Lies Just to be Doing it!! Wow.

I have a niece like that but the most disgusting part is every one believes her. The only person that does not believe her is me. She does chores for people and that could be the one reason why people do not argue with her. Deep down in their heart they must be surely knowing that she is a big liar.

yes i have met people who acts that way, they can even say it without even knowing how to blush, and with a straight face, i call them "congenital liars". it is easy for them to make lies.

I too can't stand a person who lies about everything or a thief. Liars who live their lives lying are useless creatures on this earth. I know that is harsh but what is the purpose of living that type of life. It just doesn't make sense to me. Also most people I believe know when someone is lying right off the bat, at least I know, because you can see it in the eyes. Some are better at this game then others but I can still tell. When I come accross people like this I stay away from them. Can't waste my time listening to a liar.

I used to work with someone just like that. He kept on weaving webs of lies that sometimes we'd catch him because some of the stories he told didn't make sense. Like he had to buy formula for his son because his wife left him, and then later on we found out that his son was already 8 years old (formula? really?). I try to stay away from those people.

You grandfather must have had a hard life since most people lie. Big lies, small lies, lies to comfort someone, lies out of fear, lies to look great, more interesting. So the question is: what is a lie? Same if it comes to thieves: what is a thief? A scammer is a thief, a partner taking what is yours can be a thief as well, you have big thiefs (like the scammers or politician, bank employees, etc and small thieves: a bread because your kids are hungry, thieves who steal for the excitement but don't need the stuff even throw it away..). If it comes to liars: there are people who fantasy/lie a lot but truly believe that what they say (lie) is true. It's not about looking bigger more interesting although it might have started once like that. If you are a liar like that it's an illness. Mostly you will find out that they don't tell exactly the same story time after time. If you ask them how or what they always have a respons. You also can't see on them if they speak the truth or lie since they believe what they say. So people like that will state a tree is purple, no matter the rest of the world says it's not. They see it that way, so it's the truth. It's very hard to live with a person like that.

I have a friend who I think lying is part of his whole personality, it is inside his genes...even a lot of times he got caught he still keep telling lies...but one thing a discover in a liar is they have sharp vision...maybe that's why thieves are good at stealing...what u think?

I have known people who are like this, and it is sad. How can they deliberately lie all the time and live with themselves? I would have a hardtime remembering everything I have ever said. And many times, the ones who are always lying are ones who would steal you blind as well. So it just teaches you you have to be cautious with everyone you come in contact with.

I had to lie and continually lie to get out of a nasty relationship I was in, the lies saved me, I was able to concoct a story, based on fact but build on lies, fortunately my ex swallowed my lies and I was able to remember all the lies I had said, it wasn't easy, but I had to, if I slipped and my ex knew that I was planning to escape, I'd have never of got away from them like I did. I hated lying, but knew, at the time I had no alternative.

I most definitely understand. My birth mother found me a few years ago. And om my goodness what a liar she is. The truth is the only reason she pushed to find me was because her sister was searching and she didn't want anyone else getting to me first. She has done so much damage that I don't speak to her at all. I was actually waking with my face swollen after speaking with her due to the stress. Everything is about her and everything that ever happened was always someone elses fault. When I finally had enough and called her out on things her biggest concern was she didn't want her current husband to find out. Then she had the nerve to say she had changed. Excuse me, I don't think so. She still sends birthday cards. She still tries to reach me. I love you in spite of what you think? I think I went almost 40 years without her and don't need that nonsense in my life now. We aren't talking about itty bitty "white lies" either. We are talking about her playing the oh, I'm so sorry you endured what you did with your adoptive family, the whole time knowing my sister had endured the same thing with her! How dare you tell me you are sorry I was molested when you stood there and watched your boyfriend molest my sister! The lies are too numerous and monsterous to count. But she's still telling them and new ones. So she's changed?

Yes, I've known more than one person who will say what he perceives the other person wants to hear whether it is true or not. I also know someone who will relay an incident and tell that he did so and so or said so and so, but I didn't remember it that way. I think that he only thought (after the fact) that he should have reacted in the manner he later reported.

Yes, I have known several actually. I am in agreement with your grandfather. I think liars must have very low esteem and need to lie to make themselves feel bigger. I could never figure out how they are able to keep their stories straight. TO me they are just a waste of time and give you a very bad rep in respectable circles.

for sure. ive known a lot.the worst one was my exs sister. she will tell things right to your face that you was there for and insist you are wrong about it. when i was a teen and we ran around together and we would do things i knew would get us into trouble, she would say if you tell a story a lot you soon get to believe it yourself obviously people like that its how they manage to lie so well!

My brother's ex wife was like that. She would lie about silly things, and some of the things she said were so fantasic. I couldn't believe ANYTHING she said, because she lied so much.

I do know some, and they are even related. And I guess, it runs in their family! SO I believe that it is either they just want to brag about something or just want to talk endlessly and so they need to come up with some twisted truth about things.

Yeah, I know someone like that. Well, I knew someone like that. It turns out she was doing what she learned. Her mother would tell a lie a minute. Of course that isn't an excuse. But people learn from their parents, and this girl in particular learned the wrong things.

I used to have a friend like that....she would even lie about where she got a shirt or dress like anyone would care where it came from. If it's cute it's cute. I think some people it comes so naturally they don't even realize that they are doing it! Exaggerating too....who cares right? Why blow things up unless they feel like nothing they really do is important!

My aunt (my mother's younger sister) fabricated so many lies that in the end became her downfall. Unfortunately, the target of her lies was me. She told so many lies about me, trying her very best to destroy my character to no other than my mother-in-law. The main goal of her lies was to show me as an unfit mother. But the whole time she was lying to my mom-in-law, she was also lying to me. Almost everyday for a whole month, that's what she did. My aunt told lies about me to my mom-in-law but when she was talking to me, she said those words came from my mom-in-law.

Hi JenInTN You know, many a times, when we start interacting, sometimes, we do think and get carried away by the desire to get the other people interested in us. Some even lie for these reasons - and in doing this, they forget that what happens when the truths are revealed. Simplest example - This one is quite live, happened today during the day - A smoker says to his to-be girlfriend - I dont smoke and manages to live up to this lie only during the small time they share together every day. Then the two get married and now when they stay 24x7 together... hmmm the smoke gets seen and the smells dont seem pleasant either... I always have failed to understand why lie at the first place... but then, I too many a times lie - I wont deny that

In religious books lie is considered as a sin. Though we can't be 100% true but we should always try to avoid lie.

I was married once to someone who was a liar as well as a thief. He didn't need to steal, he just did it for the thrill. But he lied about everything. Some lies were to keep out of trouble but others were just to lie. You could ask him how the weather was but you'd really have to look yourself to make sure. I worked with a guy who was an indiscriminate liar. He just lied to everybody about everybody else. But he got away with it because in the place I worked people didn't confront each other. So if he told X that Z said he was a jerk, X would stop being friendly to Z instead of just asking why he called him a jerk. The liar thrived in a place like that. But it caught up to him. They finally let him go. He had other bad habits as well. I read once about the different types of liars - pathological, compulsive, habitual, two of those are the same but I can't remember which two. There are other terms as well but they mean basically the same. It was kind of interesting. Maybe not real interesting because I forgot most of what I read.