Dishonesty

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Dishonesty
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Fri, 07-20-2007 - 1:11pm
Has anyone ever been caught in a lie? A really stupid lie? A lie that was so stupid that they should come up with a new word for stupid?
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Fri, 07-20-2007 - 1:22pm

Not that I can think of, which makes me think that if I have, it hasn't been that big of a deal. I really can't lie...I mean I'm physically programmed not to. Sometimes I half plan on it when I know the truth is going to cause more trouble, but the truth just comes out anyway. I suppose it's a good quality. :)

When I have to lie, I'm pretty good at it, though...in high school my friend and I went into Boston, which was a BIG deal at the time, and we missed the train home and were afraid that our parents wouldn't let us go in again if we took the one that was two hours later, so we got on a train that went near our hometown and I told our parents that we had mistakenly gotten on the wrong train. No one was the wiser and people occasionally still tease me about getting on the wrong train. :) But times like that stand out in my mind because I don't do it that often.

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Registered: 07-21-2004
In reply to: cfk_3
Fri, 07-20-2007 - 1:23pm
I haven't *been* caught in a lie, at least not that I can remember...but I have caught other people in lies.

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In reply to: cfk_3
Fri, 07-20-2007 - 2:11pm

Like cml, I feel like I physically can't lie.

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Fri, 07-20-2007 - 2:55pm

I don't usually lie either which, is why I feel so stupid. I basically lied to get out of going to a function (this was a couple of years ago) and I got caught. It was so silly, all I had to do was simply say "no".

I lied to "Susie" about plans with "Sarah" in order to get out of going to Susie's get-together. These two girls had met, but I didn't realize they spoke or exchanged emails. Their only link was me. Little did I know!

Susie confronted me twice about the fib. She never used the word lie, but I knew that she knew. I think she was just giving me an opportunity to fess up, either that, or she was enjoying watching me squirm. I couldn't bring myself to admit that I had lied about something so trivial and again, I don't generally lie. I wasn't used to being in that sort of predicament. I stuck to my story.

Whenever I see Sarah, I feel like the word LIAR is scrawled across my forehead. I'm thinking about clearing the air with her. Just goes to show that karma does in fact exist!