*this article was written as I was trying to calm down after being angered by something.  Please excuse any spelling or grammatical errors!*

I think that we've all told lies at some point in our lives. 

Sometimes we lie to cover our asses.  We've done something wrong and, rather than be caught, we make up a lie. 

Sometimes we lie to spare someone's feelings.  When someone asks us "does this suit me?" or (and I'm sure that the guys who read with will be able to identify) "does this make me look fat?" we nod our heads and say "oh, you look gorgeous!" or "no, honey!  You look slimmer than ever!".

Sometimes we lie to cover up a surprise we're planning for someone.  Maybe we're throwing a birthday party or some other surprise and we tell the proverbial Little White Lie to make sure that the recipient of said party or surprise doesn't find out. 

Some people, however, lie to gain attention to themselves.  Sometimes they merely exaggerate, turning the cold that they had into a life-theatening disease that they had to be hospitalized for.  Sometimes, though.....they tell lies so blatant, so obvious that it becomes clear to anyone who comes into contact with the lie and the liar that untruths are afoot.

JU has a few bloggers who fall into the latter category.  We've got one blogger who has a more predictable lie cycle than a Maytag washer.  They'll lie, get caught in said lie, protest and scream about how they're being picked on and how unfair it all is, then they'll admit to the lie, apologize and swear it will never happen again.....until it does, and then we begin all over again.

I don't understand why people feel the need to lie like that.  I think that it might be the result of a deep-seated insecurity; they're so insecure about themselves that they have to build themselves up with lies in order to be accepted.  What they don't see is that lying is only going to make them more despised by other people.  People think 'if they lied to us about that, what else have they been lying about?'.  At least that's how I think, and I know that a lot of other bloggers here feel the same way too.

I've come up with a new rule for my blog: if I catch you in a blatant lie (and by blatant I mean a lie other than a LWL - Little White Lie - or a lie to spare my feelings), a lie to gain attention to yourself or to make me feel sorry for you, you can consider yourself blacklisted.  I'm not going to tolerate it, period.

You have been warned (and you know who you are) Link