My husband lies for ANY reason... is he a pathological liar?

Little boys learn to lie at a very early age they know mommy will yell or punish them if they tell the truth. It only takes one time for kids to learn when mom or dad says to them (I won't get mad if you tell me the truth) only to turn around and do exactly what you said you were not going to do. Your husband likes to lie, to him the lie is more exciting and it won't get him into trouble. I remember the first time i heard my husband flat out lie to someone i couldn't believe it because he would always tell me how much he despises people who lie. I admit it i have told a few lies in my time but when i met my husband he would go on and on about lying and so i got in the habit of telling the truth no matter what. He had me convinced that he was one of the good guys who didn't lie. Come to find out my husband is one of the biggest lairs you will ever come across.Your not alone in this most of us wives have to deal with lying husbands. What i find very funny is when some of the women on here tell us how they know their husbands don't lie to them he is a honest man. They just haven't been married long enough yet to know their husbands.

I was with someone like that for five years. I mean, the lies he told were just outrageous sometimes. And other times they were just small lies. But the thing is, he didn't even HAVE to lie, but he did it anyway! Constantly.

Yes, that's a pathological liar.

Maybe he is?

I was with a guy for over a year... and when we met he told me all sorts of things about himself, voluntarily. I didn't ask him personal questions or questions of a financial nature.

He told me he paid for his daughter's college education, that he was looking for a new house because his was almost paid off, that he made "X" amount of money a year, that he was financially "SET" and the list goes on.

Why a RED FLAG didn't go up i will never understand... i just took it all with a grain of salt, and i suppose i believe him, although i could not have cared less about any of it.

Turned out, his daughter's STEP father paid for her college education, his house payments were in arrears and he didn't bother to pay his bills on time but only paid them when collectors started calling. He was threatened with forclosure on his home FOUR times in two years? UGH. and had not paid federal taxes in 6 years, so owes the IRS about $35,000.

umm wonder why i left him?

Sounds like it! But also sounds like he needs to grow up and stop lying. I know a person that lies so much he actually believes his lies. Maybe that has happened to your husband?

If you have put up with all his lies for 7 yrs then why are you complaining now?

There are people who can't seem to tell the truth. This is a huge problem for relationships. I suggest that you do some reading on the topic.

sounds like it.

why would you waste time on some one who lies?

honesty is the most important thing in a relationship, it cannot survive without good communication

Yes.

mmmmm.....maybe. Suggest counseling to get this straightened out.

hhhmmmmm, let me think about this.... um, YES!!!!! what do you think? now, the real question is, what r u gonna do about it?