[CluckyBear]

I never really talk to or see the outer family much (outer being family that aren't my siblings or parents), but my Uncle had offered for me to work with him after his colleague was fired.

Most people in my family know that my Uncle is quite the story teller, but I didn't think it could have been this bad!

Every day he will tell all sorts of lies such as my parents are outside having a pint (which I looked out and they weren't), that he didn't make my other uncle cry at my mother's party (even though I seen him) and just random little lies and stories here and there.

But it has gotten to the point where I can't tell who is and who isn't playing along with his lies as sometimes he makes it into a 'lets see who is gullible enough to believe this'

A woman that I work with had told me that her parents are from Poland; she said that her mother was exiled and is adopted by an English family.

I literally find it so hard not to believe that my Uncle set her up with this and I'm sitting googling facts to catch her out because it is driving me mad haha.

I feel like my uncle has many other problems that may be causing this, so I didn't really want to risk my job calling him out on his... instability.

How else can I get around this?

[Travelinglady]

CluckyBear, is it really all that important who the woman's parents are? Why would your uncle tell her to lie to you?

Sounds to me like you just need to take what your uncle says with a grain of salt, smiling and moving on, unless it really affects you directly. As your relatives say, he's quite a story teller. If something really concerns you, then you might ask them about it. Okay? Just try to find things to do outside of work and have fun and your own life otherwise. That's what comes to my mind, anyway.

[bunnyhabit]

just consider maybe him doing this to attract attention and not fully in control of his life. talk to him about your personal problems so he can feel reasons to help you and become honest and lovable in you nicely for he