do you always tell the truth?

Philippines
March 17, 2009 6:57am CST
hi there. i sometimes if some people that i know are really true and sincere. or are they really adept in telling a web convincing lies. as a person, i try as much as possible to be sincere. i wish this certain is to me. how do u know if someone is lying to u?
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@balasri (26537)
• India
30 Mar 09
I am notorious for being frank.For instance a teacher who is supposed to come and teach my daughter French changed the schedule and asked me to bring my daughter in a very very inconvenient hour for me.Anyhow I took my daughter at that time.The teacher told I think I have given you a lot of trouble.I just said Yes.I don't mince words.I call a spade a damn spade all the time.I am happy and relieved that way.
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• Philippines
31 Mar 09
hello there.. yeah.. i can surmise reading your reply. happy mylotting... :-D
@balasri (26537)
• India
31 Mar 09
Thanks for understanding Shiloh.
@SaintAnne (5453)
• United States
17 Mar 09
I think it's the fact that they can't look you in the eye... but that's mostly for amateur liars... If they're really good at lying and are mostly psychotic, then they can definitely take you for a ride because they know all the "moves" to get you to believe that what they are saying is the truth. No, I don't always tell the truth. I try to be sincere as well but I am more the omit a detail kind of person.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
17 Mar 09
i think one can know only about it from.i also try to tell the truth always but since i donot like to hurt anyone,so sometimes i donot tell the whole truth. happy posting
@blink182m (182)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
Hey, I may not be the most perfect person in the world, I sometimes lie if it is necessary to lie and to hide the real truth. But when the perfect time comes I'll probably tell the truth. Truth and lies are always their in our life you can't always hide your secrets you'll tell it eventually when the time comes.
@victorywp (3524)
• United States
17 Mar 09
i always tell the truth & try my best to avoid lies because the more we lie the more lies we need in order to hide our first lie. i know that sometimes we need to lie in certain situations to avoid things become worse. but, we need to apologize & explain everything before the next day. that's the best way because things would definitely get worse if they themselves found out the truth. actually there are some tips to check if someone is lying to us:- 1) how's his/her eye contact with us (if he/she doesn't dare to look at you, he/she is lying) 2) how firm is his/her speaking (if he/she can't be sure on how to tell you about something, he/she is lying) 3) how much is he/she willing to further reply to your questions (if he/she avoids your questions by any means, he/she is lying to you) however, a great liar will never fail these tests. that will totally depends on how you are to judge...:)
• United States
17 Mar 09
I try to tell the truth but at times it is hard. Like when someone asks if they gained a lot of weight. Or if they asked how they look. Or stuff like that. I am not always truthful because I care about peoples feelings. I try to be honest but I care about making sure I don't hurt anyone in the process!
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
17 Mar 09
i try to tell the truth most of the time, unless its something where it might hurt someone feelings, but even then its all depend how bad someome will get hurt. but like 99% nothing but the truth
@kedves (728)
17 Mar 09
there are a few give away sings .. the eyes .. the hands movements and generally if its a friend of mine if her mouth is open and words are coming out then i know its a lie :)
@oxtihama (91)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
In the grade level the most abuse motto is "honesty is the best policy". This concerns to the degree of being sincere of the individual. That is, the capacity to tell or not to tell the truth. No one is perfect. However, each tries to be sincere as much as he/she could. There are times I am dishonest. But the things I didn't tell were not so important or harmful. And sometimes they were not intentionally done. To some delicate and important things I try to be honest.
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
Telling the truth and lies would really have to be situational. Although you are expected to always tell the truth, there are certain situations which telling lies would be inevitable. I always consider whether telling the truth would result to the greater good involved in the situation or will just resort to adding complications in the situation. They say you can tell if somebody is lying to you based on certain head gestures. If that person head tilted down on his left, there is a greater chance that he is lying. Another thing also is the eye contact. If the person can't look at you while answering your question, he might be lying.