Have you ever lied about yourself....

[Molli526]

On these boards?

For example - Saying you are of a certain profession when you aren't? You've been somewhere but in all honesty, you've only looked at guidebooks? Just because this is a BB, and you have a level of anonimity?

[Chefzhat]

*snort*

[Molli526]

Me, no.

I have nothing to hide. Heck! I've even posted my weight once or twice :eek: :p

[Chefzhat]

IRL I'm a tall, dark skinned volleyball player

[Molli526]

Interesting, we have a yes. Please share - we won't bite.

My curiosity is piqued.

[badunnin]

Originally posted by Chefzhat
IRL I'm a tall, dark skinned volleyball player

It's true - she is! ;)

In real life I'm not a teacher at all. I'm a lawyer working in the computer entertainment field.

[tbb113]

My mother taught me not to lie. She said "if you don't lie, you don't have to remember what you said". I try hard not to lie....

[mbrogier]

I haven't lied either. My life is hard enough to keep up with without making up alternate egos.

I've known of people to make up complicated alter computer personalities. It is hard to keep up with, and they get found out with over time. Sometimes it isn't as innocent as they think it is.

[imloulou]

Originally posted by tbb113
She said "if you don't lie, you don't have to remember what you said".

I heard this on "talk radio" when I was a teen...I have remembered it ever since...and it is such a great way to look at it!

[wallycat]

I misread the post :o :o and voted yes.

I have never lied on this BB, but I have lied about myself in real life.
My father was terrified that people would find out he was Jewish when we first came to America. Understandibly, he lost most of his family during WW I & II via Hitler.
So, when we came here, I was to say we lived/came from Switzerland.

[Gecko]

Nope, I have never lied about myself or any situations, where I have been, what I did etc. What you see is what you get. Well, not exactly "see" but you know what I mean :D

Sure, in my day-dreams I am stunning, well-toned, fit, have some idea of dress-sense, and I travel the world first class.

Reality is that a good day is when some of my clothes match and my hair looks brushed, I travel as far as Safeway (and I remember all the items I need) in my 12 year-old minivan, and I have managed to at least walk around the block for exercise without struggling for breathe.

[Chefzhat]

Originally posted by wallycat
I have never lied on this BB, but I have lied about myself in real life.
My father was terrified that people would find out he was Jewish when we first came to America. Understandibly, he lost most of his family during WW I & II via Hitler.
So, when we came here, I was to say we lived/came from Switzerland.

Anna - you always amaze me. What a life you've had!

[Kathy B]

Originally posted by Molli526
I have nothing to hide. Heck! I've even posted my weight once or twice :eek: :p

No, but I've never posted my weight either!! :D :p

[fci5767]

Originally posted by badunnin

In real life I'm not a teacher at all. I'm a lawyer working in the computer entertainment field.

Very funny. I just spit diet coke at my computer screen.

I've never lied about myself. But if i did i'd be much thinner, fit, and have better posture. One day...(sigh.)

[badunnin]

Originally posted by fci5767


Very funny. I just spit diet coke at my computer screen.



Oops! Sorry!

[fci5767]

No problem. Luckily it didn't hit my lesson plans (which are sitting here unfinished.)


Beth

[Peggy]

No. I don't lie, not even on a BB. If there is something I don't want to share then I simply don't participate in the discussion.

Peggy

[blazedog]

I think this is being directed at me and I am in fact an entertainment lawyer and have worked in the inudstry in various media for about 20 years -- worked in music (Capitol Records) television (HBO), computer games (Vivendi-Universal/Blizzard), internet (Disney) and am currently at Warner Music where I deal with digital rights.

I've also done stints at law firms where I represented the talent rather than working in house.

Sorry to disappoint those who seem to think I'm a fraud :D :D

[Jazzmatazz49]

No, but if I were going to lie, I'd tell you all that I make my own croissants weekly.

[HejazSunKat]

Originally posted by blazedog
I think this is being directed at me

Sorry to disappoint those who seem to think I'm a fraud :D :D


Wow, what did I miss? :D

I've never lied on the board and don't make a practice of it in real life. I did briefly consider the idea of starting to lie about my age when I turned 40; that lasted about 1/2 a nano-second before I immediately rolled my eyes and became completely disgusted with myself. Not being in the habit of lying myself I don't suspect others of it either. I think it's entirely within the realm of possibly that other people lead more interesting or exciting lives than I do! :D

[Jessica]

You found me out. I actually am Elizabeth Hurley and I read the recipes while munching my daily six raisins.

[Terrytx]

Originally posted by Peggy
No. I don't lie, not even on a BB. If there is something I don't want to share then I simply don't participate in the discussion.

Peggy

what she said

[SandyM]

Originally posted by Jessica
You found me out. I actually am Elizabeth Hurley and I read the recipes while munching my daily six raisins.

*snort* I knew there was an uncanny resemblance that I just couldn't put my finger on when I saw you in December. :D :D :D

I'm really Maelynn.

