How often do you lie?, mm? :)

as for me.. well, i don't like lying, but sometimes it's necessary.

everybody lies!!! and don't deny))

personally I try not to lie at all. I hate 2 do it actually. But i lie only in such cases if the truth isn't gonna hurt someone or their feelings...

Hate liars!

How often?.. Well, actually I do not count such things. It could be quite hard, you know %)

Hmm....to tell the truth I lie every day. It doesn't mean that i lie a lot. it may be a little lie about my lessons, my marks, my restday. it's not a lie that hurt my friends, but it's a lie ;) And as a rule, everybody lies often, but don't like to tell about.

Well, i definitely lie more than i'd like to... :) The worst thing is, that there are not "smaller" or "bigger" lies... Spade is always a spade, isn't it? :)

well, I never thought about it...
But now I think I lie more then it's necessary. I always have an awful feeling when I lie :-X

everybody tell lies...sometimes a person doesn't even realize, that he is speaking lie...I think it is so, because it is easier to tell lies sometimes, and sometimes it is even necessary...

lie - just more attractive truth+))
so..every day, unfortunately

Abstractly, you`re right. But attitude towards a liar depends оn situation, wich is always different. We саn offense, suffer, ignore, forgive, revenge. We саn be eager to be deceived.

Suppose, it is really so, that is why it is hard to say how often we lie. The proper question is how often we lie with intention (good or bad)

sometimes, but not for everything)))

When I really need I lie. But if it is necessary, I can lie... a bit)))

of course sometimes I lie.But not so often)

American scientists found out that a person lies 100 times day! (I don`t know how they did it)

100 TIMES?! It can't be becouse it sounds like unreal...

Probably the matter is that these scientists count such things as answering "good" the question "How`s life?" and etc . But certainly we can`t consider this an intentional lie. We are not lie-detectors. But it isn`t true often. There can be a big deal of such examples.

*innocently* all the time ^_^

We, Ukrainians and Russianmen, do not lie so often as American people))))

Yes, that`s right!!! May be sometimes I lie... a bit))

what an interesting opinion... why do ya think so? give us strong arguments))))

every day

Why do you do it so often?... Although I do this not less then you... and sometimes it helps me...

how to say...I love white lie

Lie in a name of the truth?)))
I lie very often...but prefer to say that it's only my creativeness

:D
I lie, when it's necessary for me to hide the truth, and it isn't possible to use half-truth as a cover, for example. When it's profitable to lie... =drag=

I don't tell the truth everytime. It's boring..

I don't like lie. But sometimes I do it. Only when I really need it ;)

Every day =drag=

always

Every day

never!!! i'm trying

Very often

Very seldom

I try to don`t lie.

Not so much...........but who does not happen... :(

Sometimes O:-)

I lying often to avoid shame, embarrassment, or conflict. I often lying to protect friends’ and family’s feelings. I feel lying in some circumstances is not only acceptable but desirable. White lie.

sometimes.. =shy=

everyday and all time))))) ^_^

Not very often.

I'm lying when it is necessary

I try don't lie, but sometimes it is necessary %)

hmm ... I often lie only in school, teachers when they ask why I had not done homework)

a lot :lol:

never of course :skype_angel:

every time, when I say "I am finishing stop doing something" xD

- Have you called him?
- Yes, of course!

Is it a lie? I don't think so. I'll call him up in a three minutes. =smile_cry=

All the time. Even now =)

Rather often I suppose. Not neccesarily the lie is whole thing, it is to emphasize the important issues. In general there is no pure truth or lie it's always mix and who knows where is the limit, when you consider it a lie.

lie?
Not often
But I believe that if a lie is the good, you can tell a lie

I used to lie to my parents a lot. Especially when their rant about how I have to get good grades and don't ever miss a single class in the uni. I've ditched 30 to 50 percent of my classes at the 3, 4, and 4,5 years. I just stopped seeing sense in going there.
They are still people I lie to most. They are very close-minded and won't understand a lot of things.

Other then that, I try to avoid lying.

Are any of them your friends? Because if I have close-minded friends, I try to keep a distance.

Яна, no, I meant my parents. They think I have to live like them and behave like they did 30 years ago, so thats causes problems.
And whatever I do, its not enough for them. So I try to avoid difficult topics alltogether, so I don't have to lie, or feel guilty ("for letting us down"), or feel uncomfortable.

And I'm probably the most close-minded from mey friends (beside my boyfriend).

Probably, often.
But I do it for purpose - not that I'm so jealous or hurtful)

Донни, what purpose could that be?)

