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Friends and lies

have you ever had a friend who you love dearly, but who lies all the time? how did you deal with it?
one of my best friends is I think a compulsive liar. I would never use these words to her face and I have to pretend the lies she tells are normal and 'just for fun'.
I know that some of the things she says are untrue so I start to doubt even what she says to me.
but I don't seem to be able to keep a distance from this friend as we have known each other for a long time, and also as I'm not supposed to know about some of her lies...

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I can totally relate

My cousin and one of my best friends does that alot... she was seeing a councilor for some things, and that actully helped. she still does it but not as much.
I just love her, and take most things she says with a grain of salt. Cant say theres much eles to do.

God helps those who help themselves... In bed.

I've had a similar friend once

My friend was in reality very insecure about herself. It didn't take a professional shrink to figure that out. But she would never admit it to herself, and least of all she would never realize that all she did to others was wrong.

One of our biggest conflicts was that she was a big player. And this shouldn't have affected me in any way, but it did when she constantly flirted with girls that was either my friends, aquainted of mine or others I just knew - who would come to me and ask wether this girl was a player or not.
This made it all a conflict when my friend told me I was HER friend, and that I should not go around telling people I knew that she was a player. What the fuck should I do? Just watch people I cared about getting hurt, just because my friend thought it would be awkward being referred to as "the player"...
This made a lot of drama.

Anyway, she constantly manipulated both me and other friends of hers. She would fuck up MY lovelife, and hit on girls that I was dating, just because she could not handle seeing someone else happy - if she was not happy herself.
Honestly, she don't know the definition of the word friend. And myself and some others being her "friend" broke contact with her, and found out that our lives was SO much better! I found out that I in fact COULD breathe through the whole day. It was a huge relief.

Before this happened I had given her so many chances to change. In the end I told her that it was not even fair of me asking her to CHANGE, because the problem wasn't that she couldn't change - she just wouldn't. So I told her that we were way to different to even be friends, and that our friendship positive sides was not enough to overlook our friendships negative sides.
She took this hard, and I felt sorry for her. But as I said, this made ME a lot more happy.

Sometimes you have to think about yourself and what is best for you. We can't "save" everyone on this earth that has not realized what's the important values in life. Save yourself! You should not have to go through days with lies and conflicts just because SHE does not appreciate a real friendship!

I know it's hard to break contact with her, especially if you both have some of the same friends. But I got through it, and so can you! Good luck! :)

I've never had such a lying

I've never had such a lying friend, but I think most people lie now and then. Most of the times I know when someone lies, especially if it is a close friend, so when I realize I try to make the situation comfortable for the person so that they can tell me the truth and not feel like the lying asshole, because I believe there's always a reason (rather a kind of guilt or complex) for lying and I try to remove that "reason" from the person's mind... It depends on how close the person is, though...

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And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.

I am amazed that you were

I am amazed that you were able to build a relationship with a compulsive liar. And my cousin is a compulsive liar.. but I don't hang around him or love him like your dear friend... Takes too much effort to decipher truth from a lie.. besides, what happens when it really matters? What do you believe?

I have the same problem with

I have the same problem with my cousin..that girl lies in a way that makes me think she really underestimate me..lol
It's just sad since i cant really get interested in any she says..for a long time now..

yeah, i live with a

yeah, i live with a compulsive liar and i just ignore everything he says, pretty much. i know must of it is lying so i believe it until i hear him contradict himself and i just don't bring it up.. but most of what he says, i don't buy it and i've taken to googling anything that is google=able.. but yeah, i just keep my mouth shut and bitch about it to everyone else.

yea i have this one friend

yea i have this one friend and shes such a liar and a user she all ways says any thing to get her way i cant stand it but my other friends dont seem to care for example 1 time she made all of us walk across town in the rain to meet a guy none of us wanted to do it but according to her we HAD to and turns out he wasnt there, why? because she never aranged to meet him she just thought he might be there

cant stand liars you never know exactly whats going on

try this... everytime she

try this...

everytime she lies, give her a comeback lie.

EG:

Lyingfriend: Omg like last night, i have sex with 11 girls and 4 of them were squirters and they had multiple orgasms and oh did i mention 2 of them started crying coz im such and amazing licker she couldnt handle me...

You: omg i got laid tooooo! i was at a S&M party in china and the emperors wife was going down on me... yea...

LMFAO!!

LMFAO!!

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i wouldn't know man, lying justs sucks like a mutha. and eventually (i don't know how long you've been putting up with her lies) you'll grow sick of it, because it tends to be boring and every word she says is hollow and meaningless, and you'll want to have someone you can really talk to, not just pretend you like talking to.

i for one, wouldn't be able to cope with a liar, it just wears me out. i am lucky enough to have 4 great friends, two of them have known me for a sickass long time. There are a lot of kind but stupid people you'll run into, but it's better to spot the one or two who'll walk you across this mundane shithole, instead of the 10 or 20 that will just lie to you.

yo.

i believe

liars are cheaters.. :p
i no like lies.. better keep your mouth shut than open it and lie..

i dont trust those people who do that to me.. i have friends like that.. thou they hang out with me but i dont really trust them..

i remember this convos.. its indirect but i get it..

me: hey are you free THIS afternoon? prolly 3pm?
her: im not sure till what time our seminar is TOMORROW and i have exams on SATURDAY..

LOL.. i was asking about that particular day.. excuses..
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us: (back in high school) best friends no matter what.. BOYS wont break us apart.. PROMISE!

..seconds.. minutes.. days.. weeks.. months.. years later..

-..shes nowhere to be found.. she went off when i needed her.. i was left hanging somewhere between sanity and insanity.. downfalls.. great! haha.. courtesy of her bf of months in exchange of our YEARS of friendship.. LOL.. promise full of air.. oh well.. shit happens.. :P
xx

Story of my life.

If it weren't for a certain four or five people, I would have given up on friendship ages ago, lol.

Everyone I claim as a friend, besides the said 4 or 5, has one or two traits that throw me off completely. I mean I try to be the best friend I can- and I make mistakes, but not to that degree.
People nowadays toss friendship around like they'll always have it sitting right there for them.
I think that's what makes them think it's okay to be very moronic sometimes.
And I think that's why I choose very carefully, now, who my closest friends are.