What a strange thing to lie about!

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Happy Friday everyone! All the happier as stepkids go back to their mum's tonight!! YEAHHHHH! I would love some input as to what this is about:

I came home from work yesterday and SD14 said 'I have some really, really sad news'. I said 'oh no, what on earth has happened?!' SD14 said 'my stepdad's mum has died and they were really really close'.

I did a bit of probing such as'how/why/what did she die of/what age was she?'then SD14 FINALLY admits that the deceased wasn't actually her stepdad's mum but his ex wife's mother!! Why on earth would you lie about who the dead person was?!!

I spoke to her brother SS15later on and he didn't have the faintest idea who had died/what was going on. My question is, why would SD14 embellish and dramatise the person who died to make it sound far more dramatic and a closer familial link than it actually was? Her stepdad wasn't at all close with his mother-in-law apparently.

Is this attention seeking? Before someone suggest it, SD14 wasn't mistaken, she had clearly bullshitted and lied about who had died.

Totally bloody weird

Totally bloody weird though!!! Glad I am not the only one out there that has to put up with the unending, exhausting bullshit from a stepdaughter.

Totally bloody weird

Totally bloody weird though!!! Glad I am not the only one out there that has to put up with the unending, exhausting bullshit from a stepdaughter.

My SIL is a grown woman and

My SIL is a grown woman and will lie about everything under the sun. I have not spoken to her for 9 years because of it. She thrives on chaos and being the victim, even if it's make believe. She will suck the energy right out from under you with all of her stories.

My DH is the direct opposite, hates drama of any kind. It seems his whole family loves drama, which is why he says he, "loves them from afar."

A budding narcissist

A budding narcissist maybe?
The following is from a website about narcissist partners and dealing with them.

"I think that a narcissist lies (all the time) because it’s an easy way to devastate the recipient and because lying allows the narcissist/sociopath to recreate himself at will (and on a whim), thus creating an environment where he can always be giving himself props for getting away with something.
To a narcissist, lying – just like the faking of emotions – is means to an end. He’ll lie so much about so many things that your head will spin. You become so fucking tired from sifting through his word-garbage for a speck of truth that you opt for the lesser of two evils – believing the lie. Sure, it’s the easy way out and exactly what the narcissistic partner wants but the alternative is even worse."

I "dated" a guy, if you can

I "dated" a guy, if you can call it that, who loved saying things and doing things just to get reactions out of people and just to see if people would believe him. He would tell "stupid-ass" stories that never happened. Such as going to the store to get milk and tripping on a melted ice cream cone in the parking lot... and when he was found out much later, would claim he was 'working on his acting skills'(he was an acting major and now lives in New York as a struggling artist).

I truly believe that some people tell lies just to push the boundaries, like this guy did. They just want to see if you believe them, if they are trusted, believable. Motives behind it may be different for each person, but they are telling lies on purpose.

My BFF lived with a

My BFF lived with a narcissist for 4 years. He would tell blatant lies All The Time for no reason at all.

We were sitting in a restaurant on Maui, we were in a window seat that was open to the street and the people walking by.
He started a conversation with a couple and said to them, "We're all from Minnesota, where are you all from?"

I looked at him and said We aren't from Minnesota! We're Canadian! He gave me the evilest look. I should have known at that point what and who he was, the masked had slipped, but I ignored it because my friend was so in love.

My BFF made excuses for him, oh he's just joking or he's just trying to be funny and start up a conversation.