Have you ever been lied to by someone you trusted?

@sharra1 (6340)
Australia
October 10, 2008 9:31pm CST
How did it make you feel? Did you start to wonder what else that person might have lied about. I was lied to once and it started a chain reaction because if this person is lying about this then what about all those other things they said. It started me thinking and I went back through a whole lot of times that I could remember and I found more lies that I had not seen at the time because I was younger and trusted this person. The person was my mother and the lies she told were about my father. She wanted me to hate him the way she did and it worked for years until the day it unraveled and every lie she had ever told crumbled leaving me wondering what the truth really was. Have you ever been lied to by someone you trusted? How did you deal with it? Did it make you question everything they had told you?
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@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
11 Oct 08
wow, it's hard when it's your parents. i guess whatever happen between your parents was bad, he hurted her and she never forgave him or let it go. to me parents who aren't going to stay together plays games often which kids are dragged into, and the kids get hurt. but as far as being lied too, yes i have by a few people. one was a nephew who stolen from me, and all the proff was there, and still to this day he refuse to admit he was the one who stolen from me, he's lucky i had changed my ways or he would have gotten a beaten. i have a brother and a cousin it's thier way to lie. lie about everything, and anything. my brother lied to me a few time which ended got me locked up in jail once, and almost the second time. so with them two i have nothing to do with. i have learend to be able to tell when people are lieing to me, and some you just know how they are and never take them serouis at all. so maybe your mom had her reasons, which still don't make it right. need to sit and talk with her, and tell her i want the truth this is your chance. guess try to understand where she's coming from and she felt as well. best of luck
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
14 Oct 08
I suspect that may be the case but I will never know. I wish I knew but it is too late now and neither was talking when they were alive. I find it sad that something can hurt so bad that the damage lasts for so long. I just find it sad that human relations can fall apart so much.
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
11 Oct 08
I guess my ex-b/f would fall into this category...he cheated on me for 9 years and lied to me the whole time...I didn't want to believe it so I closed my eyes to it. Thankfully, I woke up and got out. I now have my life back and a wonderful Hubby. [b]~~IN SEARCH OF PEACE WITHIN~~ **AGAINST THE STORMS, I WILL STAND STRONG** [/b]
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
11 Oct 08
I was lied by a close friend. I just felt bad and it left a scar in my life. I felt it hard to trust again because of this experience.
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• United States
11 Oct 08
hi sharral...sorry it had to be your mother. shame on her to stoop to that level. yes i have been lied to by people that sounded sincere. i felt cheated and betrayed. and it does a number on you. you don't know what you should believe.
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
14 Oct 08
I agree with you but I have doubted she did it deliberately. Oh maybe in the beginning but I think she really believed that what she said was true. She was a very sad lady who was a long way from home. I think that some of her problems came from being a woman alone in a foreign country with people who did not want her, my father's family. It did not matter that she spoke the language as I doubt she would have felt any less alienated any where. I have thought about this a lot and wondered if this is where her problems stemmed from. Her children were all she had so she tried to tie them to her and not let anyone else have them.
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• United States
15 Oct 08
poor lady, that is very sad and a difficult life.
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• United States
12 Oct 08
Who hasn't experienced this? Now that also includes half of the truth. We are all capable of doing this. For many, it is a way of life and it's a high to pull the wool over any trusting person's eyes. It will give you a very needed wake up call, as it makes you question the honesty of every one you might come in contact with. Many might turn into investigative reporters to get to the facts. It hurts, but you live through it and move on with life. Trust is one of the biggest issues today. Thanks. Blessings...
@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
Yes we have but I think it is significant as to who the person is that lies to you. For a mother to lie to her child all her life and give that child a completely false view on one of their parents is quite bad as the child cannot know the truth and the other parent ignores the child and so never bothers to correct the fake world view.
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• Philippines
11 Oct 08
yup, my ex got pregnant with a former buddy of mine while we were still together. i just went away for 2 months. imagine my surprise when i came back. I'm dealing with it by drowning myself with lots of booze, and yes it did make me question everything she told me. oh well
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
12 Oct 08
My parents did some lying me about other family members. I believe their intentions were to protect me. In the end I just felt over protected and lied to. Lying is hurtful no matter how you slice it.
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@don_naces (464)
• Philippines
11 Oct 08
My answer is a very big YES. If you will ask me how many times, my answer is uncountable. When I realized that the person I trusted lied, I got angry of course. But somehow, I realize that I am also a lier. I don't have the right to get angry. I do understand your case, what your mother did was so wrong. You are supposed to know the truth about your father. Because of what she did, I can say that she is selfish. She is just thinking of herself. But don't get mad at her, she did that because she was really hurt. I know that it is really unfair in your part. But that happened already. Please forgive her. Al least she did not abort you. Still you are very blessed.
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
11 Oct 08
Yes it took me a while to realise just how angry and hurt she was and I will never understand why as she never said much about it. I know she always claimed he had an affair and my eldest brother said that was not true. I assume my brother was putting my father's case since my father and I never spoke about it.
