Too Smart for Lies...

Now, I hate to toot my own horn, but I'm a let you in on a little something: I have an IQ last measured at 136. So, needless to say, I am classified as "gifted". (if you are ever capable of getting my ADD-mind to sit and focus for 10 minutes straight, you'd be impressed ...but, I digress) I say all of this not to blow myself up, but to let some people know that I am no fool. You can lie to my face all you want, but 99 times out of 100, I know right then and there that you are lying. The odd time out, I'll probably figure it out by the next time I talk to you. It is just like 99% of the bums on the street asking for bus fare: don't come to me begging for bus fare while you reek of old whiskey and beer...I know the deal!

So, why do I play dumb? Simple. The more I pretend to not know, the more people tend to talk and divulge information that I would otherwise have to con out of them in order to support my theory. In short, it makes my life simpler to pretend not to know, rather than to come out and combat lies head-on, only resulting in more lies and back-tracking. Moreover, half of the time, it is not worth the effort of confronting people. It either leads to more lies or some other type of increased drama, and rarely results in a simple apology and a statement of the already-known truth.

For those of you who do not know me, my biggest pet-peeve is lying...for many reasons. Namely, it is just soooo pointless. Most of the time, the truth will eventually show. And when it does, I swear, the longer it takes to surface, the larger the repercussions. Secondly, lying is, more or less, testing my intelligence. (This especially applies to men.) Like, really...do you think I am that dumb to fall for your silly, middle-school lies?!? Do you really think that I am that simple to believe your ill-conceived excuses?!? Do you realize 1) who you are talking to? 2) who I am connected to? and 3) what I am capable of? The answers to all three of those is obviously NO, otherwise, people would stop messing with me!

And then, there are the unprompted lies...the lies that come out of the blue when the person isn't even asked a question. I remember this girl from college was a compulsive liar and manipulator. Took most people, including myself, a while to realize that most of what was coming out of her mouth was a lie, a half-truth, or just purposefully misleading. Needless to say, she graduated with hardly any friends...hmmm...wonder why? It is one thing to lie when backed into a corner, still unexcusible, but at least it is understandable. Now, to just boldly spew forth lies for your own twisted enjoyment...?!? I recommend psychological help...and stay out of my life until you do so!

Granted, I will take partial responsibility for repeated instances of lying, for if I had taken the energy to nip them in the bud in the first place, perhaps people wouldn't repeatedly lie. Then again, some people are compulsive liars. Some people lie for fun. Other people lie even when they know that the other person knows the truth. I suppose, I cannot take too much credit for other people's behaviors, after all, they are their behaviors, not mine. And people wonder why I have trust issues...