I try my best not to lie, and I am mostly successful.

Does this tu-tu make me look younger?

ah an honest answer! everyone lies those that claim they don't are liars.I think it depends on the kind of lie, deceitful lie? boastful lie? exaggerated lie? lying by omission? lying on your tax forms? lying to your SO? the list can go on and on..............Some people tell ya "I hate liars" yea like you've NEVER lied, such a hypocrite. The point is there are BIG LIES and LITTLE LIES. Try getting through the week without telling a lie..................see if you can do it, depending on how much you are out in public or the type of work you do bet you it will be difficult to do..................

We shun truthfulness in most of it's forms in reality but teach it as the right thing to do.

Examples: Southern hospitality is not really hospitable in the sense that they are going to be nice as a sunny day to your face but you will be the scourge of the earth once you leave. I use this example because it covers both sexes and is considered the "way it is and should be". They flat out give you the impression of welcome like you are family but will complain and tell others every slight flaw they found in you, starting with the fact you accepted their help in the first place.

Another example: You can take the idea of not hurting others feelings to almost any level to be untruthful. You don't want to cause a hardship so you don't tell your lover you haven't worked for 6 months...You cheated but don't want to hurt your lover so you don't tell them....Your sister is committing child abuse on a regular basis but you don't want to case more trouble so you don't tell her or the authorities what is really going on...

The examples here are endless.

By action we teach lying as acceptable but we teach it in concept as wrong.

Now, I am not sure of the vice of which you spoke but being shunned or feared for your honesty is very common especially among the people with a weaker constitution.

*I am not speaking of those who are rude and claim it as honesty either. Those who are mean and angry and claim it is truth are not the example of an honest person. They are intentionally being harmful to others and getting by with it in the false name of truth and honesty. Lots of examples even here in these forums. These are people who have issues and push others around because of them in the name of truth.* Whole nuther thread for that discussion.

why do you lie? what makes you lie?

I never said I have never lied. I just dont do it anymore. Sucks to be you~

This makes me sad. I've put a ton of effort into not lying; I've made many conscious efforts to find other ways to express myself, and if I cannot think of a good way to tell somebody a bitter truth, I simply tell them "I dont know what to say right now" or simply "no comment." As my mother often said, "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all" which is not that hard to do, and let me just say I prefer a bitter truth to a sweet lie. To simply not trust someone because they refuse to play games with people they care about really loses me a lot of faith in our species. Even more sadly, most people often seem to think the truth I speak are lies, yet will believe a lie in a heartbeat. Is it really that impossible to not have hidden agendas or false feelings? I can be the greatest friend and someone like you would be missing out a great deal V_V. I'm sure most of you deal mostly in lil white lies and maybe its not so serious for most, but I'm really ashamed so many seemingly take the easy way out from their own discomfort instead of pushing themselves to be the person they hope for in a partner (unless someone wants a partner who lies to them... ugh). That is all, sorry for so many words.

People lie because they are just too stupid to tell the truth.