“Lying happens for a whole variety of reasons. We lie to protect ourselves, to protect others, to avoid punishment, to preserve a relationship, to trigger separation or elicit attention, to get someone back, to make them understand how it feels, or just out of boredom or forgetfulness.
How do you respond when a guy lies to you?
Here are 10 strategies for detecting and responding to lying:
- Love truth.
- Forget body language – focus on the words.
- Tell them you value honesty.
- Observe what happens when details are questioned.
- Ask open-ended questions.
- Don’t let on that you know they’re lying.
- Watch for the evidence of patterns of dishonesty.
What guys lie about?
Their height. A study in the journal Personality and Social Psychology assessing 80 online daters rated the accuracy of their dating profiles and found that men tended to lie about their height, saying they were taller than they actually were.
How do you know when a man lies to you?
With that in mind, here are some signs that someone might be lying to you:
