Liar?????

@easy888 (10405)
Australia
March 10, 2007 11:56pm CST
We always have to face different kinds of person everyday, so it is important to know who is telling he truth ands who is no. So do you have any ways to tell one is a liar? What are the characterisitic of a liar? What are the body labguages when someone is lying?? Please tell me so that i will not be cheated so easily..lol.
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@wrdsofwisdm (1069)
• United States
11 Mar 07
If he's a good liar, you'll have to really pay attention to his voice, his mannerisms, and keep track of the consistency of what he says. When you notice changes in these areas, keep a mental note of them. Once you have that down, you will be able to catch him when he's off guard. Even professional liars mess up. I only know this because I have met many, lol. Another way to do this is to ask him specific questions, remember what his answers are, and bring up one of those topics later on. See if he is consistent. You can really catch lies when you ask them the same question after they've had a few drinks. That's when they are more vulnerable.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
11 Mar 07
True, let the professional liars slip upi when they are off guard..lol.
• United States
11 Mar 07
I learned from experience that when a person is lying, that person can't look at you straight in the eye, or keeps on looking at someone else or somewhere else. Another is if you would look into the eye, you would notice that the pupils are dilating (this is actually the basis of other investigators in detecting who's lying among the suspects), although this would be very difficult for someone who's not so trained at this. Another thing is being fidgety with the fingers. A body language that could also be suspected as lying would be crossing the arms infront while talking because this is believed as if the person is trying to protect himself so he's not revealing anything. Well, I know there are many more but so far, these are the only things I know. The problem is, persistent/professional liars must know about these things already, so it's best to not just trust anybody right on. Try to know the person better. Good day!
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
12 Mar 07
If someone really want to cheat me ,and they are ''expert' they will try to do everything to befuddle me and i will be deceived anyway.....
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@mansha (6298)
• India
12 Mar 07
I am one of the gullible ones who get taken in by liars very smoothly, so can not exactly spot a lie but yes I try and look in the eyes of the person, sometimes if the eyes are averted and if they are moving their hands constantly, I try and find out if they are lying. I rely on my hubby to jusdge them before I trust them. Callme emotional fool but I do get carried away quite easily. Infact without my hubby I would be totally lost,lol.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
14 Mar 07
that is good,,you can reoly on your hubby,, i cannot..lol.
@crosa125 (1483)
11 Mar 07
i wish i could tell you but,i try to stay awy from them after i find it out they were laying,but it all depends how big the lie is,most my friends they lie and still we are friends,when i tell them hey have you forgoten,you said it like this or like that,and they don't even get embaress for it ,and maybe it's me being foreigner
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
12 Mar 07
it is acceptable if it is a 'small' lie which os not harmful at all..
• Canada
12 Mar 07
This is an easy one to answer... usually a liar subconsciously tends to hide with their body. Or they look in a different direction (normally downward), smirks/ smiles, changes the subject. They might also snap at you with guilt. It's like slapping a dog, if you slap your their immediate response it to snap and bite you, the same goes for a person filled with guilt. Or they will freeze in position somewhat feeling like they have been cemented to the floor. Does this help? I'm a psych major, that's how I know this stuff. Test it out, I'm sure you'll find it very useful.
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
12 Mar 07
thx for your opionion . you must be a good pyschologist then..lol..i do notice it sometimes when people lie.
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• Canada
12 Mar 07
Not quite... but, close enough!
@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
11 Mar 07
yes i sure do i think a person that is not telling the truth has a certain pattren of movements when he lies and if you look for it you will find it and now that he is not telling the truth each times it happens try and looking at his usual mimics and the mimics when he is not telling the truth..i am sure you will learn to notice this:)
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
12 Mar 07
if i know someone,,i can still notice the difference when they lie, if it is a stranger, it is hard for me to tell sometimes, may be people like to lie to me..lol.
@gsnarayanan (1704)
• India
12 Mar 07
The liers are always caught when they are relaxed. Because liers spend more energy to always remember what they told in earlier conversation and can not repeat the sequence. So one canlocate a lier when he is in relaxed mood.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
14 Mar 07
true ,just wait for the liars to slip up when they are relaxed.
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
12 Mar 07
I find it very difficult to tell if someone is lying or not as some people are very good liars. You would probably have to know something about the person or their habits to be able to tell if they were lying to you. I have heard that if they talk to you and roll their eyes, that usually is a sign they might be lying. Sometimes people are pretty obvious liars but others can really pull a fast one on a person. I hate liars and try to avoid them if possible. That is good that you are being cautious and hope you never get hurt or lied to. You can probably look at their hands too and see if their hands shake while talking to you.
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
12 Mar 07
I tried to stay away from the liars but they just like to stick with me...
