Have you grown out of telling lies?

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In my youth and my drinking days I lied constantly. But I was always being caught out on those lies.
I eventually realised that lying gets one into too much trouble because, a week or a month later you can not remember the lie. The lie came out in a fleeting moment and was gone.
It was not laid down in your mind so recalling something that is not there is impossible.
Hence being caught out all the time. One can not remember the lie you told to someone 6 months ago, but the person you told the lie to remembers because it was an actual experience that was then laid down in their mind.
I can honestly say I have not lied in at least 22 years now. Since I stopped drinking.
White lies not included.

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The chances are, you will be caught out by another liar so what is the great shakes?

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Yes and no. Honestly, :blush: when I was young I never lied since there was no need to. I didn’t drink and that was because my father was an alcoholic. I experienced the drama at home and, in contrast to some common expectations, that made us (my twin brother included) immune to drinking too much. We always knew when to stop. White lies and even the occasional grey lie are indispensable either as a social lubricant or as a protective measure.

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Sometimes folks find truths boring. :smiling_face_with_tear:

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creative truth telling

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When I was young, I was always truthful. I didn’t much care about the consequences of my truth telling. Over the years, I’ve learned how complex life can be. Truth is not always as easy to discern.

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When the wife asks you if her bum looks big in that dress…what then?

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Then tell her what she may want to hear. White lies are always acceptable.

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Still a lie though whatever the colour

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Nothing bad about that. Life without any lies is an illusion and not feasible.

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My wife has a unique superpower in that she can instantly detect lies if I were ever to tell any.

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She may want to hear sweet little lies as well.

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Bloody hell, we are getting profound

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Don’t we always do?

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It’s all over my head, I am a meat and two veg man.

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is not telling the whole truth a form of lying?

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Wot? Like wot politicians does? :grinning:

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Do "fibs"count

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Yop it’s a sin of omission .

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A lie could be stretching the truth,but just tell the truth,you have to have a good memory if you lie,no point imo.

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