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