Do You Lie?

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I lie but it's usually only to save myself from doing something I don't want to do or save me from my parents unnecessarily punishing me for things I don't agree with. It makes me feel rotten when they make have to lie to them when they could just not care soooooo much though

I keep secrets
I sometimes deny things
I sometimes halfway tell the truth or speak in riddles
I sometimes exaggerate things or make things up

In a way I lie, and i will admit that i see the importance of it because i have used this "forbidden" social skill to protect people or myself from getting in trouble or I just say things to get a reaction from people or to hear what they say and I hardly ever feel guilty for it.

I have a fear of people not believing that I'm telling the truth. I've been accused of lying a lot as a kid because of the way I explained things was different, my perspective was different, I acted acted weird when i was confronted due to my AS & nervousness, & because I had a history of being a trouble maker & other things due to my AS. However I can be a good liar at times. I think I started lying because I sometimes assumed people wouldn't believe me when anyways & I got away with it sometimes because the lies were very believable(maybe more so than the truth sometimes) & I was prepared before I was confronted so I wasn't as nervous or awkward. I don't lie unless I have a real good reason to or when it's a white lie like when someone ask how I'm feeling & I say fine even thou I'm upset because I don't want to talk about it or burden them with details. I also HATE lying in relationships

i lie. all. the. time. i need to to survive and have a life generally. i have a whole life that my folks would disapprove of(to put it mildly i'd be a hobo if they found out). it's a bit weird though because it's so reflexive and pervaisive it feels like i've divided myself up so there is the real me and the shell that hangs around when i'm not being her. even before that though i was never open about things. i stopped telling my parents things when i was little because they'd either yell at me or make fun of me for it or because, when i was being picked on, they'd threaten to come down and talk to the teachers which would make things worse.

I'll exaggerate the situation greatly sometimes, but there's usually truth to it. I told some friends of mine however one time that my great grandmother wanted to try marijuana when infact she said nothing of the sort, but more so supported it for medicinal use. I'm not sure why I said that - I think it was to invoke a reaction from a rather tiresome group of people I frequently see.

I forget what philosopher said this but you should never lie because you'll never know the real outcome of the situation and your actions.

After you start lying you have to continue a facade. You're basically writing a story from thin air, on the spot. Which is something I'm not good at.

Not really...

I identify with salemzarves
Lies of omission, obfuscation, or exaggeration are at least workable.

I fall flat on my face when attempting a full on lie though.
e.g.- an acquaintance recommended me for a job, but he wanted me to lie about my current wage in order to get the owner to pay what I demanded. I foolishly agreed to this arrangement but found myself unable to go through with the lie during my interview. The acquaintance mocked me afterward "I cannot tell a lie." I think I was supposed to feel bad about that failure.
I didn't get the job. It seems ironic that my "friend" was seen as better suited for management than myself, but unfortunately I think he was/is.

Yes, sadly my entire social life is a lie, it seems that all my friends are my friends due to lies. but I regret nothing social interactions are very complex and sometimes being you're self is not good enough.

i lie rarely and with good reason.

I have lied before, but I hate hate HATE doing it. I've felt like I was going to vomit or faint before when telling a lie, and people say I'm very bad at it. I think I could be good at it if I wanted; I'm very good at making up a story/lying when it's for a surprise or something similar (situations when I get to "take back" my lie later).

Does anyone else have people think that you're lying when you're telling the truth?

Because people get a sense that I am too nice to lie, they believe what I say. My lies are mostly white lies. The type of lie that would be insignificant in the long run.

I am a better liar than given credit for. Sometimes I do a bad job lying but people are somewhat disturbed by it because I know that they know that I am lying and yet I keep going through it. It's like they respect me being fearless enough to do it.