[greysangel]

guilty only of omission :D

[MISSINDI]

Originally posted by blazedog
I think this is being directed at me and I am in fact an entertainment lawyer...

You in trouble again, Blaze? ;)

Jessica - too funny! :D

And no, never lied here either ... my life is exciting enough without making stuff up. ;)

[badunnin]

Originally posted by SandyM


*snort* I knew there was an uncanny resemblance that I just couldn't put my finger on when I saw you in December. :D :D :D



What tipped me off was when "Jessica" turned sideways and she disappeared....

[blazedog]

Originally posted by MISSINDI


You in trouble again, Blaze? ;)

Jessica - too funny! :D

And no, never lied here either ... my life is exciting enough without making stuff up. ;) \\

I just happened to find this thread in a moment of idleness last night -- I can only assume someone thinks I'm a fraud -- :D :D

Life is really too short to pose as a fake on an anonymous board of cooking enthusiasts.:D --

[newtricks]

Originally posted by blazedog
Life is really too short to pose as a fake on an anonymous board of cooking enthusiasts.:D --

Just what I thought when I read the question. Do people do this.:confused:

[Chefzhat]

Yes. Lots of people do. You'd be amazed.

[Kayaksoup]

Hhmm, If i was going to lie, I would pretend to be a superstar chef, I think. that would be a fun persona. Or maybe I am from Venice, not Vancouver...

Seriously, The thought that OTHER people might be lying here didn't cross my mind until others pointed it out. Am I naive?

[Blissful_in_TX]

Originally posted by mbrogier
I've known of people to make up complicated alter computer personalities. It is hard to keep up with, and they get found out with over time. Sometimes it isn't as innocent as they think it is.

Ain’t that the truth. I was on a pregnancy board, and there was a certain woman poster there since day one. Later in the pregnancy her DH died in a car wreck, and the stress caused her to lose the baby. Months later she came back saying she was impregnated with her late DH’s previously frozen sperm because she wanted to keep a part of him alive. Her lies all came crashing down when someone discovered that the ultrasound and stomach pictures she had posted were actually of someone else from another website. And THEN someone discovered that she was community leader on a website for people living with AIDS (where she was a nurse that had been infected with HIV), and that whole story was a lie too. Who knows how many different lives she had going on??

Crazy stuff. And seriously, who has that kind of time? :p

Someone else I know befriended a lady on a triplets pregnancy board. They talked on the phone, wrote to each other sharing their experiences, etc. Turns out she was just a bored high school girl who had never even been pregnant.

[sneezles]

Nope, have never lied here on the board or anywhere else...with CRS (Can't Remember S**t) it would just be too much. Besides, I've told my boys that sooner or later the truth comes to light so might as well stick with that!

[HDgirl]

No big fat liar here. What would be the point? I'm surprised that anyone would have time to do that (portray someone you're not). Must be some kind of payoff when people do that??? :confused:

[blazedog]

Originally posted by HDgirl
No big fat liar here. What would be the point? I'm surprised that anyone would have time to do that (portray someone you're not). Must be some kind of payoff when people do that??? :confused:

There is an emotional satisfaction in self aggrandizing and the internet provides a vehicle where it can be done.

I would imagine there is quite a lot of it in terms of internet sex -- or so I've read :D The pay off there is obvious although personally eludes me -- who the heck wants to have a real (let alone fake) relationship over the internet.

But you are correct -- for the normal person who has a life, what's the point.

As others have stated, I tend to be hesitant about disclosing personal information over the internet. Although most people are benign, who know what lunatics are trawling and surfing.

[tamawrite]

Nope, I'm just plain ol' me. Suzy (boisewinesnob) can vouch for it. :D

[MusicMom]

Me neither. I don't have time to try to impress people I don't know in real life. (not that I try to impress people I do know, either! :))

[Kristilyn1]

boy, based on the people I know of on here, can I just say that if someone *is* lying, they suffer from a lack of imagination. I can't think of anyone who has a really exciting life going on....myself included.

I will say that there is someone on here that I believe to make up details to stories that just happen to correspond with his/her point of view at the moment. Just for the record, though--this isn't meant to be a tantalizing "i'm going to name names" moment--just an observation about the only thing that I personally think is going on here in the lie department.

Kristi

[colleency]

Originally posted by blazedog
I am in fact an entertainment lawyer and have worked in the inudstry in various media for about 20 years -- worked in music (Capitol Records) television (HBO), computer games (Vivendi-Universal/Blizzard), internet (Disney) and am currently at Warner Music where I deal with digital rights.

Small world, Blazedog!

DH used to be in tech support and later in the art department at Davidson-Cendant-Vivendi.

Maybe we've been to Christmas party together! :D

[blazedog]

Originally posted by colleency


Small world, Blazedog!

DH used to be in tech support and later in the art department at Davidson-Cendant-Vivendi.

