| Have you ever wondered why people tell lies? I'm not | | | | consequences of telling the truth. Once someone |
| talking about 'white lies', as every person on the planet | | | | knows that telling lies is easier than telling the truth, it |
| has told those, unless you are a Saint, in which case I | | | | can become habitual. Sticky situation? No problem, I'll |
| apologise. | | | | just tell a lie and skip down the road with joy. In the end |
| Really there is no easy way of actually defining what | | | | someone doing this regularly can end up believing their |
| a lie is. If someone misses out some information, is that | | | | own mistruths. |
| a lie, or just selective truth. The very omission can turn | | | | Maybe some people lie to gain more respect from |
| that into a mistruth of sorts. | | | | people that are important to them. Perhaps from their |
| Now this obviously differs when you are contested | | | | social group or colleagues at work. A lie to 'outdo' is |
| against a fact and you tell a lie. If someone asks you a | | | | often expressed in a society which relies on social |
| question which you outright answer with a mistruth, | | | | status. |
| then you are what they know in the trade as a 'bare | | | | So How Do You Spot A Liar? |
| faced liar'. Oh, the shame. | | | | Well, other than unintelligent liars who come out with |
| There are people out there that really can't help but lie. | | | | things so far fetched you just have to laugh, there are |
| These people are known as pathological liars. These | | | | a few other ways. You need a good memory to be a |
| individuals want their lives to sound more exciting than | | | | liar so you know what you've said to whom. Often |
| the reality, or they want to impress, so they make up | | | | their sins will find them out, but a good visual clue is |
| the most far-fetched lives you've ever heard. I'm sure | | | | their body language. Look out for exaggerated |
| you know one or two, they can be hilarious once you | | | | gestures or a shift in the tone of that persons voice. |
| know that they are outrageous liars. I often used to | | | | Eyes are the windows of our souls and many people |
| listen to one at work for entertainment purposes. | | | | cannot look you in the eye properly when telling a lie. |
| Another common reason people lie is to get out of a | | | | They will shift their gaze so as not to engage in direct |
| sticky situation. The lie being told is preferential to the | | | | eye contact. |