How long do you let someone think they fooled you?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (104224)
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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19 responses
@moffittjc (125940)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Aug
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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@moffittjc (125940)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Aug
@AmbiePam One of my professional mantras I have always lived by is to praise in public, criticize in private. That's carried over with me to my private life as well.
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@MarieCoyle (49628)
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17 Aug
@moffittjc
Once again, you are surprising me, and I shouldn't be surprised. When I was doing restaurant inspections, etc. and such, I made that MY mantra. Praise in public, criticize in private. It's best that way, no one wants to be belittled in public. Thanks for this, brother from another mother. 

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@snowy22315 (197430)
• United States
15 Aug
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 (53500)
• United States
15 Aug
I don’t like liars. Is it someone you can disassociate with ?
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@JudyEv (364049)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Aug
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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@sw8sincere (6041)
• Philippines
16 Aug
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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@GardenGerty (166045)
• United States
16 Aug
I ignore them, and if possible avoid them. With some people everyone knows they lie.
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@allknowing (154217)
• India
16 Aug
If it affects me I will surely set matters right
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@DaddyEvil (160026)
• United States
15 Aug
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 (123589)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Aug
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 (89806)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Aug
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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@1creekgirl (44136)
• United States
16 Aug
It's hard to know exactly what to do!
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@celticeagle (180522)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Aug
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.
@thislittlepennyearns (65844)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
15 Aug
I want the tea! Lol whats happening.
@MarieCoyle (49628)
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16 Aug
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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