@brian01 (20)
• Canada
11 Mar 07
Frist off I want to tell you that you are beautiful! ok how to tell a liar is when they look left they are thinking of a lie. When they look right they are remembering the truth. When the story is to good to be true it usualy is. cause I have been lied to cheated on and I always get the truth and you need to read the body lanugue (not the best at spelling) . Cause a beautiful woman like you should not be cheated.
• Philippines
12 Mar 07
liars tend to avoid eye to eye contact, they are jittery and they speak jargons to confuse you. liars also tend to repeat what lies they are saying to you to emphasize a point. just observe the eyes, and you can tell that he/she is lying....
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@lvap0628 (731)
• Philippines
12 Mar 07
I always look into the eyes of the person i'm talking too. If they don't quite meet your eyes or they blink repeatedly then he may not be telling the truth. Some are fidgety. If the lie is not too big a deal, i let it slide.
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@bobby28 (190)
• Nigeria
12 Mar 07
its not that easy to tell who is a liar,because most people are very good in the act expectially when they look like angels and have no facial expressions,its really difficult to tell,l guess the best advice is to follow your instincts.
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@theddy (31)
• Philippines
12 Mar 07
this for you easy888... the nine months pregnant pause (pauses) liars hazve longer pauses, shorter answers and longer time between a question and a response than someone who is merely nervous. it makes sense that liars need time to create the lie; recalling the truth takes less time. however, this is not a cue you should take in isolation. you might also check to see where their eyes go after you ask the question. people tend to "look up to the right" to visualize or create a new response or "down to the right" to create the sounds of a new response. spot a liar by listening for pauses and right eye movement. this is just one example on how to spot a liar... i'll post the next tip after you've proven this worked. but i assure you, this works! i really thought it takes one to know one... lols.. just kidding chika! =)
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13 Mar 07
hi.. always have a eye contact with each and every person so it will help you in finding the liar's, it is quite difficult for the first time but once u practised it will be easy to identified the liars
• India
11 Mar 07
Ofcoursly.... it is little bit tougher work but not so complex as u think.Aperson who tells lie...just take attention on his body lenguage, gesture and posture.He will be thinking somthing else and will be explaining somthing other...i mean threr will be lack of co-ordination between his body language and facial expression. SO PLEASE BEWARE OF LIAR beacause he may play with ur centiments and also may try to make foolish u.
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@adidas7878 (1891)
• United States
11 Mar 07
it is hard to tell if the person is lying or not i guess one way to tell is if they are nervous or not, sometime they are hard to come up with words, but not always truth, so you can always go back to the question or whatever it was later to trick them see if they give you the same answer or not i guess that is one of the way i am not an expert sorry.
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@hottie0728 (1732)
• United States
11 Mar 07
Distinguishing a liar is a very difficult thing to do. However, I have been a victims of lies and the so called "whie lies" I hate it and it hurts me so much. I think you can tell is the person is lying by looking through their eyes, tones of the voice during comfrontation and sudden sweetness because he might've done something wrong or lied. I discovered a lie trusting my intuition and it really works. In a relationship when you feel something's wrong or when in doubt...follow on what your intution says. As a woman, we are good in our instincts. But don't be too much leading you to be a paranoid.
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• United States
11 Mar 07
I agree with you, there are way too many people right now who are just simply not truthful or righteous in their ways. I think one big thing to tell the difference between a liar and an honest person is just by studying them closely. Take close look at their actions because many of their previous actions may prompt them to lie or to be untruthful. Another way is to just simply use your intuition. When you get the feeling that something is not right or something is puzzling you, then perhaps your instincts are right. When someone is telling a lie, you can tell by their body language unless they are a practiced liar. If you take a close look at their eyes, most likely they won't make eye contact with you when they're lying. Peek a little closer and you'll notice that the person is also quite fidgety and not "normal". Also, you can sense a sort of tension just radiating from their body, a tension caused by nervousness that perhaps they might be "found out." A characteristic of a liar in a particular situation is that the person lying feels almost/absolutely no guilt when lying. So when you notice that the person reacting to a situation seems totally nonchalant or doesn't seem to care, it is possible that whatever she/he says next may be a lie (especially in a situation where the liar did something bad and lies to cover it up.) I think the best thing to keep in mind before being cheated easily is to simply use your intuition and instincts.
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• Canada
11 Mar 07
You can usually tell if someone is lying by their face expressions. There isnt much body language involve. I dont really think there are ways to tell liars from honest people. You just have to hope your not being cheated.
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• United States
11 Mar 07
It is not always easy to tell when someone is lying to you. Some people can lie about everything and get away with it. I was in a relationship for nearly two years with someone I loved and trusted. Recently it came out that he's a pathological liar. I'm left wonder what if anything he said was true?
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