Do you lie

Long ago I found out the hard way, that I don't have a good enough memory to be a good liar. Lies, even little white ones have a way of catching up to you. There is never a good enough reason to tell a lie to anyone for any cause. Little white lies are just an easy way out of a truthful solution. Never, never, tell a lie, and sleep peacefully every night for the 'rest' of your life!

Well honestly I have no reason to lie. I get nothing out of it at all. I know some people that do lie, some only white lies, and some who lie in a very big way. My evil ex is one of those major liars. She actually believes in her lies about how our marriage broke up. She still says its my fault. But the reality is that she is the one that lied, cheated and snuck around. I never did that. But she does believe that she never did those things. I find that strange. No, I do not lie.

Sometimes I need to lie to cover up something that is not really bad. It's just some persons aren't really so understanding. I believe people lie for different reasons. Some, to convince. Like the marketers who are selling their products. Not everyone of them really use the product but they have to be convincing so the lie about it. Some just to get sympathy. I think it's simply a part of human nature. But the Bible instructs as that we should not lie. If inevitable, at least, don't make it a practice. As much as possible, always speak the truth.

In all honesty, i am sure that we have all told a lie before. I always felt so guilt when i told a lie. i feel much better with myself when am being honest and truthful. When I was younger, I thought I could outsmart my parents and teachers with a lie. Lies just have a way of catching up with you so honesty is a much better road to take.

I'm going to be honest, I've lied sometimes in my life. Mostly they are white lies, or that I didn't tell my mom the truth about where I was/went, when I was buying her her birthday present :D. But there have been some instances when I lied to improve my standing... for example, I once slept in, and forgot to go and take an exam, so I lied that to the teacher that I was ill, because if you don't have a proper reason for why you couldn't go, you can't take the exam on another date. Of course I'm gonna teach my kids to be sincere, but I'm going to tell them sincere doesn't mean that they have to tell all their thoughts, because I don't want them to get into trouble... for example, school, teachers don't like it when kids tell them how bad they are at teaching and how they have a pet who always gets good grades, even when they do nothing, whereas kids they don't like would have bad marks no matter how good they were :D. People usually live in self.deception, and if someone tells the truth to them, they turn on them and consider them their enemy... and I don't want my kids to suffer just because they told someone their real opnion when they shouldn't have... Also, I don't consider it a lie when a person doesn't tell something they know. It may cause trouble, but still, it's not a lie.

Sometimes in our life white lies can be acceptable as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Though we might say that honesty is the best policy but for me it doesn't apply all the time. And sometimes you need lie to take place of the hormonal gush you got. Like for example you met again your first love but now your happily married and you want to keep it till you grow old, but then your ex confesses that she still loves you though you have the same mutual feelings with her but because you know that it's not getting any good so can now lie that you don't have any feelings for her anymore. Or let us say your wife feels that she's getting fat and worried about it, just to get her anxiety you ca say "Your not fat, your the same old you". That could help right?

Yes, it's amazing how much lying is a part of our lives. I taught my children that they should always tell the truth. As they got older, I taught them that the way they told the truth can be hurtful or it can be diplomatic. For instance, if someone asks them their opinion on clothing they don't have to say the color looks awful on them but can say something like, "the style is nice but the color really washes out your eyes". It's not a lie but it's a gentler type of truth.

Yeah, i know what you are saying. I am not perfect but, i try and tell as few lies as possible. I hate hurting people and sometimes i try and lie or not say anything to try and hide things so they wont see me hurting.

People tell lies for various reasons. One such reason is the fact that you are afraid to tell someone what you truly think of him. Simply you don't want to embarrass him. Then there are those white lies that we sometimes tell our kids when we don't want to hurt their feelings. I don't regard this kind of lying as bad. That said, telling lies has always been with us. The way we were brought up, the values we were taught and the character thus formed play a key role in this matter.