What kind of liar are you?

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Almost everyone has told a lie/still tells lies.

But for what reason? Do you lie to protect yourself or to protect others?

What kind of a liar are you?

Tell us a story of when you lied to protect yourself or someone else. AND please tell us which liar you most likely resemble:

One who lies to mostly protect themselves or one who lies mostly to protect others.
 
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I can be a good liar when the situation calls for it. The majority of the time the lies I tell are white lies. Told purely as a means to cheer someone up or help them through a difficult period. These are the easiest lies to tell of course because we don't want loved ones to be miserable or insecure etc.

I have told a few 'big ones' in my time though :) Nothing malicious or malevolent but I seem to recall a time when I stole some money from my Mum and then lied about it with a pristine poker face. I think I stole around £5 and then after I had spent it on sweets or something I was instantly regretful and riddled with guilt. Though I think there may be some truly horrendous lies in my subconscious somewhere which I have deliberately repressed!
 
I am a very good liar.... but I usually lie to protect someone else or to pull a prank or something. I have an annoying guilty conscious and that makes me wanna avoid lying. I mean, I was going to eat my brother's hotpocket the other day and I was like "I'll just say I didn't know it was his" or something to justify my stealing it but by the time I got to the microwave I was already feeling like a little piece of crap. :hmmm: so i put it back and starved until dinner :hmph: I've never taken money or lied about something big to my parents or siblings... so i don't think I'm a "bad" liar.

like i said, if i lie it's either to pull a prank or because it's for someone else.
 
I'm the kind of liar that never gets away with it. So I only do it as a joke...usually :D
Of course, I'll lie to you lot all the time, but that's different. I'm actually a 73 year old woman with a fetish for salmon. And fleas.

I'd put more if I could think of it :gasp:
 
I am a good liar to my parents :hmmm: I seem to be able to tell them anything when I want to and they'll believe it, I used to lie to them a lot when I was younger, because they were very strict so the only way I could go out and do things was if I lied. These days I don't really have a need to lie to them at all.

I try never to lie to people I love or am close to, like friends or my BF, usually when I try to lie it's for a joke and they can tell I am lying anyway. I will be honest though, sometimes I lie to my friends about being busy when I am just too lazy to go over to their house haha
 
I lie constantly to protect others.

Example:

Mum: "Does your sister have a cell phone?"
Me: "I don't think so."

but when I do it for myself, I'm a horrible liar. I'm constantly answering questions with questions, implying false information rather than outright lying. Pretty pathetic.

For example:
Mum: "Your sister said she sent you an e-mail. Do you HAVE an e-mail account?"
Me, putting on an expression of innocence incarnate: "WHA-AT? She sent me an e-mail?!? Is that even POSSIBLE? Wouldn't I need an account to receive an e-mail?"
Mum: vacant stare.

So, yeah, I'm a well-meaning liar, otherwise I mess everything up :shame:
 
i threw a chair at my mate in a fit of rage once. he dodged and the chair put a pretty big hole in the wall. we concocted some ridiculous story where i had tripped him up while he was carrying the chair and it flew through the wall, or something like that. i never for a minute expected my dad to believe it but he didn't say anything else on it and that was the end of it.

i also got a letter sent home in my first year at secondary school because me and some friends had been pea-shooting millions around school. i lied and told my parents i was there at the time but didn't do anything, and my mum blamed the whole thing on two of my friends and probably still holds a grudge against them.

i told a big lie to my parents when i was meeting some mates from a different forum a few years ago. the truth ended up coming out after we had an incident that was entirely my fault, and they obviously weren't too happy.

in summary, of course i lie. everyone will lie many times during their life, and they will be both big and small. i can't recall a time when i've gone out of my way to tell a lie and get someone in major trouble, or to hurt them or their reputation or anything.
 
I do it to enhance jokes. The art of exaggeration is a great art to have when mastered. :D

But otherwise, I try not to lie, and infact I'm too honest sometimes.

Lying to protect others isn't something I would do. I much prefer sacrificing myself instead.
 
Ehh, when I was in school, I lied all the time to my parents to prevent myself from getting in trouble at home. Like the time I beat up that guy with my giant text book. I didn't tell them I did that. I didn't tell them I got suspended either. But when it comes to mom, the truth will be revealed, and boy did the truth ever set me free. They were okay with the beating I gave him. They were even cool with the fact that I got suspended. They were proud of me for finally standing up for myself against my bully. Without worrying about getting in trouble. I didn't even have to lie about that situation to protect myself.

I don't think I've ever lied to protect somebody else. There's really nobody to protect.

(Bleh, yeah I beat up my bully with a book. So what? I'm happy I was able to finally fight for myself.)
 
I'm a white liar I guess. I've never been one to make up a huge life altering lie or anything, but I tell the innocent little white lie here and there...it's usually to protect someone, not hurt someone, or have someone not end up being steaming mad at me for something silly :lew:

Other than that I really don't believe in lying...sometimes it ends up being one of those things where you need to remember continuing whatever it was you were lying about and you can't keep up with it and you eventually get caught and then there's a bunch of people that are pissed with you :damon:

When you start doing it and getting caught people start to not trust you so much too. ...and I'd rather maintain my own personal integrity.
 
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I am a good liar to my parents :hmmm: I seem to be able to tell them anything when I want to and they'll believe it, I used to lie to them a lot when I was younger, because they were very strict so the only way I could go out and do things was if I lied. These days I don't really have a need to lie to them at all.

I try never to lie to people I love or am close to, like friends or my BF, usually when I try to lie it's for a joke and they can tell I am lying anyway. I will be honest though, sometimes I lie to my friends about being busy when I am just too lazy to go over to their house haha
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This is exactly like me. :gonk:

Though now I find myself having to lie to my parents about certain things a lot more again now that we're living with them. It's more because we can't exactly say, "Well if you don't like it then I don't give a shit! See ya I'm going home!"
We live with them now so it's not that easy to just piss off and not see them again for a few weeks.

It's easier to lie and keep the peace which is fucking sad. You should be able to tell your parents anything when your 24 and 29 years of age without getting judged and yelled at because they don't like it.

Like Toni, I will lie to friends about being sick/busy if I really don't feel like going out. I hate saying, "I don't feel like going out." and then sounding like a party pooper. XD

I definitley lie to protect myself and Steve that's for sure!
 
Haha, this guy cracks me up. :monster:

Back when I was younger, I used to lie a lot about getting my homework done, and then having to make up some excuse to my teachers for not having it done. And on other occassions to try and get myself or my friends out of trouble.

Other than that, I'm generally very honest. I mean, I'd lie when it comes to giving surprises. Like saying I haven't gotten anything planned for my missus' birthday or whatever. And there's been a couple of times where I'd say I'm okay when I'm not, but that's about it. :hmmm:
 
Like everyone else has said, I've told small lies to smooth things over or avoid getting in trouble for pointless things. But I've never told a lie solely to hurt someone else or get them in trouble. I do enjoy lying about how much I know however, and do that quite a bit. Pretending I don't know much about a subject to see how much the person talking to me actually knows about it. Or if someone is telling me a story about other people, pretending I've heard nothing about it to see if they're lying or not.
 
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