Comments on: What Do My Readers Lie About?

By: PixelFish

PixelFish — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:36:50 +0000

Hah. Malcolm is right. I was a goody two shoes. I was the most anal, rules following child evar. I think the common parlance is “prig”. (At least until I hit age 21 or 22.)

I haven’t lied about my weight. But then I am still in what I regard as the understandably over zone. I just kinda shrug it off or deprecatingly laugh about it. (I used to be a total stick and then got a regular paycheque, and indulged a ferocious ice cream float habit.)

By: Cristina

Cristina — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:42:30 +0000

Ok, I confess! Recently I’ve been guilty of 1, 2 and 3.

On 1, I lied to prevent getting busted, not because they actually caught me.
Of 2, well that wasn’t so much a lie as a reassurance to my friend.
About 3, I said I had been sick to get a deadline extended. And I had actually been sick… 2 weeks before.

I too agree that my most common lie is when I answer “How are you?” I have found that most people ask that out of politeness rather than actual interest on how you are.

I just realized that while writing this, I actually sought some kind of justification for my lying. I mean, when I thought back on the lies I’ve said, I tried to think of good excuses for them. So I think I just lied to myself!
O.o

By: Justine

Justine — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:10:03 +0000

Diana: That dress totally proves my point about yellow especially on white people. She looks totally sallow. Hate it.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:07:38 +0000

Re: above: I tend to say yes when asked “are you OK” even if I’m all-out bawling and therefore clearly not OK.

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:53:13 +0000

“How are you?” is the #1 thing I lie about. I habitually say “fine” or “good” even if I’m far from it.

By: Malcolm Tredinnick

Malcolm Tredinnick — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:49:43 +0000

Yesterday’s comments suggested that people lie about the top five things they lie about. Either that, or you’ve got the most goody two-shoes audience in blogging history.

By: Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:57:36 +0000

Height seems odd to me. Can’t people see how short or tall you are? Is it a gender thing? Short guys lie about being taller and tall chicks lie about being shorter? Since I’m a smidge shorter than average, maybe that’s why I never felt a need to lie or even fudge.

I don’t know that there’s much call to lie about my weight either. A doctor’s going to know. And if it’s ever a matter of safety, ie, bungee jumping, I’m not going to lie. And in other situations, it’s not something that you’re really expected to give out precise numbers for.

But maybe this is all because I don’t post on dating sites?

By: Lauren McLaughlin

Lauren McLaughlin — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:59:02 +0000

What about the lie that you’re really interested in what the other person is saying when all you want is for them to shut up already. I think everyone commits that lie, and usually if you watch the movements of their eyes you can tell the exact moment when they’re doing it.

By: Sir Tessa

Sir Tessa — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:50:23 +0000

“So, how are you?”

By: Diana Peterfreund

Diana Peterfreund — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:30:38 +0000

Do you like yellow when it’s this?

http://manybellsdown.files.wordpress.com/2006/03/williams.jpg

Because that’s 30s-tastic. I didn’t think I liked yellow, either, and then I saw that.

Ironically, the main character of my last series, her favorite color was yellow. They even put her in yellow on one cover.

By: Julia Rios

Julia Rios — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:48:42 +0000

Yes to the first three. No the the last two.