--- description: To lie or not to lie? title: This Video Perfectly Describes How People Feel About Online Dating image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Video Perfectly Describes How People Feel About Online Dating  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 28, 2014 4:24 PM CUT  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 28, 2014 4:24 PM CUT Just because you’ve found a great relationship through online dating doesn’t mean you’re comfortable with admitting how you met. This video (which is actually made by underwear company [Me Undies,](https://www.meundies.com/videos/meet-cute "undefined") so go figure) perfectly nails the embarrassment surrounding online dating, even if you’ve met someone great. And even if you did meet online, do you tell your friends and family the real story of how you met? Or do you make up a “meet cute” story that resembles something out of an ’80s romantic comedy? Watch this underwear-clad couple duke it out over whether they should be embarrassed that they met online: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3207069/video-online-dating-meet-cute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3207069/video-online-dating-meet-cute/"},"headline":"This Video Perfectly Describes How People Feel About Online Dating","datePublished":"2014-08-28T16:24:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:53.711Z","description":"To lie or not to lie?","url":"https://time.com/3207069/video-online-dating-meet-cute/","keywords":["Living","Dating","Sex","online dating","relationships","Love"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3207069/video-online-dating-meet-cute/","name":"This Video Perfectly Describes How People Feel About Online Dating"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Meet Cute","description":"The Meet Cute","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/AixUVmIB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-28T15:24:48.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/AixUVmIB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3207069/video-online-dating-meet-cute/","duration":"PT8M38S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3207069/video-online-dating-meet-cute/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```