Can you lie?

[dodukes]

I have to say that I agree with another poster, I can be painfully honest but yes I do lie very well (i dont usually) but i have no problem and i can even look you in the eye and tell you. it comes rather naturally when i need it to..lol

 

[Ilovefozzie]

I wouldn't call it lying. It's more like creative honesty. A conversation with my mom can go like this...

Mom: "Are you coming out for Easter this year?"
Me: "Oh man! Did I forget to tell you? DH can only take a week off this spring due to the amount of work he has and we didn't know that until we paid in full for Disney. Dates just can't be changed like that. We'll try for summer."

DH can only take a week off..and our Disney dates can't be changed without us crying for weeks on end. I never lied.

Or at work..
Boss: Can you work this weekend?
Me: I wish I could but I'm going to be out of town.

So then we run into Omaha for a few hours...I did in fact leave town. Again, never lied.

 

[piglet50]

i can lie and to almost anyone except my dad. He is the only person who could tell when i lied. i learned that this is not a talent i wanted to have and adjusted myself accordingly. i, like another poster above, am known for being honest - sometimes painfully so. i'd like to find a happy medium - just one of many areas in my life that i need to improve on. my dh cannot lie. it shows all over his face. even our kids figured him out when they were very young.

 

[Amlee]

Yup, sure can. Don't do it often, but I can do it.

On the flip side, I can be untactfully honest.

 

[Cool-Beans]

To strangers or people I don't know well, yes. To close friends/family...it's really hard. I can do it, but I have to work at it. And my dad always knows. Can't ever surprise that man.

 

[mickeyfan2]

I can easily tell a white lie. Depending on who the person is and what I need to lie about I could do it. I am also not a person who sugarcoats the truth.

 

[Becky2005]

Not really for big things (I tend to not be able to hold a straight face) but I'm very good at doing surprises. So, I guess those little white lies would work.

However, I think my DD has picked up my devious stuff. She just likes to play mind games with them though. She has a back brace for scoliosis so won't tell people what it is. They will ask her things like do you have abs of steel or something and she just says "Mayyyybbbbeeee" and leaves them hanging. Things like that, she can do it with a straight face too when they ask "what's on your back?" and she answers "who says anything is on my back?"

It's never outright direct lies though. My DD still hasn't figured out how I pulled off getting her birthday balloons which were huge in the house. She was up until 11:00 pm with me the night before dealing with her cakes, then she woke up around 7 and there were the balloons. I just told her the balloon fairy and left it at that. That would be lying but I can get away with that since I'm not about to tell her any of my hiding places in the house for their presents & things!

 

[wdw4life]

I can lie really well. I come up with the most outlandish stories and people believe me! Maybe it's not that I'm a good liar as much as I hang around with dumb people.

 

[ChristmasElf]

I think the secret is that you have to have a really good memory in order to pull it off. Remember what you told each person so that you will never get caught.
If you can't look someone square in the eye, then look at the end of their nose instead. (to the other person it will look like you are looking right at them.)
And remember to look to the right. Looking to the right means "recalling"
Looking to the left means "creating".
Try not to get to carried away with your story. If you toss in too many details, they may be hard to recall later should you have to re tell the story.

I mean, I've just heard al this stuff. I've of course NEVER tried it...

 

[suzimar57]

my ex husband was king of all liars - he's still the same, but at least now our son sees him for the BSr he really is....

 

[RadioNate]

Depends on the lie...I can be a VERY good liar or a really lousy one. I can't really fib about little stuff, like the example of saying DH isn't home when he is, I do better with the big stuff.

 

[Robinrs]

I think the secret is that you have to have a really good memory in order to pull it off. Remember what you told each person so that you will never get caught.
If you can't look someone square in the eye, then look at the end of their nose instead. (to the other person it will look like you are looking right at them.)
And remember to look to the right. Looking to the right means "recalling"
Looking to the left means "creating".
Try not to get to carried away with your story. If you toss in too many details, they may be hard to recall later should you have to re tell the story.

I mean, I've just heard al this stuff. I've of course NEVER tried it...

Wow! I learned that on the movie the Negotiator!! I watch true crime stories every day and can tell by the "eyes" who's telling the truth!

I remember posting a few years back that Scott Petersen was lying because during his interview with Barbara Walters his eyes kept going up to the left!
"To the Left to the left!!" He's LYING!!

 

[lucas]

I can't lie. I am an open book and always spilling my guts. And I don't have anything to lie about.

I go totally nuts if I find out someone is lying to me.

 

[Serena]

I can manage on the phone if I have to. A good one is "oh, I've got to go someone's at the door."

 

[Narnian_Princess]

I can't lie. If I do, within 5 minutes I've recanted.

 

[rt2dz]

I can't lie. Not because I can't pull it off, but because the guilt kills me. I can't handle guilt.

Instead, I've learned how to phrase the truth. --"Do you like these jeans?" --"I prefer the red skirt. You just look like such a knock-out in them."

And if you aren't someone I care about, not just dislike you but am indifferent too or someone I'm mad at, beware. To you, I might just tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I'm working on that. To not say everything I'm thinking. Because, honestly, it is my one talent in life--to cut to the bone quickly and painfully.

 

[disneydragon]

I could lie to the Pope. I have no soul.

 

[MsLeFever]

I'm a pretty good liar when I need to be....can't compare to DH though.

We're actors - it can't be helped.

 

[Aidensmom]

It's not in my nature to lie. I can be painfully honest, at times.

That is me. I have trouble not blurting out something truthful that would be hurtful. I am honest, or very quiet.

 

["Got Disney"]

Well when I was younger I could but know that I am older I figure ...why bother....but than again what I just said could be a lie....never seemed to find much use for it when I was younger come to think of it.....

My kids lie...can I use them...maybe not I guess cause they are kids and they are crazy...with there brains re-wireing and all...so can't really use them....

Don't think my pets lie...although you have to watch those fish ya know cause I bet they lie all the time...you just don't know it...

My Dh may lie but really if he does who cares...so after sitting here and consimplaiting(is this how you spell it) all this about lying I have come to a decision....I just have to figure out what that is...and when I do I will let you know but be prepared cause it may not be the truth...