How long do you let someone think they fooled you?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (101697)
United States
August 15, 2025 3:31pm CST
I’m sure a lot of you have caught people in lies, and in a lot of cases you confront them right away. I don’t know often you’ve caught people, though, in several lies, and you just let them keep digging a hole. It’s different though, if the lies only affect you, instead of someone else.
Do you just let it keep going until someone else calls them out? Do you just let it go and leave it to God (I realize some of you don’t believe in God)? It’s gotten to be “amusing” because they’ve told so many falsehoods they can’t keep up with them all.
What do you think?
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20 responses
@sw8sincere (5963)
• Philippines
16h
I think it depends.. if their lies don’t hurt anyone, sometimes it’s easier to just step back and let them tangle themselves up. But if it affects others, stepping in feels more necessary. Either way, it does get almost ironic watching someone lose track of their own stories.
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@snowy22315 (194570)
• United States
23h
I usually confront them as I see them. Or sometimes I just choose to ignore whatever hogwash they are saying.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53177)
• United States
15 Aug
I don’t like liars. Is it someone you can disassociate with ?
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@moffittjc (125257)
• Gainesville, Florida
23h
Some people lie so much that it becomes their reality. It's quite comical. I usually will confront someone right away if it's something I believe will hurt someone else. And I always will rebuke them in private, never in public.
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@JudyEv (360930)
• Rockingham, Australia
16h
I always joke that I don't tell lies because it's too hard to remember what I've said to whom. lol It's sort of funny but also if you tell the truth, others are left with nothing to say in a way. However they think they might trap you or bring up arguments, you just keep telling the truth and there's really nothing left for them to say.
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@GardenGerty (165376)
• United States
6h
I ignore them, and if possible avoid them. With some people everyone knows they lie.
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@allknowing (151708)
• India
21h
If it affects me I will surely set matters right
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@DaddyEvil (156712)
• United States
22h
No, I say something as soon as I figure things out. My son was bad about lying to me when he was growing up... The minute I saw through his lies, I'd either start laughing at him or I'd get pissed and tell him off. His mom was just as bad about trying to lie to everyone around her.
I do my best not to tell lies because I don't like trying to remember who I lied to about what... It keeps my life simpler.
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@wolfgirl569 (120854)
• Marion, Ohio
22h
It depends on their age. Kids will often go through a stage of lying and I stop them fast as that's the only way they learn. There is also those people who don't know how to tell the truth about anything. I avoid those. Others it varies but often I just sit back laughing at them
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@RasmaSandra (88008)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23h
Sure but nothing specific comes to mind, I usually don't associate with such people any more once I find out,
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@celticeagle (178436)
• Boise, Idaho
3h
First off, a liar is not someone who I have in my circle. They are seen for what they are immediately, and they are gone.
@MarieCoyle (47267)
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20h
I typed a response and it vanished! I must have done something wrong. Anyway...a person can only take so much lying from someone. And yes, they most generally dig a hole they can't climb out of, or tell even more lies that contradict the other lies they already told. Like you said, they've told so many that they can't keep up.
There was a person in my life like this some time ago. She told lies to get attention and to get people to feel sorry for her. She told enough lies that she ended up with no friends at all, and her children didn't want anything to do with her, either. When someone won't change their behavior and it's offensive, it's time to usher them out of your life. You don't even have to explain yourself--they might pretend they don't know the reason, but they do.
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