I have tried to be an honest person the only reasons I would ever lie is if I considered what you are asking none of your business, I could get physicaly hurt over it, or if you ask me "do i look fat in this" or somthing along those lines. I have never gotten anywhere for it, but I watch peaple lie all the time and they get so far for it.

I know a couple of people in my life, that can look into your eyes and lie. Me being spiritual sensitive, something at the back of my mind always tells me something is not right. Then, I will look at that person and tell them don't bs to me. They usually gets loud and become angry.

Sometimes online you will pick that up about people before they even open their mouth. If it is important to you to know the truth in each case, don't brush away what your head tells you, hold onto it till you have the facts to prove it. But sometimes some people are a waste of time trying to suss.

All my friends know not to ask my anything unless they want the truth. I won't tell them even a white lie to protect their feelings....so if they look bigger in something and if they ask, obviously they want my opinion.
If you lie to protect someone for whatever reason...then you are still not being honest...a lie is a lie!!!

and all they do in the meantime is hurt people who probibly dont deserve it!!!!

Yep, sooner or later they get caught, but the dudes that just want sex, don't care. When your talking to someone face to face, believe only what is said while their looking into your eye's. The eye's are the window to the soul...

pants on fire

cause they have told so many they no longer know the truth from a lie it is there dream world they live within

sometimes people lie because they don't want to scare away people with the truth. Learning to accept who you are and be able to be honest about it is one of the hardest things to learn in life especially if people have scared away people in the past.

Liars are the worst...... 1 lie & I call the ball game , you're outa here

A man replies to me and leaves his phone number, I'm supposed to call him. So I call and guess who answers? HIS WIFE!

Why do men all lie?

One of the reasons I go to my meetings is so I can learn how to be honest. In the words of Huckleberry Finn, "Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies." But that only starts to explain it. Sometimes in the past trying to be honest was like the Miranda act. "You have the right to remain silent. Anything that you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." So I have had to watch what I say. In two of my former marriages I felt like I was always on trial. Comes from having a guilty conscience I guess. One of the lines from my AA groups kind of describes it for me. "...Some of us were constitutionally incapable of being honest with ourselves." About the best I can do is to be honest with myself but then even that can be a struggle at times so I keep going back so atleast I can be honest with myself. One of the nice things about being out of a relationship is that at home all I have to be honest is with myself because there is no one to answer to but myself. I think people who expect someone to be honest with themselves should find them a good martyr or a masochist.

there are also those who hear what they want to hear and remember what they want as well

you may still find yourself arguing even when you've told the truth

Yeah. This morning my charge nurse asked me how did it go with one of the residents that I have to deal with. I told her all the cuss words that I had to deal with and same loud beligerent voice he used. She said words to the effect of calm down. I said you asked. It was funny because my female aide friend was having the same trouble with a female resident. I could hear her in the next room with resident calling the term given to a female dog and some other very derrogatory words. She said you had yours and I had mine. Like Napoleon I guess we all have our Waterloos. Ah, they are such sweet and wonderful people we deal with, NOT! But then who would liked to woke every two hours for a bed check?

they lie becausd they have nothing better to do

just addressing a few of the posts i've read,

if someone asks you if you look fat and they are, simply tell them the truth and since you're with them you obviously accept them for who they are. I once had a lady friend who asked me if she was fat and she was. I told her yes you are and you're also one of the most beautiful people i've ever met. The problem is rooted in social acceptance. I'm tired of hearing people be down on themselves for being overweight, any intelligent person knows that true beauty is with in, and thats where you will find a meaningful relationship.

I've met tons of women and men who date these so called hotties, and have the worst relationships. if you look for someone based off the surface thats what you get a shell. good luck with that.

in response to men who lie, well you got us pegged we're liars, but women are the masters of lie's. the amount of straight faced women liars i've met, outways the men i've met hands down.

the problem with lies is that their rooted in a self defense mechanism, and after so long you're inablity to face the truth will get the best of you.

Women seldom lie but when we do it's because MEN lied to us first!

Julie,

Women seldom lie? Huh? Outside of finding some irony in that statement, I think that both men and women lie, even those smaller tales that are told. And not all lies are bad. An EMT holding the hand of a patient that he/she knows is going to die should lie. What is the point of telling the patient that the end is near? To be noble, to "not lie." Please--people in that case (and that case happens dialy where I work) lie all the time.

Now, the "Hey where were you last night" lies are obviously different. Those are problematic for many reasons. But there are exceptions in other areas.

-Drew

Nice thing is .. when you tell the truth

You have NOTHING you have to remember

Hey, I never lie....well maybe just a little white lie....I mean age really doesn't matter.....and really even if I'm married no one would ever know, I have a separate apartment & cell....& if I tell you i'm gonna call & I forget, that's not really a lie....and if I tell you I love you & we have sex....i may remember to call again, even if i tell you i will....its not alie....