Why I lie about my age?

I often lie about my age especially if am sure I will never meet that person again. Not ashamed of being any age but my behaviour is often inconsistent with my age. I dont want to analyze why it so, lest some silly ass psychoanalyst tell me about my repressed childhood and how I secretly desire having sex with a snake!!! He might say some thing like how I am not a snake and while I grew up there were a lot of snakes around and hence developed a fascination for sleeping with them. Phew, eww. It’s easier to lie about my age than to explain my let’s face it, childish behaviour. I knock off 4-5 years and it has gained me a few text messaging friends. Text messagung seems to be a very popular thingy among late teens and early twenties types. It does fill the void and awkward doing-nothing situations when I am desparately looking for something to do. BTW, I am not a rabbit, lion or crocodile either. I hate too many choices<grin>