posted July 14, 2003 02:30 PM            

For myself, I try to be as honest as possible or just not comment. There are times when I stretch the truth (A sag exagerate a bit? LOL) but I try not to lie and yet, it still happens.

posted July 14, 2003 02:38 PM              

(Sucha Pisces, sucha Pisces.)

posted July 14, 2003 02:52 PM            

I lie mostly by omitting something or just no commenting. I will also tell a few tales (stretch the story) to make it more humerous, but not to make myself look better or someone to look worse.

posted July 14, 2003 03:02 PM              

This is a deep question to ask and involves many things. There are all kinds of lies and asking which of the three horoscope signs you listed is more inclined to, does not give whole groups of Sun Signs justice.

In any case, I myself would be lying if I said which is more inclined to lie because that would be making up a story, upon another layer of story on the basis of Sun Signs.

Do you think YOU are being lied to?

Because if you think so, and have no basis for that train of thought---this is also a lie we create for ourselves.

posted July 14, 2003 03:03 PM              

Now, I use to go out with a Pisces who turned out to be a compulsive liar. But his lies were just to make himself seem like he was going somewhere in life, when really, he couldn't even keep a job for longer than a month. He kept getting fired. His side of the story was always bull-shi* anyway, so I have no idea what the real stories were (about why he was fired)

I also knew a Virgo that lied alot, or more like exagerated alot. He'd say "I told you that 6 times. Why can't you remember it?"
When he never did tell me at all, or if so, only once. Or he'd lied to make a point, like he'd say "I KNOW for a fact that so-and-so did that, because I saw him do it before". He was always so sure that he was right about people being less than honerable, that he would lie to support his opinion about them, and to convince others to feel the same way about that person. He did that ALOT.

My mom, the Saggie was good at making up b.s. stories to work the system, or to get days off from work, or to get people to do things for her.

My Gemini sister has a way of twisting up facts to make things seem more exiting than they really are, or to get two people mad at each other so she could sit back and be entertained. She's growing out of that, thank God!

Hmmm. I'm seeing a trend. The mutables seem to be the "story tellers" in my experience. But not for malicious reasons, like to steal or to get someone into bed or anything like that. Just for basically harmless reasons. (except the Virgo. He just wasn't very nice sometimes, turning people against someone who HE didn't like)

posted July 14, 2003 03:38 PM              

I lie if someone asks a direct question into which they keep persisting that I answer.

Or... I do have a habit of not telling everything that pertains to a certain topic. Which gets pinned as being a lie... yet, think about it... I couldn't have possibly lied if I never volunteered the informatin in the first place! Ahhh... point made.

Or if someone is really annoying me and won't stop... Example: I just hate this new haircut... it just looks horrible... don't you think it looks bad?

Me: No. It looks alright.

NOTE: I DIDN'T say that it looked "good"

See... it's all a matter of reading between the lines

posted July 14, 2003 03:44 PM              

If i lie it's because I feel threatened, usually a preservative measure that never works, usually I dont see the point in lying because if people dont know the full story how can you expect them to react rationally or predictably in any manner?

The mind is great at filling in gaps in information, so usually lying would consist of supplying "dummy" information to fool a mind.

I suppose the circumstances involved determine weather its ok to lie or not, but the worst kind of lie is one you tell yourself, because you can start living it.

posted July 14, 2003 03:44 PM              

I posted a question about this a few months ago and got some really interesting information:
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000771.html

posted July 14, 2003 07:05 PM              

Actually I'm known for being untactful and indiscreet amongst my friends for always, "telling it how it is"

The times I catch myself lying are the times when I'm trying to spare someone's feelings... I would honestly say that is the only time I lie...

posted July 14, 2003 11:47 PM              

Lost Leo- Typical Leo pointing the finger and then lying about lying! J/K

Everyone lies, it's human nature. Why do you think a dog is "wo/man's best friend?"