How often do you...

crfische

Lie.

I'm watching the Kardasians, and that Kim is just a little liar. And not a good one at that. So I began to wonder how often other people lie.

So? Fess up.

RachNRich

Rarely, if ever.

I had a bad habit of getting caught when I was younger--and it took its toll on me.

Nebb

I dont out right lie often, I do omit information if it suits my purposes.

AmoroAgain

Hm.  I'd say not very often.  Most of the time, I just can't be bothered.  There are certain occaisions, like when a girl in the expat group here asks if I want to hang out, I tell her I'm busy or what have you.  I don't tell her the actual reason is because I find her incredibly stupid and boring as our group is rather small and closely linked, and I don't want to be the cause of that sort of problem.

crfische

I usually only lie when I'm sitting at home and just don't want to go anywhere and people want us to go out. I don't know why I can't say, uumm, I'm just going to sit at home tonight, but I feel like I have to have a better reason than that.

thesuninherhead

I am the worst liar in the whole world. I can't even maintain a joke, let alone outright lie. 

I can't actually think of the last time I lied.. 

SarahPLiz

I'm not a very good liar.. or am i?

ootmother2

remember my old siggy?

I'm with Carolina Herrera, I lie frequently.  It's called manners

crfische

This doesn't have to do with lying REALLY, but i'm also a creeper.

Like...I'll say I'm going to the bathroom and then just leave. I don't like goodbyes.

berryholly

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[QUOTE]I usually only lie when I'm sitting at home and just don't want to go anywhere and people want us to go out. I don't know why I can't say, uumm, I'm just going to sit at home tonight, but I feel like I have to have a better reason than that.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

This is exactly me.  If I just don't feel like going out I feel like I have to come up with a better excuse because I have friends who will just keep pestering me unless I have a reason they deem valid.

Other than that, I don't lie often. Just little fibs here and there to spare people's feelings, things like that.

nda_roxybabe

Not often. At work I'll tell little lies though like "yes boss, I already called so and so"

julezlee

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[QUOTE]This doesn't have to do with lying REALLY, but i'm also a creeper. Like...I'll say I'm going to the bathroom and then just leave. I don't like goodbyes.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

We call that an Irish exit.  I do that when I don't feel like having to make the rounds to say good bye.

I can lie and do it well but I generally don't do it much anymore.  I used to lie to my parents a ton. 

thesuninherhead

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[QUOTE]This doesn't have to do with lying REALLY, but i'm also a creeper. Like...I'll say I'm going to the bathroom and then just leave. I don't like goodbyes.
<p>Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]</p><p> </p><p>Haha, Fische, I have never heard of this before! If someone I knew did this, I'd be totally weirded out and be going around asking if anyone had seen them and calling them to ensure they were safe etc (thus probably accidently humiliating them into never doing it again!). </p>

Nebb

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[QUOTE]I usually only lie when I'm sitting at home and just don't want to go anywhere and people want us to go out. I don't know why I can't say, uumm, I'm just going to sit at home tonight, but I feel like I have to have a better reason than that.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]
I do this too. I normally fib and say my husband and I got in a fight or im sick, so I cant do stuff. My friends either thing im inches froma  divorce or im a gigantic liar.

crfische

It's kind of a joke with my friends now. They usually do text and are all like WHERE DID YOU GO, now when I say I have to go to the bathroom later in the evening, they're just like, SEE YOU TOMORROW!!

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Fishy - FI's best friend does that every time we go out. I always thought it was the funniest thing. Glad to hear he's not alone in his weirdness.

As for me, I'm a horrible liar. I also have a terrible memory, so if I did lie, I would forget what lie I told and get myself in trouble. Therefore, it's best that I don't lie at all.

thesuninherhead

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[QUOTE] I used to lie to my parents a ton. 
<p>Posted by julezlee[/QUOTE]</p><p> </p><p>I used to lie to my parents about what I was doing on the weekend etc fairly frequently when I was in the final year of high school. I don't lie to them anymore, though. I also used to lie to my friends/family to stop them realising the extent of my ill health when I was in my early 20's.</p><p> </p><p>OH, and I used to lie to my ex-PhD supervisor about how much work I'd done, hahaha. </p><p> </p><p>I stopped all of those lies though, and I'm happy living far more genuinely. My friends may know that I'm a nerd who is in bed by 9am, and my siblings may tease me for continuing to post on a wedding forum 4 months after I was married, but hey, at least I'm genuine!</p>

temerityjane

I don't, really. Not in that lecturey, "I'm above lying" kind of way. I just don't really come across too many circumstances in which either lying seems like the better option, or where the truth doesn't just come tumbling out first. And I'm just awful at lying. God awful, if I even think to do it in the first place. Lying doesn't really ever occur to me, to be honest. I'm not trying to sound all superior. I experience a lot of "Daamnit, I SHOULD HAVE JUST SAID..." after I hang up the phone/walk away.

But apparently, when I do try to lie? I start talking really loudly. Because apparently, the more loudly I tell you something, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO BELIEVE IT.

crfische

TEEJ!!! How are you buddy!?

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Yeah, I watched that episode and Kim was a really bad liar. "I tripped over a dog and sprained my ankle!"

I think not that often for me, and never about major stuff. Its more like, "Oh, did you remember to order that cake?" Me: "Yes..." *runs to computer to look up bakery phone number.*

Mrs.B6302007

I lied to my mom when I was young.  Remember the soap poisoning scene from A Christmas Story?  Let's just say Dial probably doesn't taste any better than Life Boy, especially when the bar is wet down first and then rubbed repeatedly across your tongue.  That took care of any future problems with lying.

 Even when I was 20 and my parents asked if I was "involved" with my boyfriend, I looked them dead straight in the eye and said, "Yes, we're having sex."  My mom wasn't expecting me to be honest about it and questioned me.  All I had to say was "Mom, remember the Dial soap?" and that was that.  She also never asked me about my sex life after that.

Anyway, I don't lie especially if confronted about something.

temerityjane

crfische! I am doing ok. I did Christmas returns today and I got intimidated by Macy's. How do people even shop there? I ran out the door with a gift card. I think I'll shop onlile. HOW ARE YOU?

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]I usually only lie when I'm sitting at home and just don't want to go anywhere and people want us to go out. I don't know why I can't say, uumm, I'm just going to sit at home tonight, but I feel like I have to have a better reason than that.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

<div>Usually I don't want to go out because I'm tired. But I have friends who won't think that's a good enough excuse. So I blame them for having to say things like, "Oh, I have a meeting at school."</div>

tlv204

I lie all the time about ugly babies, ugly decorating, and ugly clothes, and commit lies of omission pretty regularly, but I'm also in the line of terrible, terrible liars. And I also agree that it's just not usually worth the effort of remembering the lie, I rarely do anything bad enough that it would require an elaborate cover story. What I actually did is usually more interesting anyway. I rarely even lied to my mom; I managed to hide my tattoo from her for about 2.5 days, and called her about 8 hours after losing my virginity. I"m not sure why I did that, but I think she was actually relieved since she thought I had lost it a few years before.

eastunder1

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[QUOTE]This doesn't have to do with lying REALLY, but i'm also a creeper. Like...I'll say I'm going to the bathroom and then just leave. I don't like goodbyes.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

I used to be the queen of this when I was a bar crawler. 

salt78

I think I'm probably a little too honest for my own good actually.