Are you dishonest?

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I saw it a few times and thought it was odd, because anyone decent at lying would know those cues and avoid them. We had a creative writing teacher do something similar; she read a list of lying tells, then had us write stories that could be true or false, read them to the class, and everyone else would guess whether they were real or not. I misidentifed a few people, but everyone else got them all right. Except for mine; I lied, and every person but one (who knew what I wasn't afraid of and so knew my story was fake) said I was telling the truth. Whether that was because I look like I'm lying all the time or because I just knew better than to use the tells that the teacher had talked about thirty minutes ago is debatable, but there it is.

I don't understand... are you mocking me?

Ergh.. caught myself raising my hand when admitting to reading a H.W. piece for an art class.. whoops. but then he said who "honestly" read it and then I put my hand down. X D

Let's see..

I have stolen things when I lost/misplaced/haven't brought my own tools/utensils to get the job done and haven't apologized.
I have promised to go places with people but have never kept them.
I say to my mother consistently " I will get those chores done in a minute " or have lied a few times when she asked "are you doing your homework? "
I have cheated on homework just to pass a class.
I have once door-dinged a car (took off hole-punched sized paint) because the wind hit it and I was unprepared for such an event to take place that I didn't put my digits on his car and did a hit and run basically.
I have lied about having a facebook to avoid people from asking if they could friend me.
I have gossiped about people because I'm obsessed with getting the facts/information straight or out.

-.- Do I seem like an honest person to you?

I am very honest so its quite rare for me to lie to other people.

I am a very honest person as well. When asked what I am doing, I would tell that person the truth, and give them the whole details. I don't really lie a lot, but if I do, I would feel guilty, and I would come out with the truth later.

I'm pretty honest, but I will lie on occasion (usually to avoid/get out of an embarrassing or stressful situation. I'm a pretty transparent liar, though.

I wouldn't call myself an honest Aspie. I am generally honest, but can be dishonest when I want to be, like most people.

Yesterday I got caught out. I was at work, and an inspector type of person walked up to me and asked me some questions. I answered truthfully, but then she asked me, ''are you aware of the [couldn't remember what the rest of it was]...?'' I said, ''yes'', but then she said, ''that wasn't a true question, just testing you.'' I WISH I had just been honest when she asked that, by asking, ''pardon?'' then after the question being repeated then thinking about it then saying, ''no, what's that then?'' I felt a liar after that.

I often lie out of self-consciousness or shame. I don't admit things and try to cover them up. I lie about what my true feelings and motivations are because my real thoughts make me feel like scum. I lie a lot just because of that.

I'm as capable of dishonesty as anyone else, however I have a strict internal code that I try to keep to; no lying under any circumstances (white lies to spare peoples' feelings exempt). Most of the time it works, but on the occasions it doesn't I definitely get mad at myself.

I lie quite a lot, mostly to avoid embarrassment, and although I'm good at lying I hate doing so.

Apparently people use fewer personal pronouns, add unnecessary details, stumble over their sentences and make either less or more eye contact than usual when they're lying. But I normally do this... except when I'm lying.