Is it normal my friend lies about her age but she's the same age as me?
I'm 26, she's 26. She likes to stretch the truth and so she tells people she's 21. She'll say this any time she can.
The crazy part is, she recently did this with someone who knows we went to the same school together, were in the same grade and graduated the same year. So when she told them, that made ME look like I'm 21 and that's fine and all because I actually look 21. All people tend to think I'm 19-22 so 21 isn't a stretch for me but for her, it doesn't add up because she is aging rapidly and many people have even assumed she was my Mother because she started getting wrinkles at a young age and has an older face so she looks about 40.
So the guys she told who were 22 both asked me when she wasn't near if we really went to school together in the same grade because she looks easily 10 years older. So I confessed. I told them she tends to lie a lot and has been doing this since she turned 21 (she'd tell people she was 18). I told him that she is 26 and I'm 26. He still didn't believe that because he said she looked late thirties and easily 10 years older than me. I didn't know what to tell him so I said that's the truth. He then went over to ask her/confess what I had told him. Then she showed him her license and he still didn't buy her age and asked me again. I showed him a photo on FB from when we were in high school and he finally believed it but the next day, she was furious with me. She tells me I should never reveal her age. I said I was pressed and that in that situation, it made me look like a liar as well and I don't think age means anything so it's ridiculous.
Now she's not talking to me because I revealed our ages to the guys and she says they probably think she's a weirdo now.
is it normal my friend is this way? Is there really such a difference between 21 and 26? I honestly don't see how a mere 5 years will make any difference. is it normal anyone else encounter this? I know most celebrities lie about their birthdates so wikipedia doesn't know the truth but this is a non-celebrity girl who isn't looking to be cast as a 21 year old in a film.