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I lie about myself sometimes
Hi there I'm a cool person but most of the time when people ask about myself I lie because I don't really want them to know about me.
Am I alone in this?
I don't lie much, but jst... details.
Am I alone in this?
I don't lie much, but jst... details.Scroll to see replies
you lie about your self a little, big deal
well depends what it is... if its something reali personal then i think u have the right to privacy.
Yer sometimes i do to, but onli wen i feel unda pressure and someone has asked me sumthin i reali reali dnt want them knowing...
What sort of questions do you mean..?
Yer sometimes i do to, but onli wen i feel unda pressure and someone has asked me sumthin i reali reali dnt want them knowing...
What sort of questions do you mean..?
Yep, it's always something really personal 
I wouldn't lie just for the hell of it, I'm not like that.
It's just for intrusive questions. Most of the time I'm quite normal.
I wouldn't lie just for the hell of it, I'm not like that.
It's just for intrusive questions. Most of the time I'm quite normal.
Like for questions where...
it's just none of their business. But apart from that I tell the truth about most things.
it's just none of their business. But apart from that I tell the truth about most things.
yer i see what you mean, same here!
no i think your perfectly normal, everyone does it!, however provided you can b honest wiv ur veri close m8s, i hav a couple o reali close girl friends who i know i can talk to about anythin wivout feeling embarassed, and they know they can to me too. its good cos u neva feel u hav kept it all to urself, whether its about being upset about sumthin, or they r havin a bad period...
no i think your perfectly normal, everyone does it!, however provided you can b honest wiv ur veri close m8s, i hav a couple o reali close girl friends who i know i can talk to about anythin wivout feeling embarassed, and they know they can to me too. its good cos u neva feel u hav kept it all to urself, whether its about being upset about sumthin, or they r havin a bad period...
Anonymous
yer i see what you mean, same here!
no i think your perfectly normal, everyone does it!, however provided you can b honest wiv ur veri close m8s, i hav a couple o reali close girl friends who i know i can talk to about anythin wivout feeling embarassed, and they know they can to me too. its good cos u neva feel u hav kept it all to urself, whether its about being upset about sumthin, or they r havin a bad period...
no i think your perfectly normal, everyone does it!, however provided you can b honest wiv ur veri close m8s, i hav a couple o reali close girl friends who i know i can talk to about anythin wivout feeling embarassed, and they know they can to me too. its good cos u neva feel u hav kept it all to urself, whether its about being upset about sumthin, or they r havin a bad period...
Am learning to tell people to mind their own business, but it's hard when you're at work and you have to be nice.
yer, wel ur certainly not alone!
everybody lies about something from time to time
This is funny, are the anon posts by the same people including the person who posted the problem?? Cos its a bit coincidental...
Mods...might want to check this one out....
Mods...might want to check this one out....
Anonymous
I lie about myself sometimes
Don't we all
so_this_is_sam
This is funny, are the anon posts by the same people including the person who posted the problem?? Cos its a bit coincidental...
Mods...might want to check this one out....
Mods...might want to check this one out....
I get embarrased easily and don't want people to find out it's me lol.
lol well they arent exactly going to know you personally are they? it just is a bit odd that theres about 5 anon replies in a row, within the space of ten minutes 
and people on here dont usually answer anon, especially about something as trivial as lying occasionally....
and yes, you are normal
and people on here dont usually answer anon, especially about something as trivial as lying occasionally....and yes, you are normal
well like Robert capa said "never let the truth get in the way of a good story". i figure just aslong as the lies arnt big enough to come back and bite u later, its pretty safe to say we all exagerate to different degrees when talking to people.
I play down my achievements, like at work anyone who asked which uni I was at either got the truth or I said Durham.
My barber thinks I'm at Durham, becasue it was in a crowded shop and no way was I going to tell the truth.
My barber thinks I'm at Durham, becasue it was in a crowded shop and no way was I going to tell the truth.
sometimes when I'm retelling a story I sub conciously change little details every time I tell it n I barely realize I'm doing it - it's the same thing with gossip, people lie about it a lil everytime they tell a bit of gossip.
It's pretty normal to lie about yourself when you meet a new person - only little things though. Apparently we do this as a security measure so if that person doesn't like u then we can feel as if it doesn't matter cos they don't know the real u anyways. That said I had a freind who was a pathalogical liar and it made our friendship seem quite meaningless cause I felt I could never get to know who she really was.
It's pretty normal to lie about yourself when you meet a new person - only little things though. Apparently we do this as a security measure so if that person doesn't like u then we can feel as if it doesn't matter cos they don't know the real u anyways. That said I had a freind who was a pathalogical liar and it made our friendship seem quite meaningless cause I felt I could never get to know who she really was.
chrissy909
sometimes when I'm retelling a story I sub conciously change little details every time I tell it n I barely realize I'm doing it - it's the same thing with gossip, people lie about it a lil everytime they tell a bit of gossip.
I think that's quite normal; if something funny happens, and a person was slightly annoyed about it, it's easy to retell the story and say "... and then she went crazy!". Not particularly harmful, but not the truth either!
From reading the first few (confusing) posts, it seems the OP talked himself out of his own 'problem'? (I know there was more than one Anon poster, but #1 asked a question, then later justified it as ok)
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I play down my achievements, like at work anyone who asked which uni I was at either got the truth or I said Durham.
My barber thinks I'm at Durham, becasue it was in a crowded shop and no way was I going to tell the truth.
My barber thinks I'm at Durham, becasue it was in a crowded shop and no way was I going to tell the truth.
Durham is an achievement, though, perhaps even more so than Cambridge, since they don't interview and it's more of a lottery. Their standards are equally high with respect to grades and so on. I really don't see the need to lie about that (and yes, I'm at Cambridge).
That said, I think lots of people do tell little lies, like about where they live or whatever, for example if you live in a tiny village no-one's ever heard of you might say you live in *insert nearest city* instead, it's certainly not uncommon.
chrissy909
sometimes when I'm retelling a story I sub conciously change little details every time I tell it n I barely realize I'm doing it - it's the same thing with gossip, people lie about it a lil everytime they tell a bit of gossip.
It's pretty normal to lie about yourself when you meet a new person - only little things though. Apparently we do this as a security measure so if that person doesn't like u then we can feel as if it doesn't matter cos they don't know the real u anyways. That said I had a freind who was a pathalogical liar and it made our friendship seem quite meaningless cause I felt I could never get to know who she really was.
It's pretty normal to lie about yourself when you meet a new person - only little things though. Apparently we do this as a security measure so if that person doesn't like u then we can feel as if it doesn't matter cos they don't know the real u anyways. That said I had a freind who was a pathalogical liar and it made our friendship seem quite meaningless cause I felt I could never get to know who she really was.
Or maybe we lie about things when we first meet people because we have low self-image and prefer to tart things up to make us seem more interesting or cool?
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