Can you tell when your loved ones are lying?

United States
November 22, 2010 10:12pm CST
Can you tell when your spouse or loved ones lie to you? Those little white lies? I love that show lie to me and I have found a few sights online that tell you how to read eyes and facial movements. Are you good at this? Do you have a natural instinct when it comes to someone lying to you? or are you easily fooled? Personally neither my kids or husband can lie to me, I can tell every time. But I have found my friends and people I don't see and encounter daily can keep things from me more easily. I don't think I am a very gullible person by any means. What about you?
9 responses
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
Hello there! Yes, I can tell when people lie especially my loved ones. I think it's an instinct and it's hard to develope. You should know the person first though so that you will know their facial expression and you will see as well with their body language if they are lying or not. I can sense as well if the person is uneasy, like they are hiding something, so that would mean they are lying, cheers!
• United States
23 Nov 10
Thank you frenzylady..i do think some people are just better people readers. They pay lots of attention to this kind of stuff.
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
maybe it's an inborn talent, lol!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
26 Nov 10
I definitely wouldn't go so far as to say that I really am not an expert at telling when people are lying to me. However, I would go to the extent of saying that I think I do a pretty good job of telling when a loved one is lying to me. The main cue that I try to use when I am determining if someone is lying to me is eye contact. The reason that I think I do an okay job of it is because of the fact that I am a good judge of eye contact.
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
23 Nov 10
Hi, I should say I can sense it when someone is lying to me especially my loved one. It is kinda of instint from my heart and I just can feel it,but of course, I do hope my loved one will tell me the truth one day. I believe he must has his own reason for lying to me,but I for sure will trust him.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
For me I can know sometimes but when times of that case in me I will very bad thing's to my husband specially if I know he about to lie in me.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
24 Nov 10
I can tell exactly when my husband lies to me and my son too. My husband couldn't extend the conversation when what he's saying is untrue. He could never look me in the eye and try to avoid the topic because he knew he will get caught. I have pretty good instinct when people close to my heart lies, but when just an acquaintance would tell a lie, I couldn't tell exactly if it was.
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
There's this instinctive aspect in me that helps me detect if someone is lying or not, once the feeling becomes prominent, i stopped talking to the person, his/her words would no longer be believable anyway.
• India
23 Nov 10
I am a guy and I myself lie to my mom at times and she would know immediately when I am lying. So now I find it easier to tell the truth because that's how only the lost faith in me can be grown back by my mom. However if someone very close lied to me i don't think i would find that out unless i know for myself that it's true. Until then i would stick up for that person only and defend him/her when needed to. I usually select my close friends very carefully to make sure that they would trust me as I would trust them. I have been lied to a couple of times but that times I could easily know but right now I am not so sure. Instincts are very useful and are usually right but it's the mind and heart that play a vital role. Only those know whether a person is lying or not. I have trusted them and they have never let me down so far! Cheers!
@chuyins123 (2112)
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
I have a long distance relationship with my girlfriend. I can't tell if she's lying through text message, or when I call her. But one thing I know, if I ask her "are you ok?" and she just said "yes, I'm fine" then she's not fine. hahaha girls girls girls... too hard to comprehend. hahaha still men choose to love them. :D what do you think?
@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
23 Nov 10
Eyes are the mirror of the soul. If you look straight into someone's eyes you can tell that someone or lying or not. There are many books on body language and they will tell you that when somebody is telling a lie he/she don't make much of eye contact. Its ok if he is telling you a story or remembering something without making eye contact, but also watch for the body language. If he crosses his arms that means he is defensive in the talk. If you are talking something and he is not looking at you but here and there that means he in not interested in the talk. I don't remember the writer's name but I remember these things. Thank you.