Trusno1 I know exactly what you mean. I've always wondered if courtesy lies are actually necessary. I keep considering being completely honest about that stuff, but I haven't really tried. If anything, it probably makes me weaker to hide emotion that is there anyway; it's just the fear factor i guess.
Blake and Alleycat lol. Do you really all lie that much, or are you just.. umm.. pulling our legs? 😛
My little lies:
...I used to lie about my education alot. I still don't have a high school diploma, but I'm in my second year of engineering now anyway, so that little lie has become a moo point (as joey tribiani of Friends would say).
...I lie about how much money I have, when I'm broke. It's not like I try to sound like a big wheel or anything. I just have the habit of never admitting to being low on cash. If anyone asks me how the wallet is doing I always say it's in good shape, even when it isn't. I think this is like the courtesy "I'm doing fine" lie people say all the time, but extended to dealing with money as well.
..Hmm.. I used to lie about how many girls i'd been with. Overestimation all the way. I think most guys I've met are like this, multiplying the real number by three or so, and with the ladies, you have to divide by three. Pretty funny lol. I haven't lied about this in a while though. It's either no one's business, or it really is their business, and when it is their business they should get a straight answer in this day and age.
I lie to policemen. Consistently. I can't control it, it's mindlessly habitual. "No officer, I had no idea I was going 40 km over the speed limit. Wow, are you sure?" lol The funny thing is they must get lied to alot. They gotta be pretty sick of it. hehe
I lie when people ask me if I know how to play poker, or some other sharkable game I can play passably well, like pool. 😛
I lie on my taxes - hey, there has to be a redeemable reason for doing under-the-table work, and the extra hours just doesn't justify the effort.
There's a few other things guys always lie about I'm not going to go into here. I'm no different for the most part.
Oh yeah, and when someone really is interested in a topic, but they are wrong about a few things that they probably got from word of mouth, I pretend I don't know any different in those rare times when I actually do know different (courtesy lie). Same thing with people who compulsively lie - I pretend I don't have a clue they are lying, no matter how obvious it is. I figure it's not my problem, it's theirs, so I let them think they're duping me.
That's all I can think of off the top of my head. 🙂
