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I think I'm a pathological liar

Everyone likes an entertaining story, it's no biggie ; )

A mythical one here in town was a about a local guy who walked his horse in massively deep snow and tied it outside his house to the remaining peak of a lampost, anyway, overnight there was a massive thaw and when he woke up the next morning, he looked out of his window and the poor horse was hung.

The best lately happened to my brother, he went to a local pub with his girlfriend and went up to the bar to get drinks. He met an old fella there whom started telling him about his hard life and the misfortune that he was completely blind. He asked my bro if he could spare him a drink, which he bought him, no problem. As bro turned back around to give him the beer, he caught the guy looking at his girlfriends a$$ : )

haha, that's funny.
 
It's cheeky :D

Fair play he had some front, if my brothers girlfriends posterior wasn't so.......formed shall we say, he might have gotten away with it. I do like characters like that on that level, there are a good few in this town, harmless chancers that keep you on your toes, it's good practice. :)

Maybe he should try this out once a week. To get the lying out of his system. Good way to pick up chicks.
 
Thanks for all the help guys. Sorry I've been mia, had some time away from the internet.

Usually I would say " I'm going to go see a Prof tommorrow" but that would be a lie.
Time to call up my therapist and see if we can't work something out.

The idea of a novel has me intrigued, but I don't enjoy writing very much. I'd rather play music. :bassist:

After analyzing what I say, most is it aren't lies, just stuff that I've heard about from other people. Ill just make it sound like it happened to me. I can also spit out exactly what somebody before me said, but in a fresh and new way.

On the plus side to all of this, I can bs with the best of them, and I do make good stories.

Telling g you guys didnt take that much guts actually. I'm not well known on here as I read more than I post, so I'm really anonymous on here. The only guy who knows who I am in real life would be the two guys I bought basses from.

Any more suggestions for outlets?

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I end up making stories about everything based off stories I've heard. Like if you ask me about a certain bass, I might be inclined to say I played it and liked it, when I've never even seen one in person, I've only heard about it. But I do lie a lot. :(

I think the only time I'm truthful is when I try to sell stuff. I can't stand to lie to someone to get their money.

Help me.



Um, QUIT IT!
 
Seriously, it sounds to me like you have a lot of creativity, and you express it in the first person. Have you considered writing stories as an outlet? You could take things you've heard and seen, inject some fantasy and entertain people rather than annoy them. It might alleviate your compulsion to embellish in everyday conversation, and could even lead to a revenue stream.

You could end up writing a screenplay for a Hollywood movie.
 
Seriously, it sounds to me like you have a lot of creativity, and you express it in the first person. Have you considered writing stories as an outlet? You could take things you've heard and seen, inject some fantasy and entertain people rather than annoy them. It might alleviate your compulsion to embellish in everyday conversation, and could even lead to a revenue stream.

You could end up writing a screenplay for a Hollywood movie.

+1 If you have an imaginative quality, consider using it in this way, try it out for size, you might find it a great avenue to who knows where?