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The Sun
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Seven key signs your date is a liar – from major dating profile giveaway to trait used by narcissists to get you hooked
SHOCKINGLY seven in ten singletons say they've given up on dating. Why? Because half of them say they're put off by constantly meeting liars. But are the signs there from the very first date? The Sun takes a look at the red flags that could mean your new love interest is out to break your heart. 5 As many as 74 per cent singletons have either given up or have chosen to take 'a lengthy break' from finding love, according to a poll by dating site Seeking. And an incredible 51 per cent said they have been fibbed to about their date's age, while a third have turned up to find the person was shorter or taller than they were told. Relationship therapist Rhian Kivits told The Sun: "Sadly, lots of people do lie, especially on dating profiles or when they are messaging before a date. Often they do this through insecurity. "They want to get a date, but they have no confidence, so they post fake photos or tell lies about their age or height. "This doesn't necessarily mean they are abusive or dangerous, but if you spot this, it's fair to ask, 'Is this right for me?' "Most of us probably don't want to date someone who is presenting themselves as someone they are not." But that's not the only white lie your date could dupe you with - there are seven red flags, according to Rhian, which might indicate a potential partner is telling porkies. 1. 'Too good to be true' dating profiles If someone's profile looks highly managed with model-like photos, and it all feels just a bit too good to be true, then it probably is. People have been known to use AI photos or internet pictures that aren't even them. Trust your intuition and if something in your gut gives you the impression it isn't right, then it might be fake. Look for photos of them doing a genuine hobby, such as playing golf. Skinny dipping, body counts & menace girl summer: it's de-cuffing season | Date. Delete. Repeat. But they should be on a course really playing, not just posing up nearby. I like it when other people are in their photos, at a family barbecue, for example. This shows someone is a genuine person. 2. Question dodging 5 Sometimes you might get chatting to someone and find they are dodging your questions. You ask where they work, and they just say 'all over the place' or 'I travel a lot'. That's a red flag. You might ask where and they say 'the south west', but that's a big place. Whilst I'd never expect someone to be specific, it's reasonable to have some idea of what someone does and which town they live in before you meet up. The same goes for relationship status. If they are being cagey or say 'it's complicated', that's not a promising sign. 3. Refuses a video call 5 You can rule out a lot of fibs by meeting on a video call before a real date. If they weren't the age they told you, or the height, you'd know instantly. If they say no to the call, what is it they don't want you to see? Maybe they are sitting on the couch with their partner. Liars can be very clever, so whilst you can never 100 per cent protect yourself, a video call beforehand is a great way of weeding out fibbers. 4. You share the same loves and hobbies What some liars will do is ask an awful lot of questions about you. Then they'll say, 'Oh, I love that too. ' It might be what you like to eat, where you like to hang out, whether you like swimming or going to the cinema. What they are doing is painting themselves as your ideal partner and setting up a web of lies so you almost fall in love before you meet them. This is a very negative trait, often used by narcissists, and they are very likely disingenuous. If whatever you love, they love, it's not always a good sign. 5. Overly rehearsed anecdotes If they are telling stories or anecdotes that feel a little too polished rather than spontaneously shared, maybe they are not telling the whole truth. When every detail is just so, you should be wondering what they have left out. Look out for inconsistencies in their tales. Perhaps in one version of the story, they were with a friend, then their brother. Maybe it was last week the first time they told you, then last year. And if they always paint themselves as the hero of the story, the one always in the right, perhaps they are not being 100 per cent honest. 6. Little or no digital footprint 5 Most of us have a very big digital footprint these days. If there is nothing about them online, ask about it. If they deleted a profile, why? If they have profiles under different names, why? We can all look someone up before going on a date, and it's healthy to do so. You might see they used to have a different job and switched careers, or their hair colour is different. Just say 'I did a sneaky Google of you'. If they are a genuine person, they won't mind. They'll laugh and say, 'Yes, I used to have red hair'. If they are cagey, something is up. 7. Suspicious smartphone activity Perhaps they are unusually protective of their phone when you meet up. They might turn it face down or step away to reply. They might not want you to see notifications pop up if it's from a partner or someone else they are dating. If you are on a date, they shouldn't be on their phone too much anyway. If they are, they might be texting their partner to say they are going to be late home from work. Of course, this is not always the case but if they are on their phone a lot - ask why - and