Compulsive Liar Husband Fuming When Wife Calls Him Out In Front Of His Coworkers

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Mayarey
Jul 27, 2021 3:00 PM EDT

Being married to someone, you kind of become a team, especially in social gatherings. You are in charge of taking careof each other, reading the other person's expression to see when they want to go home, and helping to make the other person look good in front of their friends. Although teasing is a form of flirting, nobody wants to be humiliated by their significant other in public. However, if you're some kind of compulsive liar, there is simply no way you can expect your partner to keep up with your literal BS. Here's an idea, maybe try honesty?

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    Rectangle - r/AmltheAsshole u/Diana201356 • 19h 1 S 2 2 AITA for "exposing" my husband's lies? Not the A-hole
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    It was Reddit user u/Diana201356 who took to the 'Am I The A-Hole' community to ask if they were in the wrong for 'exposing' her husband's lies. There is definitely a lot to unpack in this story.

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    Font - Me and my husband come from poor families. No shame in that although my husband would occasionally "lie?" About our financial situations and say we own things we don't or buying things we obviously can not afford. His lies don't last eventually which makes not just him look bad but me as well as he'd get me to take part in his lies. He's done this to family members and my own family.
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    Before diving into the story the OP explains the backgrounds that she and her husband came from. It seems that her husband is ashamed of his past even though there isn't much reason to be. The major issue is that he copes with it through lying.

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    Font - He recently got a job at a respectful company and quickly made friends with classy, well off co workers. He invited his co-workers who are now his friends for dinner at a great restaurant and borrowed money to afford a table. I told him it's useless to act like he's well off and there was nothing to be ashamed of for being poor. He brushed me off and insisted I borrow something nice from my neighbor to wear it to dinner.
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    Font - I agreed to go but told him if he tried to lie then I won't back him up. He again brushed me off. We arrived at the restaurant and met up with his new friends. Once we sat down he started lying about how much the suit he borrowed from his cousin cost and then lied about the car we came in which was an uber but he lied by pointing at some random car in the parking lot saying it was his and doesnt drive it to work.
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    Font - I got really uncomfortable with this much lying from him. I kept giving him signs to stop but he doubled down and started talking about where we live. He said we own a house in a known rural area and talked about the garden he grows in the backyard, the pool and the persian furniture. His friend seemed interested when he mentioned persian furniture and said his wife likes it too. His friend asked if they could arrange to visit us in our house which freaked me out because we live in a smal
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    Font - Once we got away from everyone he blew up asking what was the matter with me. I argued with him about how his lies gotten out of control. He laughed at me saying I was out of my mind to do that and expose him infront of his new friends. I told him he lied about where we live, how did he think he'd cover a lie this big is beyond. He lashed out saying he would've figured something out but now I blew his chances and made him look bad infront of them. I got mad I said I wanted to leave but he
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    Rectangle - He kept arguing after he came home saying | messed up and shouldn't have said what I said and exposed him like that. He's been sulking since then. 3.6k 367 ↑, Share
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    Font - I might be the asshole for telling his new friends he was lying instead of at least not saying anything and letting him deal with it since he said he got it and will figure something out to make sure no one finds out.
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    Font - MotherGoose94 · 19h Partassipant [1] 1 Award NTA. Your husband should not be lying like that - he sounds like a compulsive liar. He would likely benefit from therapy. Continue to keep your integrity by not supporting his lies. He's already altered your family's view of you due to the dishonesty, don't allow him to ruin any other relationships for you. Good luck! 6 Reply 1 5.4k 3
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    Font - garthastro • 19h Partassipant [1] S 1 Award NTA. You're husband is a chronic liar, and it sounds like you've been gently enabling it up to this event. Here's my question: If he lies with so much facility to affect the perceptions of others, how can you be sure he's been completely honest with you? G Reply 4 1.6k 3 ...
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    Font - Rega_lazar • 19h Colo-rectal Surgeon [39] 5 Awards If, and I do mean if, you stay married to this guy, please don't have children with him. NTA, and he needs therapy. Food for thought: if money is so easy for him to lie about, what else is he lying about? G Reply 1 1.1k 3 ...
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    Font - LuvMeLong Thyme · 19h Certified Proctologist [22] You made him look bad?!? Oh, honey, your husband is a liar. His making up a whole house and the contents therein was wasaay beyond hey, go borrow a nice outfit for the dinner so you can pretend to have a more expensive wardrobe. Red flag red flag red flag. NTA 6 Reply 4 438 ...
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    Font - Special-Attitude-242 · 19h Asshole Enthusiast [8] NTA. Talk to a lawyer and make sure you have your assets out of his reach. If he can lie so easily about owning a house he can lie about being single. 6 Reply 1 242 ...
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    Font - No-Jellyfish-1208 · 19h Craptain [165] NTA A lie this range would've been exposed sooner or later. There is a huge difference between simply not mentioning certain things (because, let's be honest, coming from a poor family is no shame at all but you don't have to talk about your hard upbringing to everyone you meet), and faking being wealthy. It's just cringy, unnecessary and creates additional trouble. G Reply 1 165 3 ...
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