'How do I get out of this?': Dude lies about piano-playing abilities to impress woman, date's family expects them to star in a concert

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 3, 2024 11:00 AM EST

This messy lie snowballed and this dude has realized there's no getting out of it. 

Every person in the world has lied at some point. There's no getting around it: whether you tell a white lie to make someone feel better, or lie to your boss about turning in a project, or tell your friends you're on your way to the function while you're still getting dressed, these little fabrications add up over time. They say that it's best not to lie because when you do, you have to remember to cover your tracks. It's a lot of mental energy to keep lying over and over again. 

This person is learning that lesson the very hard way this week. In a post that I really hope is real, and which the internet is monitoring with bated breath, this person reveals the whopper of a lie they told to a woman. You must read it for yourself, because it is hilarious.

This dude reveals that they're going to meet up with a date they met online. They bonded over the Grateful Dead, which is when u/splitopenandmelt11 lied to their new love interest. They told this woman they were "Jeff Chimenti's piano teacher," although they literally know zero songs on the piano. This is already a super dumb fib, because what did the OP expect would happen the first time their date wants to be serenaded on the piano? I'm sure the OP had their reasons, and the internet can't wait to find out what happens next. 

After that, check out one woman who single-handedly caught her company in a financial lie. 

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    THERE 'I don't know anything about piano... Ma He wants me to play the show'
    via Elizeu Dias on Unsplash
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    Advice: I'm meeting up with a Deadhead woman I met online and I told her I was Jeff Chimenti's piano teacher. I don't know anything about the piano, unfortunately. Turns out her dad is in a Dead cover band & he booked a show at his church in her
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    hometown. He wants me to play the show. The show is next weekend. This woman just told me he paid $4,000 to rent the church and they're going to name the Vacation Bible School after him this summer because of the $.
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    His wife is because the $4k was supposed to be for their 40th anniversary trip to Alaska.
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    He's actually been staying at the woman I'm talking to online's house because the wife can't believe he did it.
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    This woman I'm talking to is a graphic designer and he paid her to design a poster that features my name prominently. It looks like an old time movie poster.
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    She shared it on Facebook and tagged me and a bunch of people that know me were commenting "what the ?"
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    This dad just bought a B3 organ off a buddy for me to play. He's invited all his friends. He's invited his ex-wife.
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    She also told me that his buddy is the drive time dj on the small local radio station and keeps doing show announcements for this concert, again, prominently featuring my name.
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    He owns a diner in town and has renamed all the lunch special's in the shows honor and one of the sandwiches, once again, prominently features my name.
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    This is like the crowning event of this man's life. How do I get out of this nightmare?
    via u/splitopenandmelt11
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    The comments were split...

    Clean-Elk9611. I'm racking my brain trying to figure out which song/seinfeld episode this is from
    via u/Clean-Elk9611

    Some people cried "fake," which is understandable. Others were more optimistic about the situation, which would be incredibly funny to watch play out in real life. I think we're all hoping the OP is being truthful, and is just caught in the worst lie of their entire life. 

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    Agile AgilePlayer dear lord i hope this is real
    via u/AgilePlayer
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    webguy1975. You write screenplay about it and sell it to Hollywood and make it a movie with a grateful dead soundtrack. in a Call it: bucket." "I
    via u/webguy1975
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    Basically_Frightened fess up and tell them you really taught Melvin Seals
    via u/Basically_Frightened
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    PedalBoard 78. Dose up and go. Sounds amazing.
    via u/PedalBoard 78
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    Severe_Focus_581. Really the only course of action here would be to reach out to Jeff Chimenti, and explain your predicament in hopes he'll show up and sit in with
    via u/Severe_Focus_581
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    the band in your place to increase your chances of . He seems like a cool dude, maybe he'll swoop in and save the day.
    via u/Severe_Focus_581
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    Grateful_Med Head. You're going to need to get some plaster casting material and just tell them you broke both arms.
    via u/Grateful_MedHead
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    Also how old are you?? I would hope one of them noticed Jeff chimenti learned piano in 1975. Or maybe you're 80 years old. I want this to be real.
    via u/Grateful_MedHead
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    www jmpnpico. When you tell the truth it becomes part of your past. When you tell a lie it becomes part of your future.
    via u/jmpnpico
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    gbcawk tell them you've never eaten, nor heard of potatoes before. They'll be so intrigued by this that they'll forget all about the show.
    via u/gbcawk

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