Why do people lie online are they living a fantasy or winding us up?

Doodledog

Some are hoping for people to respond with 'saucy' tales that will tickle their interest, IYKWIM.

IKWYM!

Some are hoping for people to respond with 'saucy' tales that will tickle their interest, IYKWIM.

I don’t know why, there are probably lots of reasons, but whatever their reason, they probably go away feeling dissatisfied with whatever responses they get, because they feel exposed, as usually they are sussed.

uite often they are lying to give themselves the life they want and to get away from a life that was full of pain.

They aren't winding you up, they are doing something else.

I think people get caught up in the scenes they dream up.
The longer it takes for them to be sussed, the harder it is for them to get out of their dream life.

I know people who lie all the time in real life,Two men who moved abroad and created a whole new history for themselves.
Sadly they forgot I knew them before the fantasy and told me stories that I knew were lies,new friends of theirs believe every word about the exciting,adventurous lives the apparently led.
Must have all happened while I was asleep ,there was nothing extraordinary going on in daylight.
Some folk need to talk themselves up,one of our friends moved 6000 miles away and gave our name as a reference for a job we supposedly trained him in?
If only he had told us before we got the e-mail asking for further info about his career….

Ah, I see.

Has something happened?

People have always lied and online makes it easier for them to lie and not be found out.

Very few people are really good liars, ask the police. I always advised my son never to be a criminal, because of his inability to tie up all the ends. He took my advice.