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[@murrzstudio] Relationship Differences (lemmy.world)

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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

i don't ever dress fancy. i am not going to falsely advertise myself. not everyone is an amoral manipulator seeking to optimize their image. i don't own a suit and haven't worn one in 15 years. i don't have a 'projected self' either. I am what i am, unlike the women who want to date me, who are often liars and fakers.

lying to people is a shitty way to date. i'd know. most of my exes were liars who thought lying to me was totally cool because i was a 'stupid man' and they 'knew better'.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i am not going to falsely advertise myself. not everyone is an amoral manipulator seeking to optimize their image.

I wouldn't categorize showing a picture of yourself dressed up as "amoral manipulation". You're certainly free to hold that view.

I am what i am, unlike the women who want to date me, who are often liars and fakers.

I'm sorry you've had these difficult relationships in the past.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

presenting a false image of who you are is manipulative.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think people have a hard time grasping just how off "dressing up" feels for some people. Like I recognize that I look pretty good when I do, but the farthest I've went is a dress shirt+suit jacket and that already felt like absolutely so not me. Putting pictures like that up to, essentially, advertise myself would feel extremely dishonest.

I'm guessing it's similar for you.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It doesn't make me off, it's just not part of my lifestyle. I actually would like going to fancy restaurants and dressing up, but on rare occasional, not every week/day. And the 'dressiest' I get is business causal. I've never in my life been to a restaurant that required a jacket, for example. I only ever wore suits for weddings and funerals, as an adult and I haven't had one of those in 15 years.