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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Hearing TM's example made me wonder how many people here would/have actually lied to their SO* about something like that (much less concoct an elaborate plan to do so, along with accomplices)... And if you would/have done so, why?
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I have an example of how NOT to lie. It wasn't an SO, but a guy I had been seeing regularly on a non-exclusive basis. Let's call him Chip. Anyway, Chip and I were out at a bar with a bunch of his friends. Not really a date, but we were together. Then suddenly Chip and his buddy left to take care of a "problem." They were gone for almost two hours. During his absence, I met this amazing Vince Vaughn lookalike (a la Swingers, when he was hot). Incidentally, he was Vince Vaughn for Halloween. The resemblance is truly uncanny. But I digress. Vince and I started making out in the bar and we decided to leave together. By this point, Chip had returned from his mysterious trip and I had to think of a way to escape. So I told Chip I was really sick and had to go home to puke.
When the cab dropped us off at my place, I realized that I didn't have my keys b/c I valet parked my car at the bar. So we went back to to the bar only to find out that the valet parker gave my keys to Chip! (So Chip knew I couldn't get into my apt.) I was drunk as shit by then, cold, and horny, so Vince and I decided to stay in a hotel. Now here is the stupid lie I told Chip the next day. I told him that I crashed with Girlfriend #1 at her apt., since I didn't have my keys. Then I called Girlfriend #1 and asked her to lie for me, in case Chip mentioned it. She was less than thrilled to have to lie to Chip, but agreed. Of course that very day Chip and Girlfriend #2 were talking on the phone (while I was there) and she told him that she had spent the night at Girlfriend #1's PARENTS' house with Girlfriend #1. Luckily, Chip didn't catch the discrepancy, since he really doesn't pay attention to these little details. But I was really sweating it for a while there. Just got lucky.
Moral of the story: Don't make your friends lie for you, esp. if they know the SO too. And keep it simple. The simplest lie I could have told him was that the manager let me in to my apt., rather than inventing some story about my crashing at a girlfriend's house.
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