I made a mistake due to an unmeant lie.

A solution for eradicating the lie is to tell the truth which is so painful after having lie to someone, I have been in tis situation and I found it very unpleasant as we have to explain why we lie for every reason. So it is difficult and it takes time also, however the main solution is to tell the truth. Or if you want you can escape telling the truth by something else just to make the situation go very quickly.

It depends on the lie. However, never lie to cover a lie. If it is a lie about her clothing, I am sure she would understand if you told her that fushia tube top really doesnt look good. If it is serious, the only thing you CAN do is come clean. I am not a lier, so the one time I lied to my husband, well, it was a bit obvious. I lied about money. He gave me some money to pay for something. I had to get my car registered. I miscalculated the cost of the registration and had to dip into the money he gave me to pay for something. Thinking he would be mad, I told him a lie. The lie consumed me so badly, I just came up to him and spilled my whole lie. It could have broken us up. Really, the thing I had to pay for was really important. He looked at me and told me how disappointed in me that I lied to him because he knew I was not a lier. However, he also appoligized to me that I felt the need to lie to him and that I felt that I could not tell him the truth. We got through it. He was a bit angry for a few days. We had to pull a few strings to pay for the bill. In the end, he respected me for telling him the truth, because he knew how hard it must have been for me to come clean. We now do not lie to eachother about anything. It just is not worth it. In my defense, I did not intend on lying to him. Frankly, it is not in my nature. I just say, come clean. If you are friends, nothing will come inbetween your friendship no matter how bad the lie was, I am sure she will appreciate you coming clean. And, YES, tell her why you gave her an unmeant lie. This is important. We all make mistakes. Good luck. I would be interested to know what happens.