Outrageous Liars

barbiedoll

I'd forgotten about this thread until I saw it in the weekly email!

My friend came to lunch at our house last week and she was telling me about one of her work colleagues. He's a nice guy and when his girlfriend dumped him a few months ago, everyone felt very sorry for him. So they were very pleased for him when he came in and told them about the new girl that he had started seeing.

On his FB page, there is a picture of his new girlfriend, along with lots of posts about their dates, a weekend break that they recently took and several pictures of gifts that he has bought for her. My beady-eyed friend noticed that all of the posts were "liked" by the same 3 or 4 people and that his girlfriends posts were written in exactly the same style as his. After a bit of interweb digging, she found the picture of his "girlfriend" which was lifted from the website of an Italian model! There are no pictures of them together (surprisingly enough) and it seems that the "friends" who are liking and commenting on the pictures, are made-up people as well. :eek:

The guy has clearly spent a good deal of time fabricating a whole new social life online, which is kind of sad really. She hasn't got the heart to say anything to him, nor to anyone else, he's a good guy and he's well-liked at work.

Why do people do this sort of stuff?

Lexxi

I've just read through all 10 pages after seeing this in the weekly email. It absolutely fascinates me how people can lie about the most ridiculous of things that have no bearing on anything whatsoever. My life is pretty dull but I still wouldn't want to tell people I'd been in the forces and then keep up the pretence or whatever else. I don't have a great deal of friends but I couldn't bring myself to lie to people that I don't care about, like colleagues or neighbours, I certainly couldn't lie to those that are closest to me!

I have just been thinking about the things the man I married said to me, I think this thread has given me some weird closure. Most of it I don't know if it's true but plenty of it I did wonder about, I guess I felt a bit sorry for him and thought if he needed to say that to make himself feel better who was I to judge, I should have pulled him up on it. Or ran in the opposite direction.

Was in the army, served in Northern Ireland, denied this a few years later. Had twins, with the love of his life, one still born, the other very ill, which later died, over heard him telling a friend this. Never mentioned the woman or the babies ever again, denied years later. Can't go back to Turkey, but the other side of the island was ok to go to. Had to have a serious operation due to an artery blockage, no scars. Attacked someone and stole their money to get home from abroad but had to work in london because he couldn't get to the north. Had Christmas lunch with two celebrities, they invited him because he couldn't get home for christmas. Knew the Krays/their associates has a tattoo from the time knowing them. Says he knows the big gangsters around here, they all know him and have huge respect for him and look out for him. Trained in martial arts and was so good could have studied abroad.
Every time he wrote his cv out the jobs, dates and qualifications would change, he didn't care what lies he told as long as he looked good.

He told me his friend was playing in a band that used to be big in the 80s I think and we should go to the gig, I didn't actually believe him until the guy in the band acknowledged him!
He was an apprentice under my granddad who said his mouth runs away with itself, but I know from the dates he worked with my granddad the things he has said don't add up.

We also have a guy at work we have a book on as his lies are that entertaining

Justamum

Lexxi wrote: »

I don't have a great deal of friends but I couldn't bring myself to lie to people that I don't care about, like colleagues or neighbours, I certainly couldn't lie to those that are closest to me!

I couldn't lie either - apart from the fact that it's just not right, it's also because I'm too lazy to! You have to remember what lies you told and to who and that would take far too much effort :rotfl:

Lexxi wrote: »

Can't go back to Turkey, but the other side of the island was ok to go to.

Except Turkey isn't an island. Maybe he was thinking of Cyprus and just got confused with his lies.

The story about the band member which turned out to be true - that's the problem with liars, they tell so many porkies that it's impossible to know when they are telling the truth. A bit like the boy who cried wolf.

sassyblue

barbiedoll wrote: »

I'd forgotten about this thread until I saw it in the weekly email!

Woah, we made the weekly email?!

BigMummaF

Me muvva & I make up names for some of the regular people we come across, like the woman who lives in No42 is Fabricating Freda who used to hang around with Bow-legged Bertha from Brum kinda thing. It had always served two purposes; a) we don't know their real names but more importantly, b) we can talk freely in front of The Offspring because they haven't a clue about who we mean...usually

One chap reminded me of a character I'd seen on a TV programme--I must have been the only one to watch because no-one else recalls this particular 'person' --so, we nicknamed the real fella-me-lad as this character.

Things were fine for a couple of years; we'd exchange pleasantries as you do, until one evening No1 Offspring goes marching up to this guy & addresses him with the ruddy nickname :eek: Wishing the ground to open up was a bit further down my 'To Do' list that night, as I had to explain why we called him that but nobody else did.

Kids! Why do they only remember the things you wish you hadn't told them :rotfl:

YoungBusinessman

The simple lie that rages me most is when its about money. No need at all.

Thegirl

I have remembered more lies from the guy I lived with. He got a teacher pregnant when he was 13. She had his son. Not according to his mother though. He bought my first car when actually my Dad gave it to me. I was very grateful to Dad but it was an escort worth about £200 so not exactly bigging himself up bragging about buying it for me! He also owned my house. The house I had bought myself at 22....

I worked with another guy who was south african. I never knew how he got hired as this was actually on his cv, he was in special forces in South Africa. now one lists special forces on your cv unless you are applying somewhere where that skill set would be useful, surely? His first day gives a run down of the nightmares, the people he's killed, the missions, you know, the general ice breaker stuff you say upon meeting four women you will be sharing a finance department office space with.
Well, there was at that time (may still be, I haven't checked) an entire website dedicated to unmasking people who claimed to be ex special forces in South Africa, apparently there were A LOT of people who did this. He was reported by me and named and shamed upon their website within two weeks, along with copies of all of the correspondence they had with him telling him to stop lying.
He was a horrid man in many regards, I was very pleased to help unmask him.

Justamum

Thegirl wrote: »

I worked with another guy who was south african. I never knew how he got hired as this was actually on his cv,

He might well have been horrible, but I don't know how being South African should prevent him getting a job.

Bufger

This thread is hilarious!!

I'm shocked at how many people pretend to be in the armed forces, SAS or SBS. A friend of mine is actually in the Regiment and he is the last person in the world that would tell you what he does. As far as anyone else is concerned he's in the military and thats that.

The best one I heard was from a friend who told a group of us that he was in an internet chat room and made friends with Freddy Mercury! I quickly asked him how he knew it was Freddy and he said he wanted to make sure it was the real one so he went on webcam and them both had a good long chat and are now mates on the internet.

After about 30 minutes on this subject and much laughing we started to call my friend Derek Acorah and we still do to this day.

I know someone that can speak to dead popstars, beat that!

sassyblue

Justamum wrote: »

He might well have been horrible, but I don't know how being South African should prevent him getting a job.

Poster doesn't say that, it clearly refers to the following part.

now one lists special forces on your cv unless you are applying somewhere where that skill set would be useful, surely?