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@xayuk69 (267)
• Malta
14 Oct 08
Yes i have been lied to many times and as you very well say it will start a chain reaction. When you catch somebody lying you will loose the trust in him and begin to question and say maybe there were times when he lied and did not notice!
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• Philippines
11 Oct 08
Yes, i've been lied before, by my friend. When I found out that she lie to me I was so angry until now. I hated her so much because of the trust I give to her and she ruined it. Trust is very important in a relationship so how can I trust her for all the things she will tell me in the future when I knew already she's a liar.
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• United States
11 Oct 08
wow, that had to be tough for you. I have been lied to. It makes it hard to trust anything that person ever tells you( of importance)again. THe thing you have to remember is that the person she is lying to the most is herself or himself. They are deluded, and believe it themselves. For some people it is toughto get past hurts of theirown and then they pass them off. I am not making exccuses for these people. I just have to look at it differently and say wow. Otherwise I would never have anything to do with the person that lied to me. I got hurt, and in trouble for something I didn't even do. Not only that, but state officials and school officials had to get involved. A teacher got suspended and I had to sit in front of an inquiry. It was tough and I was afraid. Funny thing is the truth came out. It set me free, but bound the other person. I hope you can forgive your mom. Mom's are important. Good Luck
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
14 Oct 08
I was a grown woman when this happened. I had devoted my life to caring for her neglecting myself and my needs. For me it was the most devastating shock but it set me free to make my own life, albeit a bit late. I was 44 and for me it was a watershed so I sometimes think it was fated. I have learned to forgive her and I think I partially understand her. It was selfish but she was a woman alone who felt she had no real friends but her children so she strove to make sure that they would never leave her, unfortunately for her it backfired.
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• Morocco
11 Oct 08
I will be chocked ,that for sure , it depends also on the person who lied to me , if he were so close to me ( mentionnaly or from failly ) I would traid him as an unknown ,as a punishement ,because being lied to , specially by people you trusted isn't an easy thing , it refers to many meanings one of them is that person do not respect you as he must do , secondly ,may be he tries to play on you or cut of the relation between you and him .. generally I'm not going to forgive him because a true relationship depends on trust as the most important support , and trust can be broken by lies .
@shalk_man (188)
• Morocco
12 Oct 08
I have never been such a situation before because I often have my friends and I also sincerely be honest with them and be love and affection between us and our friendly atmosphere prevails always be friends whatever the circumstances of the descriptions as lying hypocrites
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• China
11 Oct 08
If the same thing happen to me,I will feel crazy.I totaly undersand your feeling.On the other hand,I think your mother must have the reason why she do it.You can try to communicate with your mother.After all, she is your mother.Why can you forgive her.You can find your father tell the truth that happen between them.Do your best to deal with the things.Good luck!
@annjilena (5618)
• United States
11 Oct 08
yes i was lied to by my own son i was hurt i felt he talked to people in the street more then he talked to me thinking they care about him he soon found out they don,t i had to deal with my son with tuff love he hard headed.but iam happy to reply he is doing well in school these day.
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• India
11 Oct 08
Yeah, Many a times, but you just have to let go of such things. Many people lie, be it your spouses or just normal; friends. They do it for their own reasons. Sometimes to hurt you, sometimes to keep you safe from danger. So one cannot take such things to heart and feel bad about it. But for situations like the one you mentioned, it's hard to trust someone who has lied to you just to satisfy their own ideas or thoughts. As you said, its devastating and on cannot recover easily from such a realisation. That's sp bad that happened to you. bourne
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• Philippines
11 Oct 08
I feel for you. I've been done the very same thing by my girlfriend (or soon to be ex-girllfriend if she doesn't stop living the lie). I found out one day from her bestfriend, who is also my friend, that she's seeing another man. I tried my best to ask her nicely where she's been at those times when I call her at home or her cellphone and she didn't answer. All I ever get is the monotonous response: "I was out with my friends". Her bestfriend showed me one day all her mms and sms messages about her other man. I was so devastated to find out that she was lying to me from the start. Right now, we chose to temporarily cut off all communication and go separate ways until such time she realizes her mistakes.
@eiram25 (1076)
• Philippines
11 Oct 08
yes,i have been lied to by someone who i love dearly. well, i'm a natural human being so definitely i feel hurt about it. i feel like i was cheated. it did make me question almost everything he says. i think it kinda affected our relationship,in one way or another. i don't feel like trusting anymore. well, that's life. anyway,happy mylotting!
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
11 Oct 08
Of course! How could we escape that situation. It's not pleasant. Makes us take everything people say, with as grain of salt.
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• India
11 Oct 08
Yes a good friend of mine lied to me once,I was really hurt. Was not angry on her was so upset. Was not able to take it so I went her and aked straight away just hoping and trusting that she'd definitely not lie to me or turn against me. But in vain,she admitted and I was shattered. I din't speak a word against her to anyone,infact defended her when others talked ill of her. But she's not my friend anymore,not that I hate her. I just wanted to stay away so that our relationship does not get even more worse!! Take care :)
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