Liar, Liar

Monday, March 1st, 2010

During my dating spree of 2008, I dated what you would call a big liar. The Liar was extremely friendly, communicative and easy to get along with. He was someone I liked hanging out with because he was a “do-er.” We went to the Shamrock Fest together in D.C., rocked out to a Dave Matthews Cover Band at Whitlow’s on Wilson, and even spent an afternoon hanging out at Wegman’s in Northern Virginia (I love to grocery shop). He was fun and quickly grew on me.

We hung out on his birthday, Valentine’s Day, and usually every weekend for a solid month. Early on, we established the fact that neither one of us was in a relationship. However, there was something sneaky about him, something that didn’t add up. I asked him repeatedly if he did indeed have a girlfriend; I gave him every opportunity to come clean. “No, no, no,” was always his answer. But there was the time he said he was sick and couldn’t hang out on a Saturday night. I drove by to drop off medicine, and his car was not in the parking lot, nor he answer the door. Liar!

I finally learned the truth at work in the middle of a deadline. I received a long email from his girlfriend. Earlier in the week, she had gone through her boyfriend’s phone and noticed my number as well as text messages between us. She also mentioned that she caught him in a lie the previous weekend when he was hanging out with me; he told her he was in Georgia visiting his parents.

His girlfriend and I didn’t know each other, but we both knew to get as far away from this guy as we could. In the end, he lost both of us. Oftentimes in a situation like this, the girls (or guys) involved become bitter toward each instead of the person who’s lying.

–Katie

Have you ever dated a liar? If so, what kind of lie did you catch the person in? And did you have a chance to communicate with the significant other or “other woman”? Post a comment below, or email your questions and stories to littleredbook@northernvirginiamag.com.

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