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Originally Posted by Innerzone
I'm not a liar at all, and never have been. Outside, of course, of the white lies sorts... you know, saying, "oh, yes, that's very nice", when in fact I don't think so and those of being evasive of how bad things really are. But I never make stuff up. It never even occurs to me to do so. Beside is just being my personality, I think there are a couple of factors that are re-inforcing... I have a big (verging on paranoid) fear of "getting in trouble". It's not unusual for me to fear it even if I haven't done anything wrong. (Thank you, childhood.). Also, I have a hard enough time keeping reality straight, and could never possibly keep "stories" straight.
I'm freakishly trustworthy. Sometimes, I have trouble in the "real world" because I don't "get it". The games, the deceptions. I have to really work at following, say, a story of palace intrigue.
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You could have been describing me with this! I'm brutally honest, though I've learned a little tact over the years, including when to keep my big mouth shut (most of the time, anyway, when I'm not hypomanic...)
I used to try to get away with lying when I was a kid, but my mom always saw through it, and I learned pretty quick that it was much easier just to be straight-up about things. I also can't keep lies straight in my head - oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive - it's so true!
I'm so bad at making up falsehoods that I literally can't write fiction if I try.