Maybe we've been to Christmas party together! :D

Well he was certainly there a LONG time if you remember the Davidson era :D I arrived right after the Havas ascension and departed on the wings of the Vivendi-Universal debacle :D

I never made it to a Christmas party as they were always in faraway places -- ask your DH if he remembers Kevin and Ann who interacted a lot with art and tech support. :)

[colleency]

He says the names are familiar, but he doesn't remember very well.

When it was Davidson/Blizzard, the Christmas parties were at an LAX Hotel. When it was (insert name here), they were in Long Beach at the aquarium.

I think more people on this board have contact with DH than with me! :)

(Gail saw DH driving his car one day.)

btw, I'm not lying either. :D

[Canice]

Originally posted by HejazSunKat
... I did briefly consider the idea of starting to lie about my age when I turned 40; that lasted about 1/2 a nano-second before I immediately rolled my eyes and became completely disgusted with myself. ...

Let me tell you, of lies that require a great memory, age has got to be #1!
Through a series of weird sublets, I ended up sharing an apartment in Rome with an American guy who claimed to be 27 (had to be pushing 40) and nothing matched his purported age. The great thing is that my then-DBF, who was Roman, owned the apartment and this fraud told him that he lived part time in New York, part time in San Francisco...little did he know that my DBF had gotten his Master's at Columbia and his PhD at Berkeley. He said is was very clear this guy had never set foot in either city.

PS: I have a Master's from Columbia and PhD from Cal, too. ;)

[Jazzmatazz49]

Originally posted by blazedog


I would imagine there is quite a lot of it in terms of internet sex -- or so I've read :D


Well, heck, yeah. If I was into internet sex I'd lie like crazy! But what's the point on a cooking website???:)

[jphilg]

Childhood lies notwithstanding, I think I have only told bald-faced lies twice, and I have had to come clean both times. Once was here...I am duly ashamed.

Basically, many moons ago when I was a third year law student, I made some statement about the law and (perhaps to add credibility...hah!) said that I was a lawyer. Which I was not. And then when I was PMing with someone about recruiting and the bar exam and things like that, I realized that I would have to either make my small lie into a series of big lies, or I could just come clean. So I did. And the board member and I are still friends. So all's well that ends well, but I tossed and turned over that for a while. As I imagine most of you have observed, I suffer from a serious lack of filters when I post (I think I have my foot in my over-opinionated mouth at least once a week) and this was just a case where I wrote something stupid because I thought it sounded good.

I learned my lesson. Since then, I have composed and then edited or deleted all sorts of things because they included some sort of unconscious embellishment. But, especially in light of the fact that I know several of the board members in real life, I go out of my way to make sure that everything I post passes my own sniff test. Now, if I could only develop those filters and stop "blurting" out obnoxious sweeping statements....:)

Anyhow, there is one for the "yes" column.

Lashes accepted.

[blazedog]

Originally posted by Jazzmatazz49


Well, heck, yeah. If I was into internet sex I'd lie like crazy! But what's the point on a cooking website???:)

For those who think food is better than sex? :D :D :D

[boisewinesnob]

Originally posted by Canice
PS: I have a Master's from Columbia and PhD from Cal, too. ;)

Really? Me too!!!


Oh shoot, now I have to go vote "yes" :o ;)

[mbrogier]

Originally posted by Blissful_in_TX


Ain’t that the truth. I was on a pregnancy board, and there was a certain woman poster there since day one. Later in the pregnancy her DH died in a car wreck, and the stress caused her to lose the baby. Months later she came back saying she was impregnated with her late DH’s previously frozen sperm because she wanted to keep a part of him alive. Her lies all came crashing down when someone discovered that the ultrasound and stomach pictures she had posted were actually of someone else from another website. And THEN someone discovered that she was community leader on a website for people living with AIDS (where she was a nurse that had been infected with HIV), and that whole story was a lie too. Who knows how many different lives she had going on??

Crazy stuff. And seriously, who has that kind of time? :p

Someone else I know befriended a lady on a triplets pregnancy board. They talked on the phone, wrote to each other sharing their experiences, etc. Turns out she was just a bored high school girl who had never even been pregnant.

This is the problem with the internet lies that I encountered. People call these frauds on the phone because they want to help and get emotionally envolved. No one likes to be had. I don't care if someone says they are from one city than another but don't make up stories to get people emotionally involved if they aren't true. You're not going to like the outcome. Sadly, a lot of people never figure out the lies. I've left boards over this.

On a personal note, it made me really mad for someone to make up a story about having an illness I really have. :mad:

[bobmark226]

OK, time to confess. I lied here.

Remember when I told you that Keanu Reeves (ahem) "slept over"?

Well, the truth is I did not make him oatmeal pancakes for breakfast. :eek:

Bob

[CompassRose]

What, you heartlessly used his body then chucked him out the door in yesterday's undies without so much as a nice breakfast?

Sheesh. My illusions about you are shattered, Bob.