Обжорство, if I want somebody feel not so depressed, for example.

Донни, I agree. Sometimes we might hurt someone we love.

If you think you don't lie, you already lie to yourself)
But there isn't lie or truth in a world of words. Truth can't be expressed in words, i think

Пэйджик, but then, later on, I would say that my previous words - it was such a lie. And a person would except it easily.

- I have two hands

There you go. A truth with words, that isn't so hard.

Santjaga not flet, what about lying to yourself, what kind of person you are?)

Meh, he didn't express quite clearly then.

Selfish liberal with sociopathic tendencies and notes of high self-esteem who is in constant need of arguing.

Oops, it was a typo.

Arguing or communication?...

bitch

That's what she said

Arguing

What's the point of arguing anyway?)

Winning, making a point. Lots of reasons

so it means you don't have these things in real life and doing that you try to get satisfaction with arguing. I'm right, aren't I?

Which things? Victories? Not really, in fact i got used to win too much, now now it is constant pursuit of victories.

Santjaga not flet, hmm, you're getting more interesting. Feel free to share your victories.)

New job tomorrow, higher salary. Enjoy :)

I lie not very often, usually when somebody askes me suddenly and I don't have enough time to think over the answer.

not that often, but sometimes it's needed to lie eh(

DonVishenka, do you think it's better to lie or to tell the truth in all the situations?

absolute integrity is impossible and stupid. sometimes we lie when it's necessary, sometimes we do it for fun. there is a lie for truth.

Guffy, do you support white lie, in general?

Nancy Black, I do.

Sometimes in school, rarely to my parents

Lately I had to lie a lot. A friend of mine (she's female) always said to her parents that she's walking with her boyfriend (they broke up like 2 months ago) when we were out together, dining or something. Of course, the boyfriend was absent, but her mother didn't know that. So she sometimes wanted to chat, and talked (to me), and I could only say something like "mm-hmm", "nnn-hhh". Still consider that a lie, even worse so - an imposting crime!

Ayden Maedok, this is interesting. Her mom is okay with her going out a boyfriend, but skeptical about her being with you? Why?

Паническая атака, she wants to keep things simple. Her family gets involved a little too easily, they have a long story of making everything awkward. Called her and shouted at her for "improper" behaviour, because somehow having a cup of tea with a male friend is too risky for them. But if she's going out with her boyfriend, it's "proper" and "pure', so it's ok. Since it's an established relationship.

Sheogorath, okay, I get it, they are overprotective. Sometimes it's a good thing, but I feel like it's also a way to control people. She should be able to make her own decisions and chose who to have coffee with.

How old is she? Your profile states you're 25 - is that true? =) Because if your friend is 25 as well, and she needs a permission from her parents to go out and enjoy a hot beverage with her friends, that's a problem.

My friend is 23 ^_^ She's stuck with her parents for now, because she's still working on her medical degree, no room for a part-time job. Also, the thing got awkward through years. Her relatives were less protective 5-7 years ago. They just didn't have the urge to interrupt her life like that back then.

Yes, I'm 25, but, aside from my romantic partner, I don't have friends of same age. Everybody's either older or a little bit younger. Are your friends mostly the same age as you? I mean - exactly the same age, counting 1,5-2 year gap as a difference.

Sheogorath, I feel really bad that your friend is being guarded by her parents. It's a great thing that she's pursuing a medical degree, which is an enormous challenge. However, it does often mean the absence of time and ability to find a part-time job. Which means that such students get dependent on their parents financially.

But she's supposed to work an a medical resident eventually, right? And it's paid, is it not?

My friends are all over the place age-wise. :crazy: Thanks to this forum I have friends as young as 12 years of age. I also have lots of older friends in real life, I met those guys at previous work places. My oldest friend is 65-ish years old.

I hate lying. Like, to anyone. And don't really know how to do that. Of course, sometimes there is no choice, but honesty is the best policy after all.

I lie when I need to be polite. That occurs a lot at work.

At present I try to avoid lying altogether. It gets you nowhere. And it's so exhausting cause you have to remember every lie not to get busted. With my memory its not a problem, but still. And I hate when people lie and then don't remember it. Like when I see that somebody is lying because the person was telling a different story the other day, I remember it, but this person doesn't.

I'm lying all the time about little things. But often it's because I just don't wanna bother anyone with my problems, even if I know they can help.

I do not like to lie. _/(._.)\_

Данетка, no one does. Sometimes we have to though. :styleman: