How long do you let someone think they fooled you?

@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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@NJChicaa (124307)
• United States
23h
I don't deal with liars. I have no patience for them. I let them know that I know and then they are done. Its been the same way here with a member. Go find someone else. . .
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@AmbiePam (101697)
• United States
23h
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@NJChicaa (124307)
• United States
17h
@AmbiePam I think the same member here you've dealt with
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@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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@AmbiePam (101697)
• United States
16h
It’s eye brow raising at times.
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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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@AmbiePam (101697)
• United States
23h
I tend to ignore.
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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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@AmbiePam (101697)
• United States
15 Aug
Yes, although I’ll still “see” them I don’t have to talk to them.
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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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@AmbiePam (101697)
• United States
22h
In private is a good rule to have.
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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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@LadyDuck (481739)
• Italy
14h
I usually confront them immediately, but it happens that I wait and plan a prank to show them how stupid they were to lie to me.
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@AmbiePam (101697)
• United States
12h
I love it, Anna!
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@LadyDuck (481739)
• Italy
12h
@AmbiePam - My niece lied a few times when she did not want to go to school, it was amusing to get her red hands.
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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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@AmbiePam (101697)
• United States
22h
Oh, I know what you mean.
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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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@1creekgirl (44016)
• United States
3h
It's hard to know exactly what to do!
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• United States
1h
I call them out in it immediately
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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.
@AmbiePam (101697)
• United States
3h
They’ve never been in my circle.
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@celticeagle (178436)
• Boise, Idaho
2h
@AmbiePam ........Nor mine.
@Jenaisle (16205)
• Philippines
18h
If it affects only me, I will just allow him/her to be caught in his/her own trap. However, if other people are affected, I would step in and have a tête-à-tête with the person.
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@sjvg1976 (42185)
• Delhi, India
16h
Till I don't get harmed with the lies of that person or when the person realises that he/she was wrong.
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@Dena91 (17019)
• United States
16h
I will usually ask questions to see if they can remember their lie(s) Once they figured out I caught them, they pretty much leave me alone.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21h
I want the tea! Lol whats happening.
@MarieCoyle (47267)
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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