I’m going to start by taking some questions from the second fishbowl and answering them. Let’s say your boyfriend see his ex at the store. He tells you a story about how the lady at the cash register was having trouble with the money in the draw. Is it a lie to not tell them that you saw them there? I believe that you aren’t lying to them. Your story had no tie with the lady at the register. Now if you talked to your ex and didn’t tell her that, then it would be a little bit more of a lie. If I had talked to my ex I would tell my girlfriend and let them know just in case. It’s not a lie if it doesn’t have any connection to the story you were trying to tell in the first place.
Is it possible for people to believe the lies they tell are actually true? Well to start off it depends on the persons mental state and how they were raised. If they’re were raised to lie a lot as a child, they could possibly believe that their lies are the truth once they tell them. He can imagine them to become reality in his mind. Once he creates the one lie and believes it, and he gets away he will be more inclined to lie to others because he got away with it.
How does your connection to people affect how you lie to them? Are you more likely to lie to strangers, or lie to keep relationships strong? Well if you lie to a stranger the odds of you seeing them again are very slim so you feel less guilty for lying to them. But when you lie to your partner do you lie to them to protect them from the hurtful truth or to hide something awful or untrustworthy. I believe you are more likely to lie to strangers than your loved one because you want to keep the trust between your partner.
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