see how they react. Why do people catfish others on dating apps? Speaking to Techopedia, professional dating coach Jacob Lucas reveals how to see if someone is a catfish on dating apps. A lot of people are insecure about themselves. They may not be very confident about dating or making friends, or about the way they look, so they create this fake persona. When they get attention and receive compliments, they then feel validated. Very often, catfishes are in that person's life already, so they already know them. Sometimes, it can be started off as a joke and then it spirals out of control. People can become addicted to it and it becomes a habit. The third reason is that as weird as it sounds, they think they're doing the right thing. If it's a friend who has a lot of bad luck in their love life, they want to give them confidence. But they often get stuck in the habit and can't stop doing it. And finally, its could be that the person is trying to extort money from the other person. They may ask for a small amount of money to pay for their electricity bill for example to start off with, but if they do, it can spiral into a large amount of money. They use romance to get people to send them money.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Gaia Sets First Quarter 2025 Conference Call for Monday, May 12, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. ET
BOULDER, Colo., April 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gaia, Inc. (NASDAQ: GAIA), a conscious media and community company, will conduct a conference call on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time (2:30 p.m. Mountain time) to discuss its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. The company will report its financial results in a press release prior to the call. Gaia management will host the conference call, followed by a question and answer period. Date: Monday, May 12, 2025Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern time (2:30 p.m. Mountain time)Toll-free dial-in number: 1-877-269-7751International dial-in number: 1-201-389-0908Conference ID: 13752722 Please call the conference telephone number 5-10 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact Gateway Group at (949) 574-3860. The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay here and via A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available after 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on the same day through May 26, 2025. Toll-free replay number: 1-844-512-2921International replay number: 1-412-317-6671Replay ID: 13752722 About Gaia Gaia is a member-supported global video streaming service and community that produces and curates conscious media through four primary channels—Seeking Truth, Transformation, Alternative Healing and Yoga—in four languages (English, Spanish, French and German) to its members in 185 countries. Gaia's library includes over 10,000 titles, over 88% of which is exclusive to Gaia, and approximately 75% of viewership is generated by content produced or owned by Gaia. Gaia is available on Apple TV, iOS, Android, Roku, Chromecast, and sold through Amazon Prime Video and Comcast Xfinity. For more information about Gaia, visit Company Contact: Ned PrestonChief Financial OfficerGaia, Investor Relations: Gateway Group, Slach(949) 574-3860GAIA@
24-04-2025
Private equity executive charged in 'grotesque' sex case: 'Tip of the iceberg'
A wealthy New York City private equity executive raped and tortured at least six women over a five-month period and prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office said Thursday they fear those women are only the "tip of the iceberg." Ryan Hemphill was charged in a 116-count indictment with multiple counts of predatory sexual assault, rape and other offenses that accused him of subjecting women to a "multi-hour ordeal of grotesque physical and sexual violence," including electric torture with shock collars and cattle prods, psychological torture and forcing women to ingest various controlled substances. Hemphill has been incarcerated since March 3, but the indictment was unsealed Thursday as Hemphill appeared in court in shackles and a beige smock to plead not guilty. His attorney said he is no flight risk, but Judge Anne Scherzer remanded him without bail, as prosecutors requested. "The conduct in this indictment is truly shocking to the conscience," assistant district attorney Mirah Curzer said. Curzer said Hemphill met his victims on websites like Seeking, Sugardaddy and Craigslist, forced or tricked some of them to ingest various controlled substances and made some of his victims confess their past sexual traumas so he could purposefully reenact them. "He enjoyed their pain and fear," Curzer said. Prosecutors said investigators found the defendant's apartment "full of cameras" and some of the images depicted women who were waterboarded with duct tape wrapped around their heads and faces. "He kept the videos as trophies," Curzer said. Prosecutors also said detectives recovered video footage that suggests there may be dozens, if not hundreds, of women who were victimized. "We have reason to believe there may be additional victims," District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. Hemphill allegedly told women he was "untouchable" because of law enforcement and organized crime connections, but Bragg said there's no evidence he had either. "He told them he had deep connections that made him untouchable," Bragg said. "Clearly, he was wrong." Bragg said Hemphill demonstrated a "consistent, salient theme" -- subjecting women to hours of sexual violence.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Yahoo
