "UCH". Almost 15 years ago I met this great guy. I found out he had been married, cheated on her with a girl he was then living with. He started cheating on her with me. He married her, continued to see me. Was lying to me saying that he is getting married, when in fact was married six months prior. Devorced the second wife, I moved in and have been living together for 5 years and having problems because I have never trusted him. I wonder why? Well two monthe ago I set tape recorders in our home and caught him having someone over while I was at work. But to my surprise it was a MAN. My cheating boyfriend is having a relationship with a man and probably women also. He said they were just masterbating in front of each other. I don't buy that for a minute. He say's he loves me trully. He is a great guy, high class,smart, educated the total package. He wants to stay together, but how can I trust him?He has issues. I guess I do too, for getting involed in the first place. Is this normal and can I trust that he won't do it again?

May 29, 2007 7:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I caught my boyfriend masturbating to porn on line, while he thought i was still out and our kids were in the living room. I have an issue with this and he also is always watching porn and porn sites on the computer plus he has porn mags aswell? Is this normal?

Aug 28, 2007 5:45:00 PM  
Anonymous girish said...

hi i m 24 in age and i fill my panny is too small it's size when dard is about 13cm i want it to be around 18 to 20 cm long is it possible to make it happen

Oct 27, 2007 2:38:00 PM  

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