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"   You know that cringe moment when you&amp;#039;re waiting for a Brad Pitt-esque date and Shrek turns up? Well that&amp;#039;s just one of the fibs that come with online dating. ONLINE DATING HITS THE SHOPPING CART A new survey of 15,200 UK members by online dating auction site WhatsYourPrice.com shows a whopping 34% of women lie on their dating profiles, while 21% of men do the same. Sorry London guys, you&amp;#039;re the least honest of the bunch with 39% of you revealed as recurrent fibbers. The most honest fellas are in Newport, if you&amp;#039;re interested. The most popular lies amongst women? As you might&amp;#039;ve guessed we&amp;#039;re most likely to be a tad creative with our age and we also have a tendancy to embellish our careers. Guys top lies are about their jobs and income as well, and the other biggie for them is height. YOUR TOP 5 ONLINE DATING OBJECTIONS: OVERRULED But while a seemingly small lie to boost your profile may seem tempting, The Dating Guru James Preece tells us why it&amp;#039;s ALWAYS a big no no: &amp;quot;Chances are it will come back to haunt you. If you&amp;#039;ve lied about your age, height or weight then this will be immediately obvious the second you meet up. This will only result in great disappointment, which is very hard to recover from. The same is true once you admit you&amp;#039;ve told fibs about less obvious things such as your job or lifestyle. They&amp;#039;ll feel cheated and angry that you attempted to deceive them.&amp;quot; 15 WAYS TO BE AN ONLINE DATING DIVA So you heard him people, just be honest and if you bag that date, at least you know they like you just the way you are! Have you ever fibbed for a date? Or turned up for an internet date with someon who had clearly lied in their profile? Let us know in the comments box below or tweet us at @CosmopolitanUK "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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