Posted by trouble on March 23, 2002, at 15:29:26
In reply to Re: Lying Rach, posted by KB on March 23, 2002, at 9:30:14
Why do compulsive liars lie? I know people who say they have cancer when they don't, that their brother died in Vietnam when he was never there, that their cat was pregnant when it wasn't, that they lived in Arizona for a year when they didn't, that they once owned a Dodge Dart and had a pair of red high heels, and had to get a wart removed when they were nine, met Regis Philbin, and the mail didn't come today, and they had a capuccino maker, and read the Great Gatsby when they were in college but they never went to college, and simply (hah!) simply none of it was true, none of it seemed to be a cry for admiration (a Dodge Dart?! Regis Philbin?) and y'know, I'm pretty tolerant and patient, but when I meet this unusual life form I just can't connect and tend to drift away. Any cues out there as to what's motivating these perplexers?
All I can come up with is imagination run amok with no other outlet, but it damages relationships so there must be more to it.Ponderingly,
trouble
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