Do all men do this?

moneyistooshorttomention

I've had to try and keep a straight face during the last few days - when a friends boyfriend came out with a (very unlikely indeed) tale of how he once earned his living. I just contented myself with giving him a very sceptical look.

That was followed by another friend of mine suggesting I should tell a lie in the cause of trying to find out more about this awful boyfriend for Friend 1. There was a slight problem there - as I'd find it difficult to tell a lie to save my life and I'll just have to cross my fingers and sit back and hope he "lands himself in it" with all the porkies I hear coming from his mouth (the sooner the better - so she gets to see through him for herself:cool:). I have a theory that women who've had children probably find it easier to tell lies than a childless person like myself (all those white lies I've heard some telling):rotfl:and hence I'm unable to come out with anything suitable to help expose what this boyfriend is like.:(

prosaver

I knew this lad who use to lie and think nothing of it.it was weird ,never understood it..at the end everyone stopped being friends with him. shame really, he was a nice lad:(
funny too

bearcat16

I love telling tall stories, I do it all the time to the amusement of my Mrs. I like to see how outrageous I can make them before people start to break the politeness barrier and call me out on them. I often throw in the odd sea monster or telekinesis experience.

Once I got away with claiming that I had been on board the space shuttle challenger while it was on the launchpad when I was in Florida.

And then there was the time I told a group we had only just met that I was an advisor to John major when he was prime minister

It's just for fun though, and I always come clean afterwards.

jjj1980

Roxie wrote: »

I think you missed my point. It was something seen on tv the night before and there was a long involved story told to his mate. It was the 'tall tale' telling that I was remarking on - this was given as an example of the type of thing.

But hey, never mind, I'll go take a chill pill and try not to start any more boring threads in future

I can understand your point Roxie.


Not long after meeting my ex, I managed to damage the wing mirror on my car. Was sorted within days via a quick trip to a scrappers for a replacement and visit to a local mechanic that swapped it for free.


Late that week to his mates, my ex turned this into a 30 mile round trip he made alone, fixing a minor issue to his car at roadside then talking a main dealer into fixing it for free! Me being the way I am and HATING this sort of thing, called him out on immediately with:


"No you didn't! Replacement was from scrappers and Graham took all of 5 minutes to swap them over and never charges for small bits of work"

Georgiegirl256

No wonder he's your ex jjj1980! I don't like bragging either, but I wouldn't have called him out infront of his mates.

paddy's_mum

The first rule of story telling - always leave a story better than you found it!

Peter333

burlington6 wrote: »

That's a pretty normal DIY tactic.

Surely he'd come up with a better tale than '' I used a plastic bottle as a funnel''

Think you need to calm down a bit OP. Starting a thread about such a normal, boring story your husband told

Bit rude! Hit a raw nerve did she?

Roxie wrote: »

I think you missed my point. It was something seen on tv the night before and there was a long involved story told to his mate. It was the 'tall tale' telling that I was remarking on - this was given as an example of the type of thing.

But hey, never mind, I'll go take a chill pill and try not to start any more boring threads in future

Don't take any notice Roxie. You post what you like. If people don't like it, they don't need to read your threads!

Maybe Burlington6 can start a thread that's a lot more enthralling and exciting, seeing as how he seems to think YOUR thread is boring!

mintymoneysaver

My ex husband used to tell the most ridiculous lies. Really stupid things. I think he even convinced himself they were true sometimes. Things like attending a World Cup match that he definitely never went to (he did go to one, but came home and told me all about the other one. His nephew, who he went with, looked totally blank when I mentioned it) Telling people in work he'd pulled out of the pension scheme when he hadn't, even now his facebook status says he went to a particular University when he's never been at all.
And then he actually thought he was going to get away with all the lies he told me...

duchy

My Mum got herself into a pickle with her walking group when she and my Dad were courting.

There was a very chatty , not very bright woman in the group.
One day she asked my Mum what she did for a living - Mum thought it would be funny to tell her she was a policewoman (there was a lot of banter going on and it was clear she was joking) .....for months afterwards this girl kept asking her if she was working on any interesting cases Mum used to squirm as there was no way she could admit it was a joke (as the girl hadn't got the joke at the time) without making this girl feel bad so had to say it was a sensitive case and she couldn't talk about it.


Travelling on a plane I mentioned to my seatmate (a stranger who was chatty) that a well known singer was on the same flight (I'd seen him boarding) she told me he was horrible and stuck up - I replied Id met him before and he'd seemed very nice and friendly (I didn't mention I'd met him several times) she sneered and said "I don't believe you-He's really famous" I shrugged and picked up my book and went back to reading. Her face when he stopped me in the baggage hall for a chat calling me by name was an absolute picture

I used to handle travel for various famous people. I tended not to talk about it in company as people tended not to believe me and it really wasn't that interesting anyway.