Dating a pathological liar.

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Pastore

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I hate to say it... But both of these lies included her getting away from you for a certain amount of time right?? You said that "Eric" was coming down to see her everyday, and her "Surgery" took about 3 hours...

Do you think that these may have been excuses to get alone with another person? If you know what I mean...
 

Rent

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What I'd do - I would try and back her into a corner about one of her lies and see what she comes up with. Use it as justification to break off the relationship.

What you probably should do - Slowly break it off.

I hate breaking a relationship off slowly. Sometimes it feels more painful than just getting it over with. Just me tho :Q
 

gunf1ghter

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She is a PSYCHO.

I dated a girl who was also a pathological liar. She might be doing it for a number of reasons, from not wanting to get any closer to you, to covering up something she doesn't want you to know about it. But honestly, if she lies about all that stuff she is a PSYCHO.
 

Daniel

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Yeah you definately need to get out of there, the utter fact that you have that many doubts about everything alone is enough of a issue to not be in that relationship.
 

Thegonagle

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Tell her she is dumped. When she calls you to lie some more, you tell her point blank that you just don't care what she has to say because you don't believe her anyway. Hang up the phone, and don't answer if she's on the caller ID. If she gets through, tell her you don't want to talk to her, and hang up. Get a new job if you have to in order to break off all contact, but she probably will quit soon anyway, and move on to a new place with new people who won't know her past.

What I'm saying is run fast and run far. Don't give her any more ammo. The less you say, the better. Ignore her and any attempts of hers to "get back" at you, like new boyfriends, etc. (real or made up).

Sit back and do nothing more than pity her for the sad pathetic person she is.

Good luck :)

P.S. I hope you don't have a nice car or expensive tires, because she is not well, and she may try to make things ugly.
 

LadyNiniane

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Have to agree with most of the others here - get out now while you can. If pressed for an explanation, tell her that you feel uncomfortable with the relationship and do not wish to continue it.

Pathological lying is a mental disorder, one which sometimes (but not always) is an indicator of other, potentially more serious problems. Confronting her is probably not worth the pain, unless you have a degree in counseling or clinical psychology (and then it still probably isn't worth it).

Lady Niniane
 

tim0thy

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she's really wacked out.

drop her like a piece of doodie. do it slowly.

don't get physically harmed in the process. good luck.

 

Namuna

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Let's see if we can't project and see what'll happen in either of your options...

You confront her:
She's a pathological liar; good or bad, she'll have an answer to EVERYTHING you try to tag on her. You will continue to be frustrated and dumbfounded.

You drop her like a sack of Cornnuts:
And I mean all of sudden! Don't call her, don't see her...NOTHING. And when she starts calling you to find out the deal, you just say you don't deal with liars and hang up. Yeah, you'll wonder about her...But once you find a new girl (which won't be long), she'll just be an interesting story to tell people.