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Are you a liar, too?I recently read a book about how much we, here in the good old USA, lie. The book, The Day America Told the Truth by James Patterson and Peter Kim, is about a national survey done in 1991, in which people were given up to 1800 questions to answer.
The people surveyed were guaranteed anonymity and people let it rip! They told of adultery, racism, sexual abuse, cheating on their taxes and what they would do for $2 million.
Since this book is pretty old, I can't help but wonder if the statistics are still relatively accurate. The book said 80 million people feel no one truly knows them. Not their parents, not their kids, not their spouses. Not even their best friends.
This information didn't totally surprise me. I've noticed the fact that people seem to (lie their butts off) "white lie" an awful lot. And although I consider myself an honest person, I usually go toward the white lie if the truth has no bigger role than to hurt someone.
I am really (feelin nosey) curious now. I'd like to invite readers, and/or bloggers to "Fess Up."
I would like to tag some bloggers (but because I am a newbie I don't know how to do that) so I will open it up to everyone else to answer the following questions:
1) how many times per day do you lie?
2) ever been caught in a lie?
3) bloggers: have you lied in a post?
4) readers: have you lied in a comment?
5) who knows the REAL you?
I will post my answers and I encourage fellow bloggers to post. To readers, I ask that you comment. Feel free to be an anonymous commenter if you wish. I'm only after the facts here, not a bust.