Private equity executive charged in 'grotesque' sex case: 'Tip of the iceberg'
A wealthy New York City private equity executive raped and tortured at least six women over a five-month period and prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office said Thursday they fear those women are only the "tip of the iceberg." Ryan Hemphill was charged in a 116-count indictment with multiple counts of predatory sexual assault, rape and other offenses that accused him of subjecting women to a "multi-hour ordeal of grotesque physical and sexual violence," including electric torture with shock collars and cattle prods, psychological torture and forcing women to ingest various controlled substances. Hemphill has been incarcerated since March 3, but the indictment was unsealed Thursday as Hemphill appeared in court in shackles and a beige smock to plead not guilty. MORE: Harvey Weinstein retrial underway in New York over sex crime allegations His attorney said he is no flight risk, but Judge Anne Scherzer remanded him without bail, as prosecutors requested. "The conduct in this indictment is truly shocking to the conscience," assistant district attorney Mirah Curzer said. Curzer said Hemphill met his victims on websites like Seeking, Sugardaddy and Craigslist, forced or tricked some of them to ingest various controlled substances and made some of his victims confess their past sexual traumas so he could purposefully reenact them. "He enjoyed their pain and fear," Curzer said. Prosecutors said investigators found the defendant's apartment "full of cameras" and some of the images depicted women who were waterboarded with duct tape wrapped around their heads and faces. "He kept the videos as trophies," Curzer said. Prosecutors also said detectives recovered video footage that suggests there may be dozens, if not hundreds, of women who were victimized. "We have reason to believe there may be additional victims," District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. MORE: Actor and comedian Russell Brand charged with rape, UK police announce Hemphill allegedly told women he was "untouchable" because of law enforcement and organized crime connections, but Bragg said there's no evidence he had either. "He told them he had deep connections that made him untouchable," Bragg said. "Clearly, he was wrong." Bragg said Hemphill demonstrated a "consistent, salient theme" -- subjecting women to hours of sexual violence. Private equity executive charged in 'grotesque' sex case: 'Tip of the iceberg' originally appeared on
Buzz Feed
23-04-2025
- Buzz Feed
People Are Revealing The Shocking, Relationship-Altering Stuff They've Found On Their Partners' Phones While Taking A Peek
Reddit user gotwire recently asked, "What's something you found on a partner's phone that instantly changed the relationship forever — but they never knew you saw it?" Brace for impact because manyyyy of the replies were quite brutal! We're not responsible for any trust issues you may or may not develop from this post! Let's get into it: 1. "I found a hidden folder in his phone with screenshots of other girls' Instagram stories — girls we both knew. Some were mutual friends. None of it was overtly sexual, but the captions he added to the pics were…gross. Like, 'She doesn't even know what I'd do to her,' kind of stuff. It felt violating. Not because he cheated, but because I saw a side of him that made my skin crawl, objectifying women he smiled at in real life, including people I cared about, was friends with, and with whom he interacted on a daily basis. I never said a word. Just quietly started planning my exit, and told my friends. I have not seen him since, and he deleted socials, so I have no idea what happened to him." — itzAva_ 2. "He had long text conversations and a history of phone calls lasting over an hour with his ex, whom he supposedly wasn't talking to anymore. He complained about me in some of the texts, and she encouraged him to leave me. After finding that, I was with him for over a year, but never trusted him again. He still doesn't know I saw his phone. We broke up because he couldn't control his temper. This was years ago, but it still makes me mad when I think about it. I'll never be with someone I don't trust again." — TropicalBeaches46 3. "I found a Seeking Arrangements account. He left his email logged into my phone, and one of the most recent emails was a password reset for a Seeking Arrangements/sugar daddy account. So I clicked on it, and it took me to his profile. He was advertising himself as a sugar baby and was describing his perfect arrangement, the things he likes to do, the perfect date, etc., which was basically all the things we liked to do together and the dates that we had already gone on, so that stung. I had been with him for four years at this point and he was a super abusive and obsessive narcissistic who had done so many shitty things to me, so oddly I wasn't very shocked. I thought it was really strange and embarrassing." "It immediately changed how I looked at him, and whatever love I had for him left was gone. He was sleeping beside me when I found it all out, but I never told him about it. I didn't want to give him the opportunity to defend himself and try to gaslight me. So I just waited a few weeks and broke up with him without excessive explanation or citing anything specific. It was a very powerful step for me at the time. It's been almost eight years now, and I couldn't be happier that I left that relationship." — moon_disco 4. "Notes keeping track of how long since we last fought, when to pick the next one if we hadn't had one by then, and potential things to pick a fight about. She didn't believe in a relationship going more than four weeks without a fight. Also, I found a list of my passwords she'd managed to uncover." — admles 5. "Been together since 2017. Had a gut feeling to check his phone, but he was always guarded when it came to it. He fell asleep one day with YouTube open, so I looked through his Instagram. For six months, he was in a group chat with two other people where they sent each other videos of themselves using the restroom in diapers and exchanged feet pics — all for amounts of money that never exceeded $10. No idea how to even approach this." — FishermanDelicious26 6. "My ex told me not to worry about these girlfriends of his in our friend group. These women were overly friendly to me, like super nice, but you could tell it wasn't genuine. My intuition is usually right, but I ignored it until I had to use his computer one day. I looked through this weird folder with a suspicious name, and in the folder were hundreds of nudes and videos of them together or just the women alone. He didn't know I saw all of it. I packed my bags and left, never returned, and blocked him." — anon______eyes61111 7. "I went through his (27M at the time) texts and discovered that he had been in a secret relationship with our high school biology teacher for almost a decade. We had only been together for two of those years, but I read those texts, and he instantly became a stranger in my mind. We lasted about three more months before my distrust evolved into cyclical toxicity, and we ended it." — emburd182 8. "A picture of them with a coworker of the opposite gender, hugging closely. The picture was sent in a group chat. Folks were commenting about how great they looked together, what a cute couple, etc. Not one comment from my ex about me or our relationship. We were together for five years." — Themindsofmoira 9. "The amount of porn in his files. Hours and hours of paid-for, specific types of videos. Meanwhile, we barely had sex. I loved him so much, but I never thought of him the same when I learned that he was attracted to something I would never be." — SickCambos 10. "I saw a message to his friend confessing that he was saving up money to be able to leave me and move out of our apartment together before he would let me know he wanted to break up with me." — Emily47289566 11. "After a year of remaining moderately stoic, I confided in her about some emotional torment I was experiencing and broke down and cried in front of her. I found texts to her friend a few hours later about how 'psycho' and emotional I was. That was the last time I ever showed any feeling, and I broke up with her six months later." — Intergalactic_Lion 12. "I had a sneaking suspicion after we started becoming less intimate. I found out that my ex was messaging hundreds of other women flirty things and some full-on sexual requests on social media as early as September. We started dating in August, so that all began only a month into our relationship. Seeing those messages sent me into a full-blown panic attack, to the point where I had to go to the ER because my heart rate was through the roof. I loved him more than anything. I eventually learned he was also cheating on me with sex workers. It did a number on my self-esteem and fundamentally changed me as a person and my perception of love and relationships." — AutomaticExtension30 13. "We had been together for almost two years. We were on vacation with my parents, and my phone had died, so I asked to borrow his to look something up online that my mom had been wanting. Right as his phone left his hands, a message popped up from 'my love' in Arabic. He knew I was bilingual, but I guess he forgot that Arabic is one of the six languages I speak. The messages were a mix of English and Arabic, and the moment I saw the message, I opened the text thread, and my heart dropped to my stomach. The messages went back almost the entire time we were together. I marked the message as unread and got out of the app. I was so enraged, I remember wishing he had just slept with her instead, because seeing those messages burned so bad. I never saw him the same way again, and it took me years to get over him." "We ended things about a month later, and he had to explain to his mother why we weren't together. She messaged me later and apologized. I told her what I saw, and she promised she'd never mention it, but she knew who the girl was and hates her to this day, even though they didn't end up together. His parents still send me happy holiday messages 10 years later." — Physical-Rule-6776 14. "When I was around 18 or 19, I went to the Apple store with my then-boyfriend to get him a new phone. We had been together around five months at this point. While at the Apple store, the tech helping us was having trouble moving over my boyfriend's data from his old phone to his new phone (the estimated time was around six or so hours), and the tech asked if he had a lot of pictures. My ex told them he had around 16,000 pictures. He opened the app while I was standing at an angle behind him, and I don't think he knew I could see. Out of those 16,000 pictures, at least 11,000 were nudes of random girls. His porn addiction eventually ruined our relationship." — spicypisces320 15. "His mom texted him, and a notification popped up on his TV. I had to see it after I saw she was talking about me, saying not-so-great things, because she was mad I set a boundary around what amount of drinking I'm comfortable with my 4-year-old being around before we choose to leave gatherings. She abuses alcohol and got really drunk and really mad when I set that boundary. But I saw that he really stuck up for me and called her out on being wrong. He said some really caring things about me, and it really pushed me to see how much he's come to trust me, and how far he's come with his own drinking. He's grown to value not hurting other people by indulging in his own vices, and it showed me how much he's changed and how much therapy has been helping him." — lifeincolour_ MoMo Productions / Getty Images 18. "He took a picture of one of my journal entries where I was seriously questioning our relationship and saved it on his phone. I don't journal at all anymore since he apparently reads it." — CCwoops 19. "A couple of months into dating a girl, I was sitting in the passenger seat of her car, waiting for her to come back from running inside her house, when I saw a text come through on her phone that said, 'Happy anniversary, baby. Can't wait to see you tonight!' So, yeah, that ended." — lutlowt 20. "He was discussing my skills in bed in the 'fellas' group chat without any sense of respect towards me." — californiabarbie 21. "My ex shared pics of my dick in a group chat with her friends. There were also other dicks in there — I'm assuming their boyfriends'. I never said anything, but I slowly stopped making time for her, and she eventually broke up with me after she caught me avoiding her." — Throwawayray4567 22. "Multiple texts to his brother stating he debated breaking up with me at different times throughout the past year. I had no inkling he was feeling that way. I instantly lost faith in the relationship, and we broke up shortly after." — Bongofromouterspace 23. "His secret Reddit account, where I found out he was sexting women from dirty Snapchat subreddits like 30 minutes after taking my virginity." — wildflowerhonies And here are some wholesome ones so you don't totally lose faith in love and humanity: 24. "A few years ago, I was adding some items to the Notes app grocery list on my wife's phone. The app opened to the most recent list, which was a copy of her wedding vows with the promises she made to me (things like supporting my dreams, being my partner in our adventures). Beside each one was a list of ideas to match, including some things we had done recently. We were going through a rough patch then, and seeing that list doubled my resolve to work through it." — timothywilliams2017 25. "His messenger chats with my mom. He often jokes with my mom and always asks about me, what I was like as a kid, why I am so full of energy, and how to take care of me. My mom had cancer and passed away in 2023. Their last messages to each other were him assuring her he'd take care of me the way she wanted him to." — Chispiken 26. "A folder with pictures of me, but not pictures on dates or anything — mostly pictures of me making silly faces or sleeping or eating. It showed me that he values me being comfortable and just existing more than being dolled up and perfect constantly." — ohmybubbles 27. "His notes app had a list of stuff about me — favourite movies, flowers I'd like to get, shoe size, anything and everything. There were subdivisions like potential gifts to buy, what to do if I was angry at him, and stuff about my seasonal depression and what helps. It was almost three pages long and titled 'My love.' I fell in love more. It showed he was serious about me and willing to put in effort." — Desperate-Exit692 28. "My fiancé and I have a really chill relationship. We respect that phones are private, so we don't snoop but use each other's phones all the time. I asked about something, and he told me to look it up and passed me his phone. I went to Google and it opened his last tab. He was looking at engagement rings. I clicked on another tab and searched on that instead to try to hide that I'd seen it. I never confessed I'd seen it, but Christ. I knew I wanted to spend my life with him early on, and we'd had casual conversations, but I'm a natural sceptic. Seeing that solidified in my little worried brain that he wasn't lying when he said he loved me." — Bubbly_North_2180 29. And finally: "Not his phone, but my late husband's tablet. A year after he died, I was clearing his tablet of stuff, and saw he had a Twitter account. I was reading through his posts, and hit one that had me in tears for the rest of the day. He had responded to some thread about keeping women in their place, or some such garbage. My husband had posted a long rant about how being married for 35 years to a woman who never tired of learning, who never let things stop her, who stayed interested in new things, was the best thing in his life, and that a smart, thinking woman kept his life interesting and exciting. I always knew he felt this way, but seeing him say this to a total internet stranger, in a forum he thought I would never see, was just kind of overwhelming for a few days." "We were friends for 45 years, best friends for 43 years, and married for 37 years. He died three and a half years ago, and the hole in my life is just as big as the day he died. I'm not languishing or yearning to follow him anytime soon, but I miss him tremendously." Be honest: Have you ever gone through a partner's phone? Have you ever found something on there that completely changed the course of your relationship? Tell us in the comments or share anonymously